Wednesday 16 February 2022

Polypodium interjectum or Western Polypody (Bifid examples) Nature Diary - 16th February 2022 - Burton In Kendal

 

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I discovered this plant about two years ago and almost immediately noted its striking differences in particular towards the pinnae ends which on the majority (but not all) of the fronds took on this bifid (or forked end appearance). Even more striking was later in the year to find that some of the pinnae actually had developed into a three fork situation, but still to be called bifid.  (Monday 4th Feb 2019) 


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


Photos taken 4th February 2019 - Low Gables, Vicarage Ln, Burton In Kendal. Fine examples of P. Interjectum - Bifid examples (forked)


(below)  and finally I want to show you examples I found in Holme Stinted Pastures back in 20th February 2019.



Thank you Julian



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If you want the most up to date blogs about birding and vismig and other stuff please click over this link:

Autumn Bird Migration over Burton in Kendal 2009, 2010, , 2011,  2012, 2013, 2014,  2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,  2019, 2020, 2021
Early movement and Spring Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal. 2020, 2021, 
Monitoring our Swifts (Burton In Kendal - since 2010 - Check the summary for 2021 or any of the years previous histories. 

Merlin chasing Skylark, yet Skylark evades capture by clever tactic

Notes on Lapwings (3rd March 2021) Demise (local 1960s onward) and also Winter Roosting on Factory Roofs in East Lancs between 1980s and 2000 see below the links:

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Northern Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe o. leucorrhoa)

Fieldfare numbers of Wintering Birds almost non existent Sth Cumbria

Hutton Roof's Rinnentier (Rinnenkarren)

Arnside Naturalist party for Orchids 29th Jun 2021
My Lichen Diary
Herb Paris    Birds Foot Sedge
Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (Cedar Apple Rust fungi)
Elfin Saddle fungi - (Helvella lacunosa)
Black Bryony (Tamus communis)
The Gentians - both amarella and campestris and their current status on Holme Stinted Pastures (Sept 2021)

THE FLORA OF HUTTON ROOF
THE FERNS OF HUTTON ROOF
EPIPACTIS ATRORUBENS AND MORE (A STUDY OF RARE ORCHIDS)

12th Feb 2021 - Just starting to see new growth etc

Thr 11th February 2021 - Early movement and Spring Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal.

Tues 9th February 2021 - Intertwined

17th Dec 2020 - Finding a new Polypodium cambricum on HRoof Crags

Thursday 19th November 2020 - Nice stroll or wander with fabulous wonders and my December copy for the local magazine - SEE BLOG BELOW THESE LINKS.....

CHECKING OUT SOUTHERN POLYPODY AND BLACK SPLEENWORT PLUS FUNGI, FUNGI AND MORE FUNGI - Click here

Another recent blog on"The best moments of vis so far this year - click here

 2020 Visible Bird Migration records 

"Strange Polypodium Interjectum found in Burton (17th Oct 2020)

Cloud and Sunrise photo blog - click here

The new Orchid book "Britains Orchids" by Sean Cole and Mike Waller - please click this link for details.

Varieties of our local Hutton Roof Gentians and the reason for the 50/50 Purple and White, plus my research survey results. Plus "Upland Enchanters Nightshade (circae x intermedia)

 More Autumn Gentian photos (2020) can be seen here

Dark Stemmed Hybrids (Epipactis schmalhauseneii - helleborine led)
Primula vulgaris and Primula veris (Primrose and Cowslip)

Rb Fotoman Close Up photos

2020 Visible Spring Bird Migration Counts at Burton In Kendal
 Dryopteris sub-montana (Rigid Buckler Fern) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria
 Polygonatum odoratum (Angular Solomons Seal) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria.


Holly Ferns on Hutton Roof and how they are fairing
2019 a exceptional year for the berries
A very special Orchid - A branched Epipactis atrorubens
Polypodium Cambricum (7th Feb 2022)

My Nature Blog diaries (from 6th December 2021)



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Monday 14 February 2022

Daphne Mezereone (Hutton Roof side) and checking P. Cambricum - Nature Diary Mon 14th Feb 2022 - East sides of Hutton Roof.


 

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Monday Feb 14th 2022 - Daphne Mezereone and Polypodium Cambricum - East flank of Hutton Roof. 

My plan was set to check out the Hutton Roof Daphne Mezereone and it again turned out very disappointing.  Each year the plant seems to have been going downhill and now we only have 3 flowering plants out of the original 7 left, and these were well behind (in comparison to No.2 on Holme Stints) and only showing a token of buds mainly shut, odd ones opening.  I really dont know whats causing the demise of this species but this seems to have been going on now for some years. I have collected a few photos to try and show you the current situation.

Also while out in that direction just could not resist a check up on the most beautiful of our Polypodium cambricam (Southern Polypody).  They were fabulous and seem to be getting larger every year. (this year 36cm frond included within 46cm rachis). I am going to have to call my friends over to check out a lot of these Polypodiums, some are growing crazy and could even be those unstoppable hybrids.  We are so luck here we have all three Polypodiums set within 100 yards so the inevitable could well be happening and I would hate to miss them.  A special place here were cambricums grown out from the trees. 




                                        Above is Mezereone 6 Hutton Roof





                                 (above 3) Daphne Mezereone 7 Hutton Roof




                               (above two) Daphne Mezereone 1 Hutton Roof












                                                    Blechum spicant 4 metre plus












                                   9 photos above P. cambricums and also on Hanging Scar









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Autumn Bird Migration over Burton in Kendal 2009, 2010, , 2011,  2012, 2013, 2014,  2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,  2019, 2020, 2021
Early movement and Spring Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal. 2020, 2021, 
Monitoring our Swifts (Burton In Kendal - since 2010 - Check the summary for 2021 or any of the years previous histories. 

Merlin chasing Skylark, yet Skylark evades capture by clever tactic

Notes on Lapwings (3rd March 2021) Demise (local 1960s onward) and also Winter Roosting on Factory Roofs in East Lancs between 1980s and 2000 see below the links:

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Northern Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe o. leucorrhoa)

Fieldfare numbers of Wintering Birds almost non existent Sth Cumbria

Hutton Roof's Rinnentier (Rinnenkarren)

Arnside Naturalist party for Orchids 29th Jun 2021
My Lichen Diary
Herb Paris    Birds Foot Sedge
Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (Cedar Apple Rust fungi)
Elfin Saddle fungi - (Helvella lacunosa)
Black Bryony (Tamus communis)
The Gentians - both amarella and campestris and their current status on Holme Stinted Pastures (Sept 2021)

THE FLORA OF HUTTON ROOF
THE FERNS OF HUTTON ROOF
EPIPACTIS ATRORUBENS AND MORE (A STUDY OF RARE ORCHIDS)

12th Feb 2021 - Just starting to see new growth etc

Thr 11th February 2021 - Early movement and Spring Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal.

Tues 9th February 2021 - Intertwined

17th Dec 2020 - Finding a new Polypodium cambricum on HRoof Crags

Thursday 19th November 2020 - Nice stroll or wander with fabulous wonders and my December copy for the local magazine - SEE BLOG BELOW THESE LINKS.....

CHECKING OUT SOUTHERN POLYPODY AND BLACK SPLEENWORT PLUS FUNGI, FUNGI AND MORE FUNGI - Click here

Another recent blog on"The best moments of vis so far this year - click here

 2020 Visible Bird Migration records 

"Strange Polypodium Interjectum found in Burton (17th Oct 2020)

Cloud and Sunrise photo blog - click here

The new Orchid book "Britains Orchids" by Sean Cole and Mike Waller - please click this link for details.

Varieties of our local Hutton Roof Gentians and the reason for the 50/50 Purple and White, plus my research survey results. Plus "Upland Enchanters Nightshade (circae x intermedia)

 More Autumn Gentian photos (2020) can be seen here

Dark Stemmed Hybrids (Epipactis schmalhauseneii - helleborine led)
Primula vulgaris and Primula veris (Primrose and Cowslip)

Rb Fotoman Close Up photos

2020 Visible Spring Bird Migration Counts at Burton In Kendal
 Dryopteris sub-montana (Rigid Buckler Fern) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria
 Polygonatum odoratum (Angular Solomons Seal) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria.


Holly Ferns on Hutton Roof and how they are fairing
2019 a exceptional year for the berries
A very special Orchid - A branched Epipactis atrorubens
Polypodium Cambricum (7th Feb 2022) (14th Feb 2022)

My Nature Blog diaries (from 6th December 2021)



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Friday 11 February 2022

Daphne Mezereone - Nature Diary 9th February 2022 - Stints

 


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Daphne Mezereone - Nature Diary 9th February 2022 - Stints

Photo: Daphne Mezereone Specimen 2 - Hutton Roof North side - 9th February 2022


Daphne Mezereone - Specimen 1 and Specimen 2 - Holme Stints

It was time to check out the Daphne Mezereone and I now reckon one more week will be spot on for Specimen 2 of which I have plenty of photos taken today which you can see below.

Sadly this year could well be the demise of Specimen 1 unless some miracle happens, I have seen this happen now with lots of Mezereone. It does still have a small amount of ripened buds but purely a token (see photo).

I also did a thorough check out to see if I could find anymore but nothing showing today.  But nice again to check the large interjectums (Polypodium interjectum) which are well at home in the fork of a medium sized hawthorn tree.  There are some good large boulders in this area which would support cambricum but again I could not find any today.



(above) is Specimen 1 which I found about 6 years ago, but sadly in the last three years it has deteriorated. The specimen is built on vintage gorse rooting which is showing signs of crumbling and as such has loosened the Daphne plant. Although it seems firmly fixed directly below it is vunerable by being so loose and swinging from side to side has the wind takes it, I have managed to temporarily trap it to stop if swinging.  Perhaps it could be side pinned or re-inforced some way. (A job at the end of flowering - IF!)

Moving on to Specimen 2 which is doing well and in full flower with scores of buds still waiting to open fully, I guess maybe one week to see the full showing.  But even today it looked well and here are a few photos.








































And one or two other bits from this afternoon. 



Very large interjectums










Its now time for me to go over on the East side of Hutton Roof to check out our other Mezereones.


CHECK OUT MORE BLOGS BELOW

If you want the most up to date blogs about birding and vismig and other stuff please click over this link:

Autumn Bird Migration over Burton in Kendal 2009, 2010, , 2011,  2012, 2013, 2014,  2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,  2019, 2020, 2021
Early movement and Spring Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal. 2020, 2021, 
Monitoring our Swifts (Burton In Kendal - since 2010 - Check the summary for 2021 or any of the years previous histories. 

Merlin chasing Skylark, yet Skylark evades capture by clever tactic

Notes on Lapwings (3rd March 2021) Demise (local 1960s onward) and also Winter Roosting on Factory Roofs in East Lancs between 1980s and 2000 see below the links:

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Northern Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe o. leucorrhoa)

Fieldfare numbers of Wintering Birds almost non existent Sth Cumbria

Hutton Roof's Rinnentier (Rinnenkarren)

Arnside Naturalist party for Orchids 29th Jun 2021
My Lichen Diary
Herb Paris    Birds Foot Sedge
Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (Cedar Apple Rust fungi)
Elfin Saddle fungi - (Helvella lacunosa)
Black Bryony (Tamus communis)
The Gentians - both amarella and campestris and their current status on Holme Stinted Pastures (Sept 2021)

THE FLORA OF HUTTON ROOF
THE FERNS OF HUTTON ROOF
EPIPACTIS ATRORUBENS AND MORE (A STUDY OF RARE ORCHIDS)

12th Feb 2021 - Just starting to see new growth etc

Thr 11th February 2021 - Early movement and Spring Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal.

Tues 9th February 2021 - Intertwined

17th Dec 2020 - Finding a new Polypodium cambricum on HRoof Crags

Thursday 19th November 2020 - Nice stroll or wander with fabulous wonders and my December copy for the local magazine - SEE BLOG BELOW THESE LINKS.....

CHECKING OUT SOUTHERN POLYPODY AND BLACK SPLEENWORT PLUS FUNGI, FUNGI AND MORE FUNGI - Click here

Another recent blog on"The best moments of vis so far this year - click here

 2020 Visible Bird Migration records 

"Strange Polypodium Interjectum found in Burton (17th Oct 2020)

Cloud and Sunrise photo blog - click here

The new Orchid book "Britains Orchids" by Sean Cole and Mike Waller - please click this link for details.

Varieties of our local Hutton Roof Gentians and the reason for the 50/50 Purple and White, plus my research survey results. Plus "Upland Enchanters Nightshade (circae x intermedia)

 More Autumn Gentian photos (2020) can be seen here

Dark Stemmed Hybrids (Epipactis schmalhauseneii - helleborine led)
Primula vulgaris and Primula veris (Primrose and Cowslip)

Rb Fotoman Close Up photos

2020 Visible Spring Bird Migration Counts at Burton In Kendal
 Dryopteris sub-montana (Rigid Buckler Fern) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria
 Polygonatum odoratum (Angular Solomons Seal) on Hutton Roof, Cumbria.


Holly Ferns on Hutton Roof and how they are fairing
2019 a exceptional year for the berries
A very special Orchid - A branched Epipactis atrorubens
Polypodium Cambricum (7th Feb 2022)

My Nature Blog diaries (from 6th December 2021)



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