On Sunday I met up with Louis Parkerson on his patch in the Bure Valley near Horstead. Most of the walk we did involved some sneaky trespassing but we didn't see another soul.
Our main target was the rare alien Hoary Alison which Louis had found a week or two previously. Luckily we found several clumps still in good condition growing in the sandy soil along a field edge. Apparantly the first county record for 25 years. That wasn't the only plant of interest however and close inspection of the same area revealed several other goodies. Walking over to look at a strip of the conspicuous Wood Small-reed Louis found some Yellow Bristle Grass quickly followed by a very narrow-leaved knotgrass that subsequently proved to be Cornfield Knotgrass. Other good finds were Field Woundwort, Sharp-leaved Fluellen and what was later confirmed as Garden Radish on the edge of set-aside.
Inverts found included Short-fringed Mining Bee, Goldenrod Crab Spider and the thistle-loving Mottled Thistle Fly.
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