Cheshire Roadside Verge Survey

Volume III: Photographs October 1995

m CHESHIRE*ECOLOGICAL SERVICES

•i The consultancy of The Cheshire Wildlife Trust Volume III: Photographs October 1995

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The consultancy of The Cheshire Wildlife Trust CHESHIRE ROADSIDE VERGE SURVEY 1995

LIST OF PLATES

Plate 1 One of the volunteer Verge Surveyors along Verge 84, Hocker Lane, Over Alderely

Plate 2 Holloway along Birtles Lane, Over Alderley - Verge 85

Plate 3 Verge Mower in operation

Plate 4 Contractor strimming the verge at Lower Nabb Quarry, Verge 97

Plate 5 Over zealous cutting, resulting in the loss of top-soil and wildflowers

Plate 6 Verge dominated by Cow Parsley

Plate 7 Tilstone Feamall Roadside Verge SBI

Plate 8 Cowslips in Tilstone Fearnall Roadside Verge SBI

Plate 9 Croxton Lane, Stanthorne - Verge 35

Plate 10 Ladies Smock, Cardamine pratensis in Verge 35

Plate 11 Smith Lane, Peak Park Verge 96

Plate 12 v Ladies Mantle, Alchemilla vulgrais agg., in Verge 96, Smith Lane, Peak National Park

Plate 13 Verges 9 & 12, Cotton Edmunds Plate 14 Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium

Plate 15 Wild Garlic, Alliwn ursintim, in Verge 85

Plate 16 Greater Celandine, Chelidoniwn majus

Plate 17 1 Red Campion, Silene dioica

Plate 18 White-dead Nettle, Lamium album

Plate 19 Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotuscorniculatus, and Germander Speedwell Veronica 1 chamaedrys.

Plate 20 Wall Pennywort, Umbilicus rupestris, common on verges in Sandstone Areas

Plate 21 Sweet Cicely, Myrhhis odorata, at the Entrance to the Peak National Park, Verge 83

Plate 22 Evergreen Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirnes along Warrington Road, Mere - Verge 40 ..U Plate 23 Bistort, Polygonum bistorta, in Verge 86, Hocker Lane, Over Alderley tin Plate 24 Bistort, P. bistorta, in Verge 92, A534 near Congleton IM im Plate 25 Orange Tip, Anthrocharis cardamines, on Ladies Smock, C. pratensis \m Plate 26 Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus, nectaring on Creeping Thistle, Cirsium arvense I

vmmmmmm Plate 1 One of the volunteer Verge Surveyors along Verge 84, Hooker Lane, Over Alderely

Plate 2 Holloway along Birtles Lane, Over Alderley - Verge 85 © Cheshire Ecological Services Cheshire Roadside Verge Survey 1995

Plate 3 Verge Mower in operation

Plate 4 Contractor strimming the verge at Lowe Nabb Quarry, Verge 97 I

Plate 5 Over zealous cutting, resulting in the loss of top-soil and wildflowers

Plate 6 Verge dominated by Cow Parsley I

Plate 7 Tilstone Fearnall Roadside Verge SBI

Plate 8 Cowslips in Tilstone Fearnall Roadside Verge SBI I

Plate 9 Croxton Lane, Stanthorne - Verge 35 I I

Plate 10 Ladies Smock, Cardaminepratewis in Verge 35 I

Plate 11 Smith Lane, Peak Park Verge 96

Plate 12 Ladies Mantle, Alchetnilla vulgrais agg., in Verge 96, Smith Lane, Peak National Park I

Plate IB Verges 9 & 12, Cotton Edmunds

Plate 14 Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium I

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I Plate 15 Wild Garlic, Attium ursinum, in Verge 85

I I I I I I Plate 16 I Greater Celandine, Chelidoniwn tnajw © Cheshire Ecological Services Cheshire Roadside Verge Survey 1995

Plate 17 Red Campion, Silene dioica

Plate 19 Birds-foot Trefoil, Lotuscorniculatus, and Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys.

I Plate 20 I Wall Pennywort, Umbilicus rupestris, common on verges in Sandstone Areas © Cheshire Ecological Services Cheshire Roadside Verge Survey 1995

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Plate 21 I Sweet Cicely, Myrhhis odorata, at the Entrance to the Peak National Park, Verge

Plate 22 Evergreen Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirnes along Warrington Road, Mere - Verge 40 © Cheshire Ecological Services Cheshire Roadside Verge Siirvey 1995

Plate 23 Bistort, Polygonum bistorta, in Verge 86, Hocker Lane, Over Alderley

Plate 24 Bistort, P. bistorta, in Verge 92, A534 near Congleton © Cheshire Kcological Services Cheshire Roadside Verge Survey 1995

Plate 25 Orange Tip, Anthrocharis cardamines, on Ladies Smock, C pratensis

Plate 26 Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus, nectaring on Creeping Thistle, Cirsiwn arvense ™

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