Another welcome (but came in naturally) wildflower on Mayfields near the bench beside the main path. Looks very much like Ribwort Plantain on April 20th.

Great to see a local bee enjoying a bugle plant established on Mayfields as much as Malcolm did.

Beautiful warm morning on April 11 for Mike, Malcolm, Tim and Lesley to check on the progress of the bulbs planted last year near the edge of the meadow beside the main path.

In our efforts to provide easily accessible views of wild flowers on Mayfields we spend a lot of time and money trying to maintain clear and weld drained paths to reduce wear and tear on the gassy wildflower verges. Malcolm bought 6 bags of pea gravel on April 5th 2024 but it took 4 of them for him just to fill one particularly deep and muddy puddle. There’s a lot more needed.

You can see why people walk and cycle on the verge here without really thinking about wildflowers.

Hopefully the verge here will soon green up again.

Good to be able to confirm that a lot of the seedlings emerging in the old grass area on the meadow are indeed Yellow Rattle. from seed sown last December.