Hi Steve,

Yes, I think we've chatted about this before?

As I said above the discoveries just seem to keep on coming. For example, I've found 24 species of fern just in my local area. The fern experts tell me that this is remarkable! Last year I found a single specimen of Meadow Saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) which is the first record for 60 years. I also found Common Storksbill (Erodium cicutarium) which was rare here even in the 19th century. Another find was Common (how deceptive that 'common' is!) Broomrape (Orobanche minor) which, as far as I can tell, is the first record for this area. I'm a bit obsessed at the moment with arable field weeds and, although there haven't been any arable fields around here for about a century, the weeds spring up every time the ground is disturbed. The local museum herbarium collection of Fumitories (Fumaria sp.) contains 3 species from the 19th century - but I've found 4 living ones!

And those are just the 'tip of the iceberg' (so far I've found just short of 700 species in my chosen study area).