March

Marigold in the Marsh

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This Marsh Marigold was adorned with abundant buds. It was lovely to see the first flowers opening and adding a bit of colour to the ditches at Wheatfen.

Recent Sightings

Devil's-bit Scabious

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I was delighted but surprised to see Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis on what looks like a dry (growing with Harebells) lane-side bank on Hanworth Common.

Guernsey Pigweed

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Thrilled to find Amaranthus blitum, a first for Norfolk, on a private landholding near Roudham, West Norfolk.

Loose Silky-bent

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We were thrilled to find an arable field full of Loose Silky-bent Apera spica-venti when we visited Chris Knight’s farm at Gooderstone and Oxborough.

Splendid Specimen of Hard-fern with fertile fronds

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Seen in the damper part of Compartment 5 in the Broadland Country Park. Hard-fern occurs quite frequently, usually in the ditches of the Park, but this is a particularly fine specimen growing on flat ground.