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Beeston Common & Beeston Bump



Beeston Common





Soft Rush



Ragged Robin







Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)





Flat Sedge (Blysmus compressus)







Compact Rush (Juncus glomeratum)



Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)















Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius agg)

Strictly

Leafy Rush (Juncus foliosus)



Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)


Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)



Almond Willow (Salix triandra)





Heath Grass (Danthonia decumbens)












Inland Club-rush (Bolboschoenus laticarpus)





Marsh Arrow Grass (Troglochin palustris)



Quaking Grass (Briza media)



Black Bog Rush (Schoenus nigricans)



Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladona)
















Bulbous Rush (Juncus bulbosus)






Marsh Valerian seed heads (Valeriana dioica)



Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)



Sphagnum Sp

Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)?



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nestled in a bed of Pointed Spear-moss (Calliergonella cuspidatum)







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Dodder

Greater Dodder Cuscuta europea)?



Carnation Sedge (Cares panicea)



Common Butterwort rosette (Pinguicula vulgaris)








Crested Buckler-fern (Dryopteris cristata)



Bog-groove Moss (Aulocomnium palustre)



Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris)

A fruiting spike with the utricles fully reflexed





Tawny Sedge (Carex hostiana)





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Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) nestled amongst Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens) with capsules





Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)







Greater Sundew (Drosera anglica)





Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)



Marsh Hellborine (Epipactis palustris)



Slender St John's-wort (Hypericum pulchrum)

Beeston Bump









Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer)



Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)



Common Broomrape

Orobanche minor var heliophila



Purple Broomrape (Orobanche purpurea)

Now

Phelipanche purpurea







Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)





Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)





Sand Catchfly (Silene conica)



Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides)





Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia)







Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)







Toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)


Thanks for a great day

Corrections & additions always welcome.

Tags: SoftRush, RaggedRobin, HardRush, FlatSedge, CompactRush, LeafyRush, GreatSUndew, Round-leavedSundew, ToothedMedick, ToothedMedick, BroadBucklerFern, WildRadish, RoughClover, MeadowThistle, MarshHelleborine, StJohn'sWort, SweetVernalGrass, FleaSedge, LustrousBog-moss, CarnationSedge, MarshValerian, MeadowVetchling, BulbousRush, DeadlyNightshade, Landscape, SpringVetch, PurpleBroomrape, CommonBroomrape, KidneyVetch, BlueFleabane, PyramidalOrchid, BlackBogRush, SandCatchfly, MarshArrowGrass, CommonSpottedOrchid, HeathGrass, InlandRush, WildRadish, Blunt-floweredRush

Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)



Dandelion Seed parachute







Empis tessellata









Cat's Ear (Hypochaeris radicata)?























Hawk's-beard Sp? Crepis Sp?

This turned out to be Beaked Hawk's-beard as the achenes are beaked.



Sphaerophora Sp 0n Red Campion (Silene dioica)



Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)







Tephritis Sp



Crab Spider (Xysticus ulmi/cristatus)





Crab Spider (Xysticus ulmi/cristatus)



Crab Spider (Xysticus ulmi/cristatus)



Spider Sp?



Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)



Crab Spider (Xysticus ulmi/cristatus)





Prickly Sow-thistle (Sonchus asper)

















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Catsear Mining Bee (Andrena humilis)

Tags: BladderCampion, Dandelion, EmpisFly, Cat'sEar, HawkbeardSp, KidneyVetch, PricklySow-thistle, CatsearMiningBee, WildCarrot, CrabSpiderSp