Following June’s drought, July weather returned to “normal” with rainfall sufficient to restore straw coloured lawns and verges to a verdant green, while encouraging a blaze of colourful wild flowers along the coast. Birkdale Green Beach, in particular, produced a wonderful display, Common, Seaside and Lesser Centauries being especially prominent, together with the first of...
Powdery mildews commonly occur on garden plants, are unsightly, and can cause serious damage. To help understand how widespread powdery mildews are, both in terms of geography and hosts, the Royal Horticultural Society and University of Reading are working together to identify and map as many powdery mildews as possible over the next two growing...
Thursday 9th July: Childwall Fields Leaders – Julia Simons & Ami Weir. The Biodiverse Society Team including members of the Liverpool Botanical Society met at the southern entrance (Woolton Road) to Childwall Woods and Fields on a fine summer’s morning. Julia and Ami led us onto Childwall Fields which consist of unimproved neutral grassland on...
A conversation with my friend and ex-colleague Ian Grimshaw turned to our boyhood activities in 50’s and 60’s, long before games consoles and 24 hours-per-day television had taken over. Ian surprised me with a tale of his adventures, exploring neighbourhood with another friend, Derek Evans, looking for interesting creatures/finds in places like the rough ground...