By the A40 where we started was Restharrow (I did say in last blog that we must keep an eye out for it!) and later on our return Heather spotted a tiny plant by the side of the road which turned out to be a new record for the county.
Narrow-leaved Pepperwort,
Pupurlys culddail
or
Lepidium ruderale
The Byddwn is a small reserve and you walk along the old railway track to get to it. We saw a wide range of species, the Early Purple Orchids and Cowslips being over of course, but we enjoyed:
Zigzag Clover,
Meillionen igam-ogam
or
Trifolium medium
Wild Basil,
Brenhinllys gwyllt
or
Clinopodium vulgare
Hawkweed Oxtongue,
Tafod y llew
or
Picris hieracioides
There was a Common Blue resting as we got back near to our start point:
and we were asked to identify a plant that had appeared in the garden of the farm we parked at that turned out to be:
Weld,
Melengu
or
Reseda luteola
A little way from its usual habitats but no doubt another hitchhiker on the A40 like the Narrow-leaved Pepperwort and Restharrow...
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