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•Wild flowers by the hundred
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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.
  1. Daisy, Hilliclay
  2. Meadow buttercup, Hilliclay
  3. Early purple Orchid, Hilliclay
  4. Cow parsley, Hilliclay
  5. Bush vetch (purple), Hilliclay
  6. Herb Robert, Hilliclay
  7. Meadow vetchling, Hilliclay
  8. Hogweed, Hilliclay
  9. Stinging nettle, Hilliclay
  10. Dock, Hilliclay
  11. Cuckoo plant, Hilliclay
  12. Broad-leaved willow herb, Hilliclay
  13. Tormentil, Hilliclay
  14. Mouse ear chickweed, Hilliclay
  15. Cleavers, Hilliclay
  16. Marsh thistle, Hilliclay
  17. Hawkweed, Hilliclay
  18. Birds foot trefoil, Hilliclay
  19. Gorse, Hilliclay
  20. Tufted vetch (blue), Hilliclay
  21. Water cress, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  22. Wild raspberry, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  23. Twayblade orchid, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  24. White bedstraw, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  25. Red clover Hilliclay, (roadside to north)
  26. Milkwort, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  27. Violet, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  28. St Johns wort ( not fully in flower), Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  29. Millfoil, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  30. White clover, Hilliclay (roadside to north)
  31. Lousewort, Olrig Hill
  32. Bell heather, Olrig Hill
  33. Scentless mayweed, Olrig Hill
  34. Shepherd purse, Olrig Hill
  35. Spear thistle, Olrig Hill
  36. 'Big' eyebright (euphrasia breophila?), Olrig Hill
  37. Cotton grass, Olrig Hill (marsh)
  38. Cross-leaved heath, Olrig Hill (marsh)
  39. Sundew (not fully in flower), Olrig Hill (marsh)
  40. Water crowfoot, Olrig Hill (marsh)
  41. Butterwort, Olrig Hill (marsh)
  42. Marsh cinquefoil, Olrig Hill (marsh)
  43. Red rattle, Olrig Hill
  44. 'Small' eyebright (Euphrasia micronatha?), Olrig Hill
  45. Bog ashphodel, Olrig Hill
  46. Heath orchid, Olrig Hill
  47. Red dead-nettle, Olrig Hill (field)
  48. Chickweed, Olrig Hill (field)
  49. Water pepper, Olrig Hill (field)
  50. Self-heal, Windy-Ha track
  51. Hawthorne, Windy-Ha track
  52. Salmonberry, Windy-Ha track
  53. Ground elder, Olrig wood road
  54. Ox eye daisy, Olrig wood road
  55. Herb bennet, Olrig wood
  56. Wild dogrose, Mast road
  57. Forgetmenot (tiny flowers), Mast road
  58. Water blinks (? Small white flowers), Mast road
  59. Sorrel, Mast road
  60. Silverweed, Mast road
  61. Broom, Mast road
  62. Greater celandine (marsh marigold), Mast road
  63. Ragged Robin, Olrig pool
  64. Foxglove, Hilliclay
  65. Oxford ragwort, Fryster wood
  66. Lesser twayblade, Fryster wood
  67. Fumitory, Fryster wood road corner
  68. Yellow flag, Fryster
  69. Ragwort (ordinary), Fryster road verge
  70. Fragrant orchid, Fryster road verge
  71. Lady's mantle, Fryster road verge
  72. Creeping thistle, Hilliclay
  73. Red campion, Thurso road verge
  74. Dandelion, Thurso road verge
  75. Honeysuckle, Thurso road verge
  76. Hedge woundwort, Dixonfield
  77. Groundsel, Thurso
  78. Elderflower, Dunbar
  79. Yellow balsam, Glengolly-Calder road
  80. Meadowsweet, Glengolly-Calder road
  81. Yellow rattle, Glengolly-Calder road
  82. Water avens, Glengolly-Calder road
  83. Speedwell, Glengolly-Calder road
  84. Sneezewort, Glengolly-Calder road
  85. Yellow bedstraw, Glengolly-Calder road
  86. Dames Violet (flox), Glengolly-Calder road
  87. Bog willowherb (small flowers), Glengolly-Calder road
  88. Water forgetmenot, Halkirk-Calder road
  89. Sow-thistle, Halkirk
  90. White campion, Dunnet Bay (roadside)
  91. Sea rocket ,Dunnet sands
  92. Thyme, Dunnet links
  93. Mountain everlasting, Dunnet links
  94. Lady's fingers, Dunnet links
  95. Globe buttercup, Dunnet links
  96. Scottish primrose, Dunnet links
  97. Grass of Parnassus, Dunnet links
  98. Heartsease, Dunnet links
  99. Meddick (yellow), Murkle Bay
  100. Oyster plant, Murkle Bay
  101. Thrift, Murkle Bay
  102. Scurvy grass, Murkle Bay
  103. Meadow buttercup, everywhere
  104. Thale cress, Hilliclay
  105. Charlock or cole,  many places
  106. Procumbent pearlwort, Hilliclay
  107. 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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