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A WALK IN APRIL
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Field Six
Now that April's there (Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)) Home-Thoughts, from Abroad
Field six is about six acres (2.45 hectares) in size. It is mainly covered with deciduous woodland with only a few patches of grass.
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Down by the stream there is a large patch of delicate white flowers, they are Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea, (Caryophyllaceae)). You may have also spotted them in the ride near the second field. |
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The trees, however act as a shelter for the early butterflies. Here's a Small Tortoiseshell that we spotted. If you listen carefully towards the end of the month you will hear the Cuckoo sing. (If it's early enough in the year when you visit why not write a letter to "The Times"?) |
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The Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria, (Ranunculaceae)) have appeared by the stream. |
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Also the hedge woundwort. |
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It's easy to see the fungus on the side of the beech by the stream |
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This part of the field always floods during the Spring and Winter.Here you can see a good example of "sunshoots" although the branch that has keeled over is under the water level. |
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If you would like to, you can walk back up the western edge of the land and follow the path back through the woods. But you're best advised to cut back into the middle when you reach field three, because the second field is very marshy at the moment. Mind you, the Marsh Violets seem to like it! |
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| Page updated 9th September 2004 |
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