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Wild flowers by the hundred
Flowers seen on one day, July 2000, within a few miles of Curlew Cottage. All were flowering except for two or three that were just
coming out. They are listed in the order they were seen. Note that I
am not a expert; a few may have been wrongly identified and a botanist would undoubtedly find many more.
- Daisy, Hilliclay
- Meadow buttercup, Hilliclay
- Early purple Orchid, Hilliclay
- Cow parsley, Hilliclay
- Bush vetch (purple), Hilliclay
- Herb Robert, Hilliclay
- Meadow vetchling, Hilliclay
- Hogweed, Hilliclay
- Stinging nettle, Hilliclay
- Dock, Hilliclay
- Cuckoo plant, Hilliclay
- Broad-leaved willow herb, Hilliclay
- Tormentil, Hilliclay
- Mouse ear chickweed, Hilliclay
- Cleavers, Hilliclay
- Marsh thistle, Hilliclay
- Hawkweed, Hilliclay
- Birds foot trefoil, Hilliclay
- Gorse, Hilliclay
- Tufted vetch (blue), Hilliclay
- Water cress, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- Wild raspberry, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- Twayblade orchid, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- White bedstraw, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- Red clover Hilliclay, (roadside to north)
- Milkwort, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- Violet, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- St Johns wort ( not fully in flower), Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- Millfoil, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- White clover, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
- Lousewort, Olrig Hill
- Bell heather, Olrig Hill
- Scentless mayweed, Olrig Hill
- Shepherd purse, Olrig Hill
- Spear thistle, Olrig Hill
- 'Big' eyebright (euphrasia breophila?), Olrig Hill
- Cotton grass, Olrig Hill (marsh)
- Cross-leaved heath, Olrig Hill (marsh)
- Sundew (not fully in flower), Olrig Hill (marsh)
- Water crowfoot, Olrig Hill (marsh)
- Butterwort, Olrig Hill (marsh)
- Marsh cinquefoil, Olrig Hill (marsh)
- Red rattle, Olrig Hill
- 'Small' eyebright (Euphrasia micronatha?), Olrig Hill
- Bog ashphodel, Olrig Hill
- Heath orchid, Olrig Hill
- Red dead-nettle, Olrig Hill (field)
- Chickweed, Olrig Hill (field)
- Water pepper, Olrig Hill (field)
- Self-heal, Windy-Ha track
- Hawthorne, Windy-Ha track
- Salmonberry, Windy-Ha track
- Ground elder, Olrig wood road
- Ox eye daisy, Olrig wood road
- Herb bennet, Olrig wood
- Wild dogrose, Mast road
- Forgetmenot (tiny flowers), Mast road
- Water blinks (? Small white flowers), Mast road
- Sorrel, Mast road
- Silverweed, Mast road
- Broom, Mast road
- Greater celandine (marsh marigold), Mast road
- Ragged Robin, Olrig pool
- Foxglove, Hilliclay
- Oxford ragwort, Fryster wood
- Lesser twayblade, Fryster wood
- Fumitory, Fryster wood road corner
- Yellow flag, Fryster
- Ragwort (ordinary), Fryster road verge
- Fragrant orchid, Fryster road verge
- Lady's mantle, Fryster road verge
- Creeping thistle, Hilliclay
- Red campion, Thurso road verge
- Dandelion, Thurso road verge
- Honeysuckle, Thurso road verge
- Hedge woundwort, Dixonfield
- Groundsel, Thurso
- Elderflower, Dunbar
- Yellow balsam, Glengolly-Calder road
- Meadowsweet, Glengolly-Calder road
- Yellow rattle, Glengolly-Calder road
- Water avens, Glengolly-Calder road
- Speedwell, Glengolly-Calder road
- Sneezewort, Glengolly-Calder road
- Yellow bedstraw, Glengolly-Calder road
- Dames Violet (flox), Glengolly-Calder road
- Bog willowherb (small flowers), Glengolly-Calder road
- Water forgetmenot, Halkirk-Calder road
- Sow-thistle, Halkirk
- White campion, Dunnet Bay (roadside)
- Sea rocket ,Dunnet sands
- Thyme, Dunnet links
- Mountain everlasting, Dunnet links
- Lady's fingers, Dunnet links
- Globe buttercup, Dunnet links
- Scottish primrose, Dunnet links
- Grass of Parnassus, Dunnet links
- Heartsease, Dunnet links
- Meddick (yellow), Murkle Bay
- Oyster plant, Murkle Bay
- Thrift, Murkle Bay
- Scurvy grass, Murkle Bay
- Meadow buttercup, everywhere
- Thale cress, Hilliclay
- Charlock or cole, many places
- Procumbent pearlwort, Hilliclay
- Stitchwort (bog or lesser), Sysa field
Also (big bud but no flower) Angelica, Murkle Bay. Ling and knapweed common but not in flower yet.
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