Sefton Coast

Jul
02
2015
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Summary: Sefton Coast Isle of Man Cabbage surveys, 2015

By BDeed
Coincya monensis monensis (Dr Phil Smith)

All the known Sefton sites for the British endemic Isle of Man Cabbage (Coincya monensis ssp. monensis) were visited in late May/early June 2015 and numbers of plants counted. At Crosby Marine Park, where sand was removed from a dune ridge for a 2011 coast protection scheme, 1361 plants were found on the extracted ridge while 211 were counted on the outer shore dunes that had been used as a donor site for a translocation in 2011.

Sefton Coast
Isle of man cabbage
survey
Coincya monensis
endemic
Apr
07
2015
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Dr Phil Smith: Wildlife Notes March 2015

By BDeed
Common Frog at Freshfield Dune Heath (Phil Smith)

A pattern of dry spring months has been evident for over a decade, March having only 65% of normal rainfall in England and Wales. An unexpected deluge came on 12th-13th but a small recovery in the height of the dune water-table in mid-month was subsequently lost. The ponds at Freshfield Dune Heath Nature Reserve remained extremely low but still attracted lots of Common Frogs.

Phil Smith
Wildlife Notes
Sefton
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