Alan Willmot
ACTIVITIES Eight one-day outdoor meetings in vc57 to record plants and improve identification skills.
NUMBER OF RECORDS COLLECTED 5k records for 2023 plus a further 10k for previous years. The 2023 records included new county records and second records the more interesting of which are given below.
A single plant of this next to a fishing pond in Swadlincote Woodlands (SK3020) 26th September.
Daniel Lusher-Sellors found this growing in large quantity in two new balancing ponds at Mackworth (SK3165) 24th June.
Noted by Brian Gough on a meeting in Dove Dale growing abundantly in thin soil over limestone near the Main car park (SK1451) 13th May.
Spotted on a stone wall at North Mill Belper (SK3448) by Philip Precey 19th July.
Found growing abundantly alongside the M1 at junction 30 (SK4776) by Mick Lacey 17th September.
Recorded as a pavement weed in Chesterfield (SK3770) by Fiona Keeler 12th September.
Mick Lacey found this in the Fisherman’s Carpark at Ogston Reservoir (SK3759) on 16th May: first record since 1990.
Found by Claire and Mary Smith near Puddingpie Hill (SK3071) on 9th July: first record since 1969.