Welcome to Minchinhampton Walking and Wildlife Group

 Minchinhampton Common north side

The group was formed to share knowledge about the unique wildlife habitats in the parish of Minchinhampton and to enjoy the local environment in the company of like-minded people. We also monitor and investigate local habitats in conjunction with conservation organisations. Knowledge that we gain is shared on this website and by creating documented walks around the parish.

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Good to see a few (five) Pasque flowers not far from the Duke of Burgundy site (two) on Rodborough Common on Sunday.

But we did not see any Pasque flowers elsewhere on the Common this year.

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Category: Flora

On Minchinhampton Common this morning. Not the liveliest specimen we have ever seen.

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Misletoe time! Join us for a Christmas Eve walk looking for Mistletoe on our Common. 10:30am meet at the Reservoir car park (Minch. side).

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Category: Local Walks

Autumn Lady's Tresses These now appear to be as abundant as they get on the Common with flowers fully developed. Although we have not done a systematic count (just counting the easily spotted specimens as we walk through the usual patches) they look about the same as last year. This week we also spotted a patch previously unknown to us near the Fort on Rodborough, again on an unsystematic count-as-we-walk it has about 20 easily spotted examples. 
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We recently found this example of a bolete on the Common - unusual, since they usually occur in woodland, and this example was a good distance away from the nearest trees.

I have not definitively identified it because that would require looking a the spores and cutting the flesh to observe the discolouration in air. I wonder whether it is Boletus luridus, which is associated with calcareous ground (though usually beach woodland) and also has a red reticulation on the stem against the lighter background. 

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Category: Fungi
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