July expedition

We walked east along the canal and concentrated on the many different flowers growing beside the path.

Before we set out on the walk, we viewed some moths that had been trapped overnight.  Perhaps the most interesting of these was the Barred Yellow. Its larva feeds on Dog-rose.

To finish the expedition, we walked west from the bridge to see the flowering Fragrant Orchid and to compare the related flowers Perforate St John's-wort and Tutsan.

Tutsan

Date: 8 July 2017 Time: 12-1

Attendance: 11 (including 5 children)

What we observed and talked about —

Birds: Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Mute Swan, Robin 
Butterfly: Ringlet
Dragonflies: Common Blue Damselfly, Common Hawker
Flowers: Bramble, Bugle, Bush Vetch, Common Knapweed, Common Spotted Orchid, Common Valerian, Creeping Buttercup, Daisy, Dog-rose, Fragrant Orchid, Germander Speedwell, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Herb-Robert, Hogweed, Lady's Bedstraw, Meadowsweet, Oxeye Daisy, Perforate St John's-wort, Pyramidal Orchid, Red Clover, Rosebay Willowherb, Silverweed, Spearwort, Tutsan, White Clover, Yellow Iris


Grasses: Quaking Grass, Yorkshire Fog
Moths: Barred Yellow, Brussels Lace, Clouded Border, Double Dart, Early Thorn, Mottled Beauty, Peppered Moth, Poplar Hawk-moth, Swallow-tailed Moth
Other plants: Bracken