Gate Wood end – West End, Hatfield Woodhouse, 24th August 1991.

Only 5 members turned up for a pleasant walk.

Gate Wood end – West End, Hatfield Woodhouse
Taxononmic Name Vernacular Name
Vascular Plants  
  Woody Nightshade
  White Byony
  Creepimg Thistle
  Hogweed
  Nettle
  Oak
  Ivy
  Nipplewort
  Rose
  Hawthorn
  White Willow
  Water Mint
  Mugwort
  Elder
  Bramble
  Bullace (in fruit)
  Dandelion
  Knapweed
  Burdock
  Ribwort
  Field Bindweed
  Great Plantain
  Dog Daisy
  Black Bryony
  Hedge Woundwort
  Field Rose
  Honeysuckle
  Creeping Cinquefoil
  Rose Bay
  Meadow Vetchling
  Goosegrass
  Goats Beard
  Knotgrass
  Musk Mallow
  Crack Willow
  Figwort
  Common St John’s wort
  Celery leaved Buttercup
  Agrimony
  Yellow TOadflax
  Corn Poppy
  Curled Dock
  Horsetail
  Comfrey
  Spear Thistle
  Harebell
  Ragwort
  Gorse
  Yarrow
  Foxglove
  Ash
  Fat Hen
  Woodsage
  Wych Elm
  Common Reed
  Blackthorn
  Goat Willow
  Silverweed
  Pineappleweed
  Bay-leaved Willow?
  Nodding Thistle
  Tufted Vetch
  White Campion
  Bugloss
  Pansy
   
Birds  
  Magpie
  Crow
  House Sparrow
  Hedge Sparrow
  Yellowhammer
  Turtle Dove (2)
  Wren
  Blue Tit
  Kestrel
  House Martin
  Wood Pigeon
  Goldfinch
  Linnet
  Whitethroat
  Lesser Black-backed Gull
   
Insects  
  Wall Brown
  Elephant Hawkmoth caterlippar
  Brown Dragonfly
  Large White Butterfly
  Common Blue
  Grasshopper
  Rabbit
  Fox (droppings)
  Robin’s Pincushion
  Large fungus on Ash
   
West Moor Drain – 24 Aug 1991 Mainly dried up and deepend
   
Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass
  Yarrow
  Knapweed
  Yellow Toadfax
  Harebell
  Weld
  Common Burrend
  Angelica
  Water Plantain
  Foreget-me-not
  Water Mint
  Water Cress
  Broad-leaved Pondweed
  Pink Water Speedwell

Comments

No Great Spearwort! No Water Violet! Due to ditch being extended several years previously, by vandals! Could be lost forever from the site. YES

No one else seems to keep records, hence the accent on plants. What is the purpose of visits if no records are made?

Ian McDonald (Feb 1992)