Croxteth Country Park, Liverpool
Sat 9 May 2026
Steve Cross and Sheila Wynn
Saturday 9th May: Croxteth Country Park, Liverpool. A joint meeting with the Liverpool Botanical Society (Maximum 10 participants) Leaders: Steve Cross and…
Ranscombe Farm, Cuxton, Medway, Kent
Sunday 14th June: Ranscombe Farm, Cuxton, Medway, Kent
Leader: Sue Southall
Meet at 10:30 in the carpark, nearest post code ME2 1LA; Grid Ref: TQ717674; what3words: ///precautions.tags.left. The main entrance and car park are on the left, accessible directly from the A228 shortly before the roundabout (when approaching the M2 from Cuxton).
This is a “Come and Find” meeting – and there is a lot to find!
Ranscombe is made up of chalk grassland, arable fields and woodland. The chalk grassland is full of Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata and Wild Liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos alongside skylarks and Common Blue and Marbled White butterflies.
The reserve is also believed to be the last remaining natural site in the UK for Corncockle Agrostemma githago and home to the largest UK populations of Broad-leaved Cudweed Filago pyramidata. The first record in Britain of Meadow Clary Salvia pratensis and Marsh-mallow Althaea officinalis were here too. Interrupted Brome Bromus interruptus has been introduced – but Sue has never actually seen it.
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea and Hornbeam Carpinus betulus grow in the Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa coppice. This woodland has existed here since at least AD 1600 and is an important wildlife corridor in North Kent.
To book, contact Janet John wfs.meetings@gmail.com