A wander down the west side of Moss Morran today proved fruitful. As well as several expected species of the moss, I found a lovely area of waste ground that I haven't explored much before.
To my surprise, there is even a road into it that I didn't know existed.
One of the aims of the NT18 exercise was to fill in gaps in my local knowledge so today certainly did that. This scabby piece of land will undoubtedly produce the kind of nonsense plants that we expect from urban botany, like Senecio inaequidens (Narrow-leaved Rag) and squalidus (Oxford Ragwort). This is the most inland inaequidens I've seen I think, though it's everywhere along the coast.
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| S.inaequidens brc atlas (green all mine!) |
It might well produce some nice insects, too, so there's no doubt it'll be on my radar for a return visit. I already know that slightly to the north (and therefore out of NT18 - ouch!) is a nice collection of ex-garden monocots.
Here's one of the more expected species of the day - Galium saxatile (Heath Bedstraw), though I can't figure out why I didn't find any Wood Sorrel, which I expected
Anyway, NT18 list now stands at 196 for the year - 43% of my total NT18 species (461) encountered. Pleased enough with that.
Saw these guys in Glasgow with about 30 other people, which is a crying shame. Maybe I should have saved this one for the Giant Hogweed that's just around the corner.
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