Giggleswick Railway Station was a rich source of flowers in 2020.
I revisited it earlier this year at the end of May (when I recorded Vicia sativa (Common Vetch) and Wild Strawberry that were in flower then but not now.
On this visit (12th and ) 13th July I found 54 plants in flower.
Plants that I found in September 2020 but not this time are: Blue Fleabane and Swinecress.
Plants that I found long ago - maybe 30 years ago and have not found since: Catapodium rigidum (Fern grass) and Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Ones that I think I had not noted here before are:
Hop Trefoil - Trifolium campestre
Smooth Hawksbeard - Crepis capillaris (I found this at Preston under Scar last week - and in 2020 found it beside Settle Coop, but this is the first place I have found it for Settle this year)
Northern Dock (Rumex longifolius)
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| Rumex longifolius Northern Dock |
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| Epilobium parviflorum. |
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Maybe one day soon I will write the complete list here.
A big railway lifting vehicle was just leaving on 12th. It had disturbed some land, and put some big railway sleepers and rails, most of it on some long vegetation and had scuffed up and exposed some soil. This disturbance is useful as otherwise grass and eventually brambles would take over the whole area.
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| Barbula unguiculata |
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