May 13th 2012 Wirral Circular Trail
Weather on our side as we walked the Port Sunlight to Hooton section of the Trail.
Another good day for plants, as you can see. Bromborough Pool Village & Port Sunlight Village are well worth the visit; linked with Price's Patent Candle Company and the Lever Factory respectively. Eastham Country Park is a wildlife haven with oh so many grey squirrels.
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Common Fox Spider (Alopecosa pulverulenta)Observer
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Seen scurrying around and warming itself in the sunshine on patches of bare soil (footpath)
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Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)Observer
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Five-lobed leaves and thin, spreading, reddish stems. Flowers 5 pink petals with rounded ends. Sepals red.
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Red Campion (Silene dioica)Observer
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Pink flowers; oval leaves.
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Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)Observer
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Ribwort or Ribgrass.
Leafless, silky, hairy flower stems. The basal leaves are erect, scarcely toothed with 3-5 strong parallel veins narrowed to short petiole. Grouping leaf stalk deeply furrowed, ending in an oblong inflorescence of many small flowers each with a pointed bract.
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Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)Observer
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Long shoots/runners; stalks furrowed. Leaves lobed and hairy.
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Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)Observer
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Bright yellow flowers; heads made up of about 6 flowers.Leaves have three main leaflets plus a pair of smaller leaflets at base of the leaf stalk.
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Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)Observer
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Pale yellow flowerheads, hairless leaves
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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)Observer
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Large leaves with three leaflets plus pale white semicircular markings. Flowerheads rounded and pink.
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