I was out taking one of my regular routes around my home patch, and found this little chap on the drawdown of Skelton Lake.
Ok so the photo can only be described politely as a 'record shot', but what a surprise to find Grass-poly (Lythrum hyssopifolia). As per usual whenever I make a good find, it was outside my VC and just inside VC63. But I'm not complaining, a species I had only seen once before and then only because I was shown it, and a completely new location for this rare and unpredictable species. This seems to be the first record for VC63 since 1923. I hope the geese leave it alone so it gets to set lots of seed for next year.
I am the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) Vice-County Recorder for Huntingdonshire (VC31) and Mid-West Yorkshire (VC64). I've set-up this botany blog to more readily share news on recent wildflower discoveries made by myself and others, to encourage wider recording, and as a way to challenge myself to take more photographs of the plants I find. See the BSBI website for more information on the work of the society and the diverse range of botany projects currently in progress.
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