Hunting for plants in Wellow Wood
At this time of year there are few better places to be than an English woodland, and in Nottinghamshire, there are few better woodlands than Wellow Wood. This large site, near Ollerton, is a SSSI, and although parts of it have been messed around with in the past (in terms of the tree species that have been planted), it retains a very rich ground flora. It was therefore an excellent venue for a botanical ID session run by Dave Wood and Rob Johnson from the Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre today, which I attended along with a couple of others (including Carl C).
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| Wellow Wood |
As well as carpets of Wood Anemones, Bluebells and Ransoms, other nice plants included Moschatel and several county rarities - Wood Vetch, Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage, and Herb Paris. We found the latter in decent numbers at 5 discrete colonies - apparently an increase compared to the last survey. Only the second time I've seen this plant in Notts (or anywhere in the UK in fact), it is a very photogenic plant.
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| Ransoms |
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| Moschatel |
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| Herb Paris |
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| Herb Paris |
On the bird front, we recorded Marsh Tits in four locations in the wood, and given its size, I'm sure there must be more.
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