hartlebury common
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What’s Flowering? 31st March to 6th April
A selection of (mostly) flowers from the first week of April 2025. The date is given on the first record of that day only. Location is given on the first occurrence, then only if the location or the day changes.
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Botanical Notes: March 2025
The countryside is waking up, the lanes and woods are decorated with lesser celandine, wood anemones, violets, dog’s mercury and primroses. For most of March I have been racing to get out before the sun goes down at around 6:30. But now that the clocks have changed, every evening presents an opportunity to get out…
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10 Places within 10 Minutes of Stourport-on-Severn
The List ‘Doorstep’ Places Mitton Marsh Conservation Area This is a short loop that can be done on foot in around 30 minutes literally from the front doorstep. Follow the footpath that can be picked up from the junction of Millfields Drive and the B4193 which runs along the bank of the River Stour. The…
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Lesser Chickweed (Stellaria pallida): Hartlebury Common 19.02.24
Stellaria pallida Lesser Chickweed – 19.02.24 Whilst rummaging in the short turf of Hartlebury Common I spotted this diminutive member of the Campion family Caryophyllaceae. It is odd amongst Stellaria in that it often has no (or only minute) petals, which is quite a distinctive feature. -It also has just 1 to 3 stamen, which…
