Carolina Heath.

Leader: Louise Hill
8 additional members present
The evening was interrupted by a series of heavy showers.
We also made a brief visit to the former Lizard Orchid site.

North (Carolina Way) Hedgerow:

(Trees & Shrubs) Acer campestre Field Maple; Acer platanoides Norway Maple; Alnus cordata Italian Alder; Berberis sp. (? thumbergii Japanese Barberry); Berberis sp. (? darwiniii Darwin’s Barberry); Buddleia davidii Buddleia; Cornus sanguinea Dogwood; Cotoneaster frigidus Himalayan Cotoneaster (tree forming) at least two shrub-forming Cotoneasters including C. horizontalis); Elaeagnus pungens Oleaster (variegated leaves); Hedera helix Ivy; Sambucus nigra Elder; Hippophae rhamnoides Sea Buckthorn; Senecio greyii Senecio; Spiraea sp. Bridal Wreath; Taxus baccata Yew.

East Hedgerow:

(Trees & Shrubs) Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn; Corylus avellana Hazel; Rosa canina agg. Dog Rose.

(Herbs) Malva sylvestris Common Mallow; Pentaglottis sempervirens Green Alkanet; Viola odorata Sweet Violet;

South (Cycleway) Hedgerow:

(Trees & Shrubs) Acer campestre Field Maple; Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn; Corylus avellana Hazel; Fagus sylvatica Beech; Ilex aquifolia Holly; Prunus padus Bird Cherry; Populus x canescens Grey Poplar; Populus

(Herbs) Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard; Arctium minus Lesser Burdock; Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort; Bromus hordeaceus agg. Soft Brome; Bromus sterilis Barren Brome; Bryonia dioica White Bryony; Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle; Conium maculatum Hemlock; Prunella vulgaris Selfheal; Reseda luteola Weld; Rumex obtusifolius Broad Dock; Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort; Urtica dioica Common Nettle.

West (Cycleway) Hedgerow:

Not surveyed, though contained Field Maple and Hazel.

Within the site

Groups of self-set trees & shrubs within the site, often forming same-species copses, all with very clear rabbit browse-lines beneath.

Acer campestre Field Maple;
Alnus cordata Italian Alder;
Buddleia davidii Buddleia;
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn (major colonist);
Corylus avellana Hazel;
Cotoneaster frigidus Himalayan Cotoneaster (tree forming) at least two shrub-forming Cotoneasters including C. horizontalis) (major colonists);
Hippophae rhamnoides Sea Buckthorn (major colonist);
Ilex aquifolia Holly;
Malus domestica Cultivated Apples;
Populus x canescens Grey Poplar (major colonist);
Prunus ?avium Wild Cherry (small cops)
Pyrus communis Cultivated Pear
Rosa canina agg. Dog Rose
Quercus robur Common Oak
Sambucus nigra Elder;

Ground flora: Mostly heavily rabbit-grazed.

Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard (dominates fringe areas – un-grazed by rabbits)
Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley
Aphanes arvensis Parsley-piert
Arctium minus Lesser Burdock;
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort;
Bellis perennis Daisy;
Carex sp. Sedge
Cerastium arvensis Field Mouse-ear.
Conium maculatum Hemlock (dominates large fringe areas – un-grazed by rabbits)
Erodium cicutarium Common Stork’s-bill
Filago vulgaris Common Cudweed;
Galium aparine Cleavers;
Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Crane’s-bill;
Geranium lucidum Shining Crane’s-bill;
Geranium molle Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill (dominates large areas)
Geranium robertianum Herb Robert
Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy (dominates large areas)
Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog
Hypericum sp. St John’s-wort (dominates large areas – un-grazed by rabbits);
Lamium album White dead-nettle (often not grazed)
Lotus corniculatus Bird’s-foot Trefoil (dominates large areas)
Malva sylvestris Common Mallow
Myosotis sp. Forget-me-not (dominates large areas);
Poa annua Annual meadow-grass,
Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil (dominates large areas)
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup
Reseda luteola Weld
Reseda lutea Mignonette
Rubus fruticosus Bramble
Sagina spp. Pearlwort spp.
Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort (mainly un-grazed)
Sonchus asper Prickly Sow-thistle
Urtica dioica Stinging Nettle (mainly in fringe areas un-grazed by rabbits)
Viola odorata Sweet Violet
Peltigera canina Dog Lichen (small areas dominated in heavily grazed dry grassland in eastern area)
Cladonia ?impexa (a Reindeer Moss) Lichen (large areas dominated in depressions in heavily grazed dry grassland in eastern area)

Birds

Blackbird
Blackheaded Gull (over)
Carrion Crow
Cetti’s Warbler calling from southern hedge.
Dunnock
Herring Gull &
Lesser Blackbacked Gulls (over)
Magpie
Wood Pigeon
Wren

Hymenoptera

Many small, mainly black Bumble Bees were working the Bird’s-foot Trefoil flowers.

Mollusca

Cepaea nemoralis Brown-lipped Snail

Species noted by CAH during Doncaster Naturalists’ Visit on the evening of 3 June 2026.