Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Freeman's Marsh

… meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, lesser water parsnip Berula erecta, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica, gipsywort Lycopus europaeus and trifid bur marigold Bidens tripartita. Waterwhorl grass Catabrosa aquatica is abundant in muddy channe…

Gypsy Camp Meadows, Thrandeston

… These ditches also support water forget-me-not Myositis scorpioides, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, pink water speedwell Veronica catenata, gypsywort Lycopus europaeus, water mint Mentha aquatica and water cress Nasturtium officinale. Throughout the site there are areas of drier…

Bishon Meadow

…nd supports aquatic species such as watercress Nasturtium officinale, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and water speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica. A ditch, heavily overshadowed by trees and shrubs, also forms the eastern boundary. The meadow supports a diverse invertebrate fau…

River Beult

…tle poached water edge supports fool’s water cress Apium nodiflorum, brook lime Veronica beccabunga, blue water speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata and water mint Mentha aquatica. Where the river bank is inaccessible to grazing animals, bu…

Moors River System

… and marginal fringes containing fool's water cress Apium nodiflorum, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and blue water speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica. Passing downstream the river vegetation changes towards a lowland, mixed geology community, with species of a sluggish flow s…

Jockey Fields

…agwort Senecio aquaticus. Marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and marsh speedwell Veronica scutellata are also present and are considered scarce in the county. Other notable species present on the site include brown sedge Carex disticha, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, marsh a…

River Wye

…marginal plants such as amphibious water bistort Polygonum amphibium, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, yellow cress Rorripa spp. and water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides are widespread and frequent. The nationally scarce horse tail Equisetum x litorale is found growing along th…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…australis. In the lower reaches marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and water mint Mentha aquatica are common. Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile occurs in less nutrient-rich, slow-flowing reaches. Further up the riverbanks marsh woundwort Stachy…

Holton Wood

…typified by species such as Carex acutiformis, Carex remota, Glyceria fluitans, Veronica beccabunga and Callitriche stagnalis. Additional interest is provided by a small stream and a flushed area adjacent to it which contains golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium uncommo…

Llantrisant Common and Pastures

…ser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, wood club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and the algae Lemanea fluviatilis are locally prominent. The Colwyn Brook, middle section of the Dulas Brook and much of the Sgithwen Brook support similar plant communities. In it…

Charterhouse to Eashing

…te, with yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, water mint Mentha aquatica and brooklime Veronica beccabunga, growing in the ditches and ponds. meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria occurs here also, as well as along the river banks with common comfrey Symphytum officinale and teasel Dipsacus f…

Brockagh Quarry

…racks on the quarry floor are sparsely vegetated with species such as brooklime Veronica beccabunga, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, tufted forget-me-not Myosotis laxa and marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre. Drier areas of the quarry floor and walls support species such …

Biddle Street, Yatton

… flora. ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, brookweed Samolus valerandi, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water mint Mentha aquatica, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria have all been recorded. A rich invertebrate fauna is also associated with the rhynes…

Ravensroost Wood

… yellow sedge Carex demissa, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, brook lime Veronica beccabunga and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia; the woodland element is represented by common twayblade Neottia ovata, remote sedge Carex remota, pendulus sedge Carex pendula and less co…

Frisby Marsh

…ercress Nasturtium officinale, fool’s watercress Apium nodiflorum and brooklime Veronica beccabunga.

Millington Wood and Pastures

…low herb Epilobium parviflorum, water cress Nasturtium officinale and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. Lily Dale is occupied by Millington Wood, now largely a mixed plantation, but containing a small area of apparently ancient ash woodland indicated by the occurrence of wood anemon…

Hook Norton Cutting & Banks

…esbill Geranium pratense, hedgerow cranesbill Geranium pyrenaicum and brooklime Veronica beccabunga in the damper northern section. The retaining walls along the railway track support lichens which include Caloplaca aurantia, Lecanora calcarea and Xanthorion parietinae. Rue leave…

Waterfall Meadows

…unculus repens, yellow rattle, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and water mint Mentha aquatica.

Stoke & Bowd Lane Woods

…ne Epipactis helleborine. The more waterlogged areas support abundant brooklime Veronica beccabunga, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and the rushes Juncus articulatus, Juncus bufoniusa and Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus. The site contains at…

Mavis Enderby Valley

… meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and brooklime Veronica beccabunga with some opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium adjacent to the stream. The common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii has spread since the area was fenced…

Lord's Wood Meadows

…h bedstraw Galium palustre, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and brooklime Veronica beccabunga also occur here. The smaller field to the north is a steep bank with areas of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, elder Sambucus nigra and bramble Rubus fruticosus scrub. Dyer’s greenweed…

Little Tew Meadows

… flos-cuculi, square stemmed St John's wort Hypericum tetrapterum and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The margins of these flushes support patches of very species rich grassland with numerous notable plants including betony Betonica officinalis, devil's bit scabious Succisa praten…

Nares Gladley Marsh

…, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, gypsywort Lycopus europaeus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi are characteristic herbs found throughout, while less frequent are fool’s water cress Apium nodiflorum, lesser w…

Coed Merchlyn

… ovata in some abundance. In the damper areas bugle Ajuga reptans and brooklime Veronica beccabunga both occur. The structure of the wood is enhanced by features such as; standing dead wood, over mature timber and climbing ivy Hedera helix. Some coppicing in the past has given ri…

Gatewen Marsh

…antial stands of great reedmace Typha latifolia in shallow water with brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. The fringes of these areas support stands of common spike-rush Eleocharis palustris with water mint Mentha…

Porton Meadows

…ter cress Nasturtium officinale, fool's water cress Apium nodiflorum, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, reed sweetgrass Glyceria maxima, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and greater pond sedge Carex riparia. Several areas of woodland and thick scrub occur in ungrazed parts of …

Eastnor Park

… Cirsium palustre, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The western ridge of the Park supports limestone grassland with typical lime loving species such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, wooll…

Stevington Marsh

… horsetail Equisetum palustre, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia. Those marshes which are floristically richer include additional species such as floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, gipsywort Lycopus …

Fishpool Valley

…e swamp and pool margins have a wealth of associated plants including brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water mint Mentha aquatica and marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre. In the pools themselves the most characteristic species is amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium which occurs i…

Upton Coombe

… associated flushes supporting marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Throughout the site are mature hedges and areas of scrub with hazel Corylus avellana, blackthorn Prunus spinosa,…

Eakring and Maplebeck Meadows

…s are characterised by celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and water cress Nasturtium officinale. Additional interest is provided by the variety of breeding bird species using the site, including mallard, snipe, lapwing, sedge warbler and …

Hockley Woods

… Other plants found in this habitat include woodruff Galium odoratum, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and square stalked St. John's wort Hypericum tetrapterum. Additional interest is provided by a seasonally wet pond with water voilet Hottonia pa…

Nacton Meadows

…which support dense stands of fool's water cress Apium nodiflorum and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. Around the site's periphery are areas of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and elder Sambucus nigra scrub with areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum and nettles Urtica dioica. A small oa…

Comber Mere

…ed. These are dominated by species such as hard rush Juncus inflexus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis. Numerous other species also occur, for example, water mint Mentha aquatica, bog stitchwort Stellaria alsine and marsh marigold Caltha palus…

Haile Great Wood

…ta, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, reed grass Phalaris arundinacea, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and valerian Valeriana officinalis.

Hallow Hill

…um, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, lady’s smock Cardamine pratensis, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and common spotted and northern marsh orchids Dactylorhiza fuchsii and Dactylorhiza purperella. Such communities merge into tall fen vegetation towards the lowermost part of the hi…

Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Lower Tweed and Whiteadder

…et grass Glyceria fluitans, creeping yellow cress Rorippa sylvestris, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and branched burreed Sparganium erectum, many of which are typical of base rich rivers. Other Information This site is an enlargement of the Tweed Estuary SSSI, previously notifi…

Bould Wood

…sser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The wood has twenty two species of butterfly recorded including the regionally uncommon wood white, white admiral and silver washed fritillary. Bould Wood is one of the very few s…

River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)

…Other marginal plants such as amphibious bistort Persicaria amphibia, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, yellow-cress Rorippa spp and water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides are widespread and frequent. (The nationally scarce horsetail Equisetum x litorale is found growing along the…

Park Wood

…mmula, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh violet Viola palustris, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, soft rush Juncus effusus, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea. There are some stands of royal fern Os…

Roebuck Meadows

…nts grow on the stream margins and in spring fed pools. These include brooklime Veronica beccabunga, fool's water cress Apium nodiflorum, common water starwort Callitriche stagnalis and marsh marigold Caltha palustris. Alder Alnus glutinosa grows by the stream and opposite leaved…

Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons

…a latifolia, water mint Mentha aquatica, gipsywort Lycopus europaeus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, nodding bur marigold Bidens cernua and watercress Nasturtium officinale. A smaller pond on the common contains a tall fen community dominated…

Warnborough Green

…not Myosotis scorpioides, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The order of flies, Diptera, is well represented amongst the outstanding assemblage of invertebrates which the meadows support, including two species which are rare nationally, St…

Hillend Meadow & Orchard

…s present. The ditch flora is also of considerable interest including brooklime Veronica beccabunga, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and three different mints including peppermint Mentha x piperi…

Lower Derwent Meadows

…ne pratensis, bugle Ajuga reptans, creeping jenny Lysimachia nemorum, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and spotted orchids Dactylorhiza fuchsii are also present. The second meadow, on an undulating flood plain is larger and supports a complex mosaic of herb rich plant communities. …

Taynton Quarries

…p Scutellaria galericulata, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. Small areas of scrub have developed on old quarry workings and chiefly consist of hawthorn with some elder, ash and wild privet present. The limestone grassland supports a rich fa…

West Park Meadows

… forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, bog stitchwort Stellaria alsine, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh marigold Caltha palustris are found in wet areas of the western field.

Hannah's Meadows

…-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans.

River Axe

…s and Potamogeton pectinatus, amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris and spiked water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum. The mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and Rhyncostegium riparioides and algae such as Hildenbra…

Doxey and Tillington Marshes

…snip Berula erecta, celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. Those ditches that are regularly cleaned and retain open water are attractive to freshwater invertebrates and birds. Tall fen and swamp has developed over much of the area where t…

Brenkley Meadows

…foot Ranunculus sceleratus, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre together with a fringe of soft rush, creeping bent and sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Small stands of bulrush Typha latifolia and reed can…

Hintlesham Woods

…ria, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, bittersweet Solanum dulcamara and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. A variety of birds breed in these woods, encouraged by the recent resumption of coppicing in Wolves Wood. Species include woodcock, nightingale, tawny owl, nuthatch and whitethroa…

Catmore and Winterly Copses

…r skullcap Scutellaria galericulata, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and water pepper Polygonum hydropiper. Although mainly dominated by bramble Rubus fruticosus, together with bracken Pteridium aquilinum in drier areas and tufted hair grass Descham…

Gagie Marsh

…Murroes Burn itself include branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum, and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. Towards the northern part of the site, the ground becomes more solid and the sward shorter and floristically richer, reflecting flushing by base-rich spring water. Sedges dominate…

Moseley Common, Pembridge

…ies are yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre. Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palu…

Sutton Lane Meadows

…ater cress Apium nodiflorum, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and narrow fruited water cress Nasturtium microphylla. Other wet areas are characterised by such damp loving plants as ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, southern marsh orchid Dactyl…

Gowbarrow Park

…des marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, marsh violet Viola palustris, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus and water mint Mentha aquatica. The ash wych elm stands occur along water courses and on the rocky bluffs, especially where these are rich in nutri…

Quebb Meadow

…rees and shrubs, but in places support water mint Mentha aquatica and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The mixed hedgerows surrounding the site are composed of hazel Corylus avellana, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, blackthorn Prunus spinosa and elder Sambucus nigra. Along the souther…

Moorlands Pastures

… water mint Mentha aquatica, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and brooklime Veronica beccabunga.

Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows

…pical species recorded here include hairy bindweed Calystegia sepium, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis and white clover Trifolium repens in the wetter areas. A drier strip of vegetation also supports marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, water avens a…

Lower Woodford Water Meadows

…cal herbaceous species of the panes. ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides are conspicuous plants of the drains. The uncommon marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris also occurs here. One field has not been drown…

River Usk (Lower Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Isaf)

…ond-sedge Carex acutiformis with a variety of other species including brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, water mint Mentha aquatica and yellow cress Rorippa spp. Below Newbridge the upper mud banks of the river are colonized by saltmarsh spec…

Holly Banks

…nd the uncommon thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. Lush stands of brooklime Veronica beccabunga and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium occur along the streams.

Cothill Fen

…yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and the alien colonist Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera. As the ground rises away from the stream, the woodland composition merges in a valley alder wood containing more ash…

Wellington Wood

…s, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and brooklime Veronica beccabunga.

Bowlees and Friar House Meadows

…xtail Alopecurus geniculatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, toad rush Juncus bufonius and increased abundance of marsh marigold Caltha palustris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and creeping soft grass Holcus mollis.

Ham Home-cum-Hamgreen Woods

…sh bedstraw Galium palustre, creeping jenny Lysimachia nummularia and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The woods harbour the largest breeding colony in the country of the nationally rare black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni, the wood white Leptidea sinapis and white-letter hai…

Attermire

…, bulbous rush J. bulbosus, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The network of drainage ditches which dissect the site supports a number of aquatic and emergent plants including water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and water milfoil Myriophyll…

Tuckmill Meadows

…herbs associated with this vegetation are water mint Mentha aquatica, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides and celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus. Parts of the fen contain single species stands of either common reed Phragmites austral…

Hoddy Cows Spring

…ess Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The pasture is crossed by a stream which contains whorl grass Catabrosa aquatica, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and small sweet grass Glyceria declinata.

Romsley Hill

…istic species include greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. The pastures are bounded by hedges with scattered trees. Common hedgerow species are hawthorn Crataegus m…

Distillery Farm Meadows

…s further wetland plants such as fool’s water cress Apium nodiflorum, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides and toad rush Juncus bufonius. hawthorn, field maple, blac…

Cockleford Marsh

…s, water mint Mentha aquatica, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. Many wetland species which are scarce in Gloucestershire occur especially within the spring and seepage areas bordering the stream; these include a large colony of bogbean Menyant…

Stagmire Moss

… ditch margins occur marsh plants such as water mint Mentha aquatica, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, bogbean and marsh marigold. Interspersed between the areas dominated either by the black bog rush or sedges are areas of marsh, where the dominant plants are rushes such as soft r…

Northpark Copse

…d by the old ditches species such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum are common.

Gipping Great Wood

…few characteristic plants occur including water mint Mentha aquatica, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. A small pond and associated stream provide additional interest.

Lower Peaslows Farm Meadow

… of swamp vegetation, with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and brooklime Veronica beccabunga, occurring where a small stream arises at the western end of the gully. The steeper slopes are not mown, but across both the uncut and cut areas of the field excellent examples of …

Bishop's Hill Wood

…he streams, where the flora includes marsh marigold Caltha palustris, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus and hemlock Conium maculatum. Adders Vipera berus occur on some of the sunny and sheltered banks. Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos have been re…

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