tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post4245168971638237922..comments2024-03-26T16:59:23.236+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Wildflower Survey Part 2Ragged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-42769226120114365882013-06-08T22:09:58.831+01:002013-06-08T22:09:58.831+01:00Wendy - Many thanks :) Yes, I will go back at lea...Wendy - Many thanks :) Yes, I will go back at least once more. Doing a survey certainly makes you notice more the species that are there.<br /><br />Its a great way to add to Plantlife's data and it doesn't take long. Would love to hear how you get on if you decide to take part.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-6672389568696698952013-06-08T21:56:06.256+01:002013-06-08T21:56:06.256+01:00Lovely photos of your walk and the flowers you'...Lovely photos of your walk and the flowers you've seen. It's really worth doing a survey like that to get a proper idea of what's around and I think I'd want to do more than one survey over the spring/summer, too. I must look at Plantlife's website and get further information for doing this here.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-81070641130400554692013-06-08T19:00:04.919+01:002013-06-08T19:00:04.919+01:00SeagullSuzie - Many thanks :) Glad the photos have...SeagullSuzie - Many thanks :) Glad the photos have helped you identify some of the wildflowers that you see :) It was a lovely place to walk and I will go back :)<br /><br />ShySongbird Hi Jan :) Yes, I really have been unbelievably lucky with the square allocated :) I'll do a follow up post on the Edith Holden connection next week. As you so rightly guessed I was totally absorbed :)<br /><br />Hope you find some Purple Toothwort - fascinating plant and I'll be looking out for more too!<br /><br />I've just been checking re: Speedwell and there seems to be a lot of species!! So as Plantlife tended to pick easy to id species that may be the reason why they decided not to include it??<br /><br />Had to smile at your comment in penultimate paragraph and comparison with RSPB birdwatch :) To be honest I didn't really see any other species outside the 2 metre strip but if I had it might have depended how far away after all the distance of 2m has to be estimated :) :)!!! <br /><br />Was disappointed not to get more plants that like wet/riverine habitats but there again probably couldn't have included these as river was much more than 2 metres away for most of walk!<br /><br />I am still not sure if the habitat part of the survey refers to the 2 metre each side strip or the general area? May have to check with them.<br /><br />Just hope my earlier comment helped just a little and thanks for the thanks :) Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-82294552456957718972013-06-08T14:05:12.994+01:002013-06-08T14:05:12.994+01:00Hi Caroline :-) I really enjoyed reading about you...Hi Caroline :-) I really enjoyed reading about your survey and seeing what you found, lovely photos again too! Your allocated plot does sound and look a very nce place to walk except for, as you mentioned, the sound of the motorway. I suspect you were so absorbed in your task you barely noticed it though :-) <br /><br />I think I might have seen Purple Toothwort in the past but never realised what it was, I shall certainly be looking out for it now :-)<br /><br />I was very surprised and wonder why Germander Speedwell wasn't on the list, it seems so common! I have always used both the names Speedwell and Bird's-eye, I think as a child I usually called it Birds-eye though.<br /><br />I was wondering what happens if you see something really exciting just outside the two metre strip...I would be awfully tempted...;-) It's like a new bird appearing five minutes after the end of the RSPB bird watch hour!<br /><br />Thank you so much for your really lovely reply the other day, so kind of you and it is much appreciated :-)ShySongbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148381873578585910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-89216923065398139972013-06-08T12:41:59.326+01:002013-06-08T12:41:59.326+01:00Thanks for the guided walk, it's a lovely plac...Thanks for the guided walk, it's a lovely place. I now have a reference for some of the wild flowers I see, but had no idea of the name.SeagullSuziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857680854262709165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-84144563195585822612013-06-08T10:31:11.600+01:002013-06-08T10:31:11.600+01:00Jeremy - Many thank - it was lovely exploring a ne...Jeremy - Many thank - it was lovely exploring a new walk and seeing so many flowers :)<br /><br />Thanks for comment too re: badgers. As you say it is terrible :(Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-4060815660530126352013-06-08T04:06:07.563+01:002013-06-08T04:06:07.563+01:00Great photos of what looks like a very flower-rich...Great photos of what looks like a very flower-rich area. I do so agree, also, with your previous comments on the badger cull - terrible business!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07533480112477409797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-16859760724898862632013-06-07T21:26:56.174+01:002013-06-07T21:26:56.174+01:00ZielonaMila Welcome and thank you so much :)ZielonaMila Welcome and thank you so much :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-23535363271678163712013-06-07T19:51:16.741+01:002013-06-07T19:51:16.741+01:00Beautiful photos, the nature is wonderful:) Greeti...Beautiful photos, the nature is wonderful:) Greetings ZielonaMilahttp://www.trasa-rowerowa.cba.plnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-60177256469242305642013-06-07T16:17:30.735+01:002013-06-07T16:17:30.735+01:00Countryside Tales - Many thanks :) You can't b...Countryside Tales - Many thanks :) You can't beat wildflowers especially in the Spring :) <br /><br />Your husband's so right about the vote. I watched a lot of the debate and was horrified at how few people were attending it compared to how many voted! It wasn't binding anyway so even if the Opposition had "won" it wouldn't have stopped the cull. I dread to think how we will all feel when it starts :(<br /><br />Em Parkinson - Many thanks. Think Bird's Eye must be an old country name :) Should be details of the survey on Plantlife's website - that's where I applied. They send detailed instructions, map and wildflower booklet with the 99 species in. You can do the survey(s) any time between April and September. If there's woodland or hedgerow along the route they suggest April May visit but flowers are so behind this year so I can't see it would matter. Please let me know how you get on :)<br /><br />Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-42144217250228477652013-06-07T15:48:01.575+01:002013-06-07T15:48:01.575+01:00I would love to do that survey and will investigat...I would love to do that survey and will investigate further. Gorgeous photos of course and I'm sure my Grandfather called it Bird's Eye too. <br />Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-15057765337628779652013-06-07T15:25:16.315+01:002013-06-07T15:25:16.315+01:00What a super thing to be involved with and the pho...What a super thing to be involved with and the photos looked lovely. We have many of those plants growing around us.To me wild flowers are the most beautiful. <br />Re the badgers, I'd also checked the vote after Wednesday and was talking it over with my husband who pointed out that with a 3 line whip in place nearly 50:50 on the voting wasn't a bad result and should serve to warn the Govt that people are not happy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com