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| Waun-y-Lyn Image: J. Shanklin |
"Yesterday for a bit of relaxation prior to
the ASM I headed for the south-west corner of Denbighshire, which is in need of
Atlas 2020 records. The Met Office had promised a shower or two in the
afternoon, and whilst there were indeed two, they were so light that I didn't
even need my waterproofs. There were several plants that I never see in
Cambridgeshire, and particularly noteworthy were Teesdalia nudicalis and
Jasione montana.
"Today was also a fine day, but the morning
was taken up with a spot of gardening, as well as ringing the bells at the
local church. In the afternoon I went for a stroll around a location that
I can see from the bathroom window - Hope Mountain (289m). The southern
part is in one of the under-recorded Flintshire tetrads (143 species, 66%
refind rate), so I hoped to add a few more records. In this I certainly
succeeded, finding another 95 species.
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| Melampyrum pratense Image: J. Shanklin |
"One interesting one was the alien
Briza maxima, which I found in the village of Cymau. In the country park
of Waun-y-Llyn, at the top of the mountain, I was pleased to find patches of
Melampyrum pratense, which my mother had found there in 1964. Hopefully
some of the recording groups will find this during the week.
"By coincidence whilst I was out, I received
a text from my sister saying that she had found some treasures. I had no
idea what these might be, but on my return she showed me a collection of books
of pressed flowers, one of which contained a pressed "Cow slip", that
I had found at Cymau in May 1961. My first record in the book seems to be
a plant that I had found when I was just five years old! This however
wasn't the best of the treasures, but I will reveal that at the ASM!"
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