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Ground, Strand Lane Cookham Rise
SU888842 |
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Date of survey |
Species (common name) |
Species (latin name) |
Predominant/only location |
| 29.07.07 | Alder | Alnus glutinosa | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Ash | Fraxinus excelsior | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Black medick | Medicago lupulina | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Blue fleabane | Erigeron acer | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Bramble | Rubus fructicosus | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Buddleia | Buddleja davidii | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Bulrush | Typha latifolia | Lake |
| 29.07.07 | Canadian fleabane | Conyza canadensis | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Common ivy | Hedera helix ssp. Helix | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Common mouse ear | Cerastium fontanum | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Common nettle | Urtica dioica | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Common poppy | Papaver rhoeas | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Common ragwort | Senecio jacobaea | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Cranesbill spp | Geranium spp | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Dead nettle | Lamium spp. | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Dock spp | Rumex spp. | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Elder | Sambucus nigra | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Evergreen oak | Quercus ilex | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Field bindweed | Convolvulus arvensis | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Great willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | Lakeside |
| 29.07.07 | Ground ivy | Glechoma hederacea | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Hawthorn | Crataegus spp. | Hedge/scrub and gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Hedge bindweed | Convolvulus sepium | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Lesser hawkbit | Leontodon saxatilis | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Lichen and moss spp | Gravel scrapes | |
| 29.07.07 | Lords and ladies | Arum maculatum | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Marjoram | Origanum vulgare | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Marsh thistle | Cirsium palustre | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Mouse ear hawkweed | Pilosella officinarum | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Mugwort | Artemisia vulgaris | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Musk mallow | Malva moschata | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Nipplewort | Lapsana communis | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Pendunculate oak | Quercus robur | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Prickly sowthistle | Sonchus asper | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | Ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Reed Canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea | Damp area |
| 29.07.07 | Ribwort plantain | Plantago lanceolata | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Rose spp | Rosa spp. | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Sallow/ goat willow | Salix caprea | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Silver birch | Betula pendula | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Spear thistle | Cirsium vulgare | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | St Johns Wort | Hypericum spp. | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Sticky groundsel | Senecio viscosus | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Water plantain | Alisma plantago-aquatica | Lake |
| 29.07.07 | White bryony | Bryonia dioica | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | White campion | Silene latifolia | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | White clover | Trifolium repens | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | White dead nettle | Lamium album | Lakeside |
| 29.07.07 | White water lily | Nymphaea alba | Lake |
| 29.07.07 | Wild parsnip | Pastinaca sativa | Damp area |
| 29.07.07 | Willow (not goat) | Salix spp | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Wood forget-me-not | Myosotis sylvatica | Undisturbed strip near ditch |
| 29.07.07 | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Knotgrass | Polygonum arenastrum | Gravel scrapes |
| 29.07.07 | Gipsywort | Lycopus europaeus | Lakeside |
| 29.07.07 | Hop | Humulus lupulus | Hedge/scrub |
| 29.07.07 | Hoary plantain | Plantago media | Gravel scrapes |
| Total | 58 | ||
| Comments from surveyor Sarah Wright | |||
| Butterfly, lichen and mosses and also reptile survey may prove productive, especially butterfly survey. | |||
| Rabbits | |||
| Lake and ditch may be worth surveying, especially since relatively interesting emergent/floating species found. Test for water quality may be interesting. | |||
| Concluding remarks: botanical interest is limited but the site's complex of open ground, scrub, and wetland habitats makes it potentially valuable for butterflies; birds; insects; wetland/aquatic habitats and 'common' wildlife. Viewed within the wider habitat matrix, it has value as an area of minimal management and wetland habitats. | |||
| Information for landowner/manager | |||
| Management of the ditch to maintain interest and to minimise negative impact associated with adjacent farmed land is recommended. For example, maintain a buffer strip beside ditch; minimise disturbance of ditch; any work upon ditch to be on rotational basis. | |||
| Management of the scrub for butterflies and birds and also ensuring there are areas that are not disturbed (damp area, scrubby areas, roadside strip, ditch-side strip) is advised. | |||
| Management of roadside boundary hedge/scrub/trees should be considered within the context of the road and the wider area. For example, the road/track will be a wildlife corridor and there are old trees in the neighbouring field and boundaries. Management should seek to enhance this boundary as part of a wildlife corridor and maintain old/dead wood habitats (e.g. veteran hedgerow trees; piles of dead wood; tre surgery that retains standing dead trunks). | |||
| Seek management advice regarding lake - potential to increase interest by re-profiling; introducing shade along margins; installing raft/island etc? | |||