Platt's Wood
Platt's Wood is a community woodland project in Hayfield It is a mixture of wet woodland and grassland on a moderately sloping hillside, previously managed for grazing and now being planted up as a community woodland. You can view the project's Facebook page here.
Some flowering plants seen in the woodland
Wood Speedwell Veronica montanaSmall flower seen on the woodland floor.Keywords Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Scrophulariaceae, Veronica montana, Wood Speedwell Date Created 20150513 Time Created 133729 Digital Creation Date 20150513 Digital Creation Time 133729 
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficariaAn early flower found in wetter areas of the wwodland floor.Keywords Ficaria verna, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculus ficaria, lesser celandine Date Created 20150513 Time Created 134157 Digital Creation Date 20150513 Digital Creation Time 134157 
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifoliumA flower found in damp or wet areas.Keywords Hayfield, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150513 Time Created 142750 Digital Creation Date 20150513 Digital Creation Time 142750 
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scriptaA springtime woodland flower.Keywords Bluebell, Hayfield, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Liliaceae, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150513 Time Created 143747 Digital Creation Date 20150513 Digital Creation Time 143747 
Remote Sedge Carex remotaA few specimens seem on the edge of the stream bank.Keywords Carex remota, Cyperaceae, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Remote sedge Date Created 20150819 Time Created 133342 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 133342 
Remote Sedge Carex remotaFlowering spike.Keywords Carex remota, Cyperaceae, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Remote sedge Date Created 20150819 Time Created 132859 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 132859
Some mosses seen in the woodland
Common Smoothcap/Catherine's moss Atrichum undulatumA woodland moss.Keywords Atrichum undulatum, Bryophyta, Common Smoothcap/Catherine's Moss, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150819 Time Created 133441 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 133441 
Common Smoothcap/Catherine's moss Atrichum undulatumIndividual plant.Keywords Hayfield, Platt's Wood Date Created 20160710 Time Created 131857 Digital Creation Date 20160710 Digital Creation Time 131857 Copyright Notice © Barry Soames 
Common Smoothcap/Catherine's moss Atrichum undulatumClose-up of leaf showing wavy (undulate) form.Keywords Hayfield, Platt's Wood Date Created 20160710 Time Created 131857 Digital Creation Date 20160710 Digital Creation Time 131857 Copyright Notice © Barry Soames 
Common Smoothcap/Catherine's moss Atrichum undulatumCapsule (sporophyte) showing long beak.Keywords Atrichum undulatum, Bryophyta, Common Smoothcap/Catherine's Moss, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150819 Time Created 132651 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 132651 
Fissidens sp.On bank beside stream. Not identified to species.Keywords Bryophyta, Fissidens, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20160710 Time Created 131445 Digital Creation Date 20160710 Digital Creation Time 131445 Copyright Notice © Barry Soames
Some flowering plants seen in the grassland
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minorA hemi-parasitical plant which helps wildflowers by reducing growth of competing grasses.Keywords Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Rhinanthus minor, Scrophulariaceae, Yellow-rattle Date Created 20150819 Time Created 123819 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 123819 
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minorAfter flowering.Keywords Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Rhinanthus minor, Scrophulariaceae, Yellow-rattle Date Created 20150819 Time Created 122719 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 122719 
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minorDry seed cases which rattle, which gives rise to the name.Keywords Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Rhinanthus minor, Scrophulariaceae, Yellow-rattle Date Created 20150819 Time Created 121757 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 121757 
Red Clover Trifolium pratenseAn attractive flower which attracts nectar loving insects.Keywords Fabaceae, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Red Clover, Trifolium pratense, pea family Date Created 20150819 Time Created 122105 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 122105 
Black Knapweed Centaurea nigraAnother flower which attracts nectar and pollen loving insects.Keywords Asteraceae, Black Knapweed, Centaurea nigra, Common Knapweed, Compositae, Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150819 Time Created 124104 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 124104 
Oval Sedge Carex leporinaShowing spikes in fruit. A few specimens seen in grassland.Keywords Carex leporina, Carex ovalis, Cyperaceae, Hayfield, Oval Sedge, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150819 Time Created 130050 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 130050 
Tormentil Potentilla erectaIndicative of some underlying acid character in the grassland.Keywords Hayfield, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Potentilla erecta, Rosaceae Date Created 20150819 Time Created 135827 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 135827 
Marsh Willowherb Epilpobium palustreA small flower found in wet areas.Keywords Epilpobium palustre, Hayfield, Marsh Willowherb, Onagraceae, Plantae, Platt's Wood Date Created 20150819 Time Created 125718 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 125718
Some insects seen in the grassland
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestrisButterfly, on Red Clover.Keywords Animalia, Arthropoda, Fabaceae, Hayfield, Hesperiidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Red Clover, Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris, Trifolium pratense, animal, pea family Date Created 20150819 Time Created 122414 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 122414 
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatusSmall hoverfly.Keywords Animalia, Arthropoda, Diptera, Episyrphus balteatus, Hayfield, Insecta, Marmalade Hoverfly, Platt's Wood, Syrphidae, animal Date Created 20150819 Time Created 135026 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 135026 
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatusIn flight.Keywords Animalia, Arthropoda, Diptera, Episyrphus balteatus, Hayfield, Insecta, Marmalade Hoverfly, Platt's Wood, Syrphidae, animal Date Created 20150819 Time Created 134955 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 134955 
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorumOn Black Knapweed.Keywords Animalia, Apidae, Arthropoda, Asteraceae, Black Knapweed, Bombus, Bombus pascuorum, Centaurea nigra, Common Knapweed, Common carder bee, Compositae, Hayfield, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Plantae, Platt's Wood, animal Date Created 20150819 Time Created 140418 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 140418 
Rhingia sp.Hoverfly, easily identified by the long snout, probably Rhingia campestris.Keywords Animalia, Arthropoda, Asteraceae, Black Knapweed, Centaurea nigra, Common Knapweed, Compositae, Diptera, Hayfield, Insecta, Plantae, Platt's Wood, Rhingia sp., Syrphidae, animal Date Created 20150819 Time Created 141323 Digital Creation Date 20150819 Digital Creation Time 141323 
Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulvaOn Hogweed.Keywords Animalia, Arthropoda, Beetles, Black-tipped soldier Beetle, Cantharidae, Coleoptera, Hayfield, Hogweed Bonking Beetle, Insecta, Platt's Wood, Rhagonycha fulva, animal, bloodsucker, common red soldier beetle Date Created 20160710 Time Created 124955 Digital Creation Date 20160710 Digital Creation Time 124955 Copyright Notice © Barry Soames 
Epistrophe grossulariaeHoverfly on Hogweed.Keywords Animalia, Arthropoda, Diptera, Epistrophe grossulariae, Hayfield, Insecta, Platt's Wood, Syrphidae, animal Date Created 20160710 Time Created 130400 Digital Creation Date 20160710 Digital Creation Time 130400 Copyright Notice © Barry Soames
