Coniston Worts

Butterwort - carnivorous - insects are caught a sticky substance on the leaves - usually in boggy ground but this one amongst many, was on a sunny slope, presumably often wet.

Milkwort - in ancient Greek times it was thought to increase milk yields in cattle

Lousewort - hemiparasite - it sucks extra nutrition from its neighbour's roots

These three, the four in extras and several others were found on the lower slopes of The Old Man of Coniston.

A terrific day with Matt (a Watton Scouter). We took a fairly standard route up from the hostel, delighting in the flora as we relocated regularly along the way. Then we tried some harder nav points off Wetherlam and down Black Sails. On a gloriously sunny day it could only be fabulous.

Not content with that however, we ventured out again after dinner for 2.5 hours night nav practice around Great Stickle from Broughton Mills.

In extras:
Pasley Fern - rare apparently, although we saw lots of it.

Dog Lichen - (Foliose) Because its reproductive bodies resemble the teeth of a dog, it was used as a treatment for rabies in the European Middle Ages; powdered Peltigera was mixed with black pepper and warm milk. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Wood Sorrel - in full sun on exposed slope, previously woodland?

Dog Violet - everywhere! Up to 600 varieties. Flowers & leaves edible