This included a small localised spot of Lords and Ladies and the Great Scented Liverwort as well as Pellia_sp possihly epiphylla another Liverwort but needs detailed field examination to be exact
Pollen counts begin to rise with the flowering spring trees such as Alder
http://www.bbsfieldguide.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdfs/liverworts/Pellia_epiphylla.pdf
Also inconspicuously flowering is the Alternative Leaved Sazifrage and leaves of Butterbur and Hogweed are now appearing
Bittercresses are also comming through - and together with the other Brassicacea will be foodplants for the early first generation of Spring Butterfly such as the Orange Tips
A Tremella sp Jelly Fungi was also found on tree bark and also evident at a previous spot norably coloured for this time of year the Scarlet Elf Cup Sarcoscypha sp
On the Bird front a young Swan has returned to the Canal likely looking for a Mate The ring is visible.
Anticipated soon will be the early bumblebees and solitary bees which may have sufferred from the recent floods
On Tues a young female Pike of about 12 LB or more was recorded at Brookfoot Lock
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