Flowering Plants

Common Mouse-ear - Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium holostea

Rosebay Willowherb - Chamereon angustilfolium

This flower likes disturbed ground and can often be found where there has been a fire - hence its other name Fireweed.

Golden Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositofolium

Enchanter's Nightshade - Circaea lutetiana

Creeping Thistle - Cirsium arvense

Melancholy Thistle - Cirsium helenoides

Marsh Thistle - Cirsium palustre

Spear Thistle - Cirsium vulgare

Pignut - Conopodium majus

Hazel - Corylus avellana

Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster cornubia

Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster sp

New Zealand Pygmyweed - Crassula helmsii

Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna

"Never cast a clout till May is out!"  The blossom or the month?

In autumn the red berries provide food for Blackbirds, Redwings and Fieldfares.

Smooth Hawk's-beard - Crepis capillaris

Marsh Hawksbeard - Crepis paludosa

Crosswort - Cruciata laevipes

Common Spotted Orchid - Dachtylorhiza fuchsii

These beautiful orchids can be seen from mid May through to early August.  

Hybrid Orchid (Common Spotted x Northern Marsh) - Dachtylorhiza fuchsii x purpurella

Early Marsh Orchid - Dachtylorhiza incarnata

Heath Spotted-orchid - Dachtylorhiza maculata

Northern Marsh Orchid - Dachtylorhiza purpurella

Northern Marsh Orchids begin to flower towards the end of May.  

Wild Carrot - Daucus carots

If the flower heads are examined closely the red centre flower can be seen.  Not all of the flowers possess this red centre.

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea

Foxgloves grow throughout the reserve but can be seen in large numbers in the woodland clearings.