Pilkington's got there first. Well, kind of. There used to be a big population of tropical fish in the canal at St Helens near to the warm water discharge from the glass factory. Not really usef… (View Post)

Never quite managed to get too excited about twitching although some of my acquaintances do seem to have strangely long lists of things they've seen without actually admitting to the pastime. Di… (View Post)

It was only Sweet woodruff, nothing rare, but it only grows in a few woods in the district and not in great quantity. They could probably have had a leaf or two but it was mainly about the principle … (View Post)

The issue is when everyone gets a little for themselves... I know Ramsons really isn't going to disappear through someone taking a few leaves - indeed it is a bit of a pain in the backside in so… (View Post)

We had Hemlock water-dropwort in the garden for a while. I thought that was a plant too far to be honest, although at least it wasn't in a parsnip bed. (View Post)