On Sunday 14th in Mainscourt Ballyboughal and in Naul on 18th May we found 24 different wild WeedFlowers in bloom NOT including wild Grasses! Especially important is Spear Thistle- ranked in 6th place among The Top Ten nectar producers for pollinators. Also found were
Herb Bennet (Geum), Cow Parsley (for Orange Tip butterflies), Hawksbeard, Black Medick, Purple Vetch, Bush Vetch, Primroses, Speedwell, Wild Garlic, Dandelions,, Silverweed (Cinquefoil), Weeping Sedge (Carex pendula), Dead Nettle, Clover, Cleavers (Garbhlus), Nettles, Wild Mustard, Charlock, Sow Thistle, Fumitory, Daisy, Burdock, Stellaria.