Friday 27 October 2023
Warburg Fungi part 3 - 26th Oct
Monday 23 October 2023
More stand-out Fungi from the Warburg Reserve
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Monday 21 August 2023
Bald Hill re-visited - 21st Aug
Friday 18 August 2023
BBOWT Warburg, Bix Bottom.
Carrying on from the previous report from Bald Hill by Peter Law. Two Gentians are now showing
at Warburg Reserve. The Autumn Gentian and the much rarer
Chiltern Gentian (The County flower of Buckinghamshire).
Fortunately they presently grow at opposite ends of a large meadow as they can hybridize.
At the moment we only have two Chiltern Gentians but this will grow over the next weeks.
There is an excellent piece on the BBOWT site on how to tell the difference between these two
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Chiltern Gentian |
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Autumn Gentian. |
wildflowers.
Thursday 17 August 2023
Bald Hill - 17th Aug
Things to see while dipping Frog Orchids
Seek ID'd the Gentians variously as Autumn and Field, but on reading things up the the paler Field is unlikely in either the habitat or our area, and only has four petals per flower. SSS is flying in good numbers despite last year's drought.
Autumn Gentian |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Chiltern Gentian |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Wednesday 9 August 2023
Thursday 3 August 2023
Watlington Hill - 1st August 2023.
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The rare Silver Spotted Skipper recently emerged. Quite late this year. |
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Silver Spotted Skipper |
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Common Blue - Two's company three's a crowd. |