In the morning I helped serve food at St John's church for a visiting party from Ripon, from Allhallowgate Methodist Church. They continued on their journey. I am glad it was sunny. They would enjoy seeing the scenery.Much more wild:
In the late afternoon I made a short visit to Malham Tarn Fen to check that the Tarn was still there and to see a few of the sedges we will be looking at on the "Sedges Course" that I will be teaching Friday to Monday. There still may be one or two spaces if you'd like to join us.
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| Yes the Tarn is still there |
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| The tussock sedge in the centre is the very rare Fibrous Tussock Sedge (Carex appropinquata) Sedges have long narrow leaves like grasses - but they have different types of seeds, they also usually have triangular stems, whereas grasses have round or oval stems |
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| This is bottle Sdge (Carex rostrata) Can you see the stigmas? |
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| Carex diandra - the lesser tussock sedge. |
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| A young specimen of Brown Sedge (Carex disticha) |
But there are lots of flower to distract me..
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| Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides) |
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| Cranberry - Vaccinium oxy-coccus |
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| An Orchid |
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