One result of the disastrous summer was its affect on bees. Many 

 honey classes at agricultural shows had to be cancelled, and beekeeping 

 was seriously affected. After a night of frost at Easter a neighbour 

 reported seeing at Lyminge a cherry tree from which all the blossom had 

 fallen and every flower held a dead bee. 



Some interesting plants were noted during the past season. Wild 

 Columbines were exceptionally fine and numerous, including some pale 

 pink ones ; Long Stalked Geranium at Rhodes Minnis (Geranium 

 Columbarium) ; Thick leaved Stonecrop {Sediim dasyphyllum) at Hythe 

 and Dungeness ; Summer Snowflake {Leucojiim aestivum) between 

 Littlest one and Dungeness ; Meadow Rue {Thalictriim minus) at 

 Chartham, and cut leaved Elder (Sambucus niger var. laciniata) near 

 Ashford and Chartham. During the Grass Foray, the rare Barrer's 

 Saltmarsh Grass (Glyceria Borreri) was found in some quantity at 

 Burmarsh. There is reason to believe that Daphne Mezereum still 

 exists in the wild state in the county. Marsh Sow Thistle {Sonchus 

 palitstris) reported from Stodmarsh. 



Pure white primroses and a curiously enlarged form of Wood 

 Anemone, looking rather like a small Japanese Anemone, have been 

 found locally. A red flowered Rubus R. spcv^tabilis — the Salmonberry 

 — from Canada is naturalized in the woods by the railway opposite 

 Beachborough. 



A curious find was Prickly Saltwort (Salsola Kali) on the tank trap 

 at Sugar Loaf, where it is growing with Sea Cabbage and Horned Poppy 

 a mile and a half from the sea. 



Vera F. P. Day, n.d.h., f.r.h.s. 



NESTING SPECIES IN THE AREA OF THE 



OTTINGE PUMPING STATION OF 

 FOLKESTONE WATERWORKS COMPANY 



A S a matter of interest, the species nesting in about 1^ acres, confined 

 to the Folkestone Waterworks Pumping Station at Ottinge, has 

 been noted during the 1954 season. There are three thorn hedges, 

 mainly Hawthorn and Blackthorn, in which 17 species nested, nearly 

 all broods being reared. Magpies took one nest of young Chaffinches 

 but the mother bird rebuilt and brought off a second brood successfully. 

 No fewer than 70 different species were also recorded in this small area. 

 A tabulated list of Breeding Species is as follows : — 



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