by Will de Bolla | Oct 23, 2022 | Ecology Group |
From the report to FML Trustees, 20th Sept 2022, by Andrew Marchant Since 2016, Frome’s Missing Links’ Ecology Group has been monitoring and improving the ecology of the area alongside the existing path. One of their first projects was to survey reptiles...
by Will de Bolla | Sep 19, 2020 | Ecology Group |
Now that late summer has arrived the most colourful sight on the Collier’s Way at Great Elm are ripening berries/fruits. The first three pictures show the berries of the Black Bindweed and Guelder Rose (behind which are young hawthorn trees with a mass of red...
by Will de Bolla | Aug 27, 2020 | Ecology Group |
The summer flowers are fading fast at Great Elm as autumn approaches. However, a number of flowers remain amongst the long grass including Thistles, Field Scabious, St John’s Wort, Crane Bill etc. In studying the wildflowers at Great Elm, it is not always easy...
by Will de Bolla | Jul 24, 2020 | Ecology Group |
The Spring flowers have long gone at Great Elm on the Collier’s Way. They are being replaced by very long grass but flowers can still be found in their midst. Also, there is a touch of autumn to note in the berries on the Guelders-rose. This summer is all...
by Will de Bolla | Jul 6, 2020 | Ecology Group |
The first picture of the bench area at Great Elm shows that the drought is holding back the summer wildflowers. The ox-eyed daisies have been slow to flower here as the bank area is very dry. The ones on the By Pass have been flowering for weeks. The Guider Rose is...
by Will de Bolla | May 18, 2020 | Ecology Group |
The study at Great Elm now shows spring wildflowers fading (Orchids, Cowslips, Primroses, Violets etc) but the summer wildflowers are beginning to appear (Bird’s-Foot-Trefoil, Crosswort, Red Campion, Bush Vetch and Horseshoe Vetch (pea family) etc) and in some...
