Ragwort Update

Alistair, who lives locally, saw that I was proposing to pull up the Ragwort.  He suggested that he might take a look at it, with his field book.  So he popped up today and identified the Ragwort in the meadow as Common Ragwort which is native (and is different to the introduced species which is very invasive).  Not only is this native, but the Cinnabar moth depends on it entirely.

So, we agreed that it should be left alone.

Alistair also has a scythe.  See next post.