Introduction The Sefton Coast sand-dune system is the largest expanse of this rare habitat in England and one of the richest for flora and fauna in Northwest Europe. Much of this diversity is threatened by Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), an invasive spiny shrub that was introduced here in the 1890s. For decades, it was kept...
End of Year 2023 September to November should be the peak time for fungi. This year we had rain followed by rain and rain again. Because the weather was also warm, the undergrowth in woods remained in full leaf so searching for fungi was difficult, fungi relying on dead material.I paid a number of visits...
I thought I would spend a couple of hours on 3rd September 2021 recording the variety of strandline plants north of Ainsdale-on-Sea.This habitat is the best I have seen for at least ten years.
Salix × doniana on Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve, October 2013 Philip H. Smith, Patricia A. Lockwood & David Mercer The five known bushes of the nationally rare willow hybrid Salix × doniana on Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR were revisited on the morning of 15th October 2013, having been last surveyed on 1st...