Near the Wye

These venerable oaks were probably the highlight of our rather wet Wye-side walk last week. Ray, who was with us, explained that he had tried to research the history of them some time ago with little success.

Even the coppicing of them seems to have  had an unusual history judging from the present trunk profile.

The north-eastern aspect with moss and lichen etc. Nothing rare though.

This bridge over the long-defunct Mid-Wales Railway line provided some extra records:

- with quite a lot of Maidenhair Spleenwort and one solitary Rustyback fern. Spearwort in the water below.

Meanwhile Steph has visited some translocated wild Daffodils:

Daffodil, Lent Lily, Cenhinen-Bedr wyllt or Narcissus pseudonarcissus

and a Snowdrop I collected from a verge in the south west of the county some time ago revealed itself:

Green Snowdrop, Eirlys Icaria or Galanthus woronowii

What we encountered in late March 2017 - not the usual Snowdrop leaf colour.