You will have by now noticed the abundance of wildflowers across the Island, our hedgerows and banques, fields and coastal paths are full of colour.
Peak botany season is upon us, the warming soil and lengthening days have triggered the intense growth of our wildflowers.
The Botany section are busy recording not only the wildflowers but also trees, grasses, mosses and lichens. We check on sites where known rarities grow and are continually looking out for unusual and new plants.
Earlier this month the Thursday morning group spent a morning at Noirmont and recorded an impressive 97 species. The following week the same group visited Queen’s Valley and found 146 wildflower species!
It is always good to find the rarities, but sometimes we just stop and enjoy the beauty of the most prolific wildflowers; the delicate star-like qualities of the Greater Stitchwort, or the brilliant blue of the Germander Speedwell, the glossy golden yellow of the Lesser Celandine along the country lanes and the drifts of pale pink Sea Thrift verging the Five Mile Road.
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