Walking with the Wildflower Society

Headed up to Stinchcombe in the morning to support Kathy who was hosting a Wildflower Society meeting on the Hill today.

We started in the golf clubhouse with some coffee and had a presentation from Kathy about the grassland restoration work that’s been undertaken and the importance of collecting survey data to track how well grazing management works in the future.

We split into two groups and I led one across the course and along the ridge towards the SSSI. However, this was a group of botanists and progress was extremely slow. We did spot a few “treasured” species – ones that should be common on the grassland, but are currently shaded out by the dominant tor grass. In particular, there was a big clump of Dyer’s saw-wort in an unexpected place.

I left everyone at lunch on the side of the hill, so I could get back down for Dursley Code Club. The monday club is particularly advanced at the moment, and I witnessed a few make significant progress with their gaming projects during the session.