Cuckoo Flower

Description

Location :   Shoreline Meadow Left Bank near streamline.24 April

Note: 

Wildlife relationships: Surrounded by Dandelion, Plantain, Speedwell and various grasses in the wetter part of the Meadow bank. This proves that when you leave a field alone cut back in the previous winter and let grow certain dormant seeds will come back. It was such a joy to see this flower come up. This was part of a project i undertook with the Local Tidy towns group and Shoreline to transform a cut bank into a wildlife supporting bank . I really wasnt expecting this flower in the first year. I would travel down once a week to see what grew and what insects were present. In total over 40 species of flower were recorded and I would estimate grasses to be at around 25 different species. These are recorded on this website with the Tag Shoreline.

For further info see – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardamine_pratensis