Sunday, 21 July 2024

Recording in Shrawardine

We shall be meeting next Sunday 28th July at Shrawardine Millenium Green and churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Shrawardine.


We will meet at 11am at the gate onto the Green SJ 40074 15507https://w3w.co/perfected.drifter.smasheswhere we can park neatly, just inside the gate. The aim is to record in the Green and then move to the churchyard in the village, neither of which have comprehensive species lists.



Cowbane, Cicuta virosa a scarce plant in Shropshire.​

For those feeling intrepid we can proceed after lunch to the nearby Shrawardine Pool SSSI, for which we have permission from the owners to look for Cowbane Cicuta virosa, Royal Fern Osmunda regalis, Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata and other goodies of marsh, swamp and fen.  We will have to do battle with nettles, brambles, mosquitos and boggy ground and a tangle of Willow and Alder roots, so unlike the morning it will be no walk in the park!  For further details contact leader Mags Cousins; mags@bagbatch.co.uk, 07873 532681.

We look forward to seeing you next Sunday.