Sussex churchyards project 2016
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Transcript of Sussex churchyards project 2016
SUSSEX CHURCHYARD PROJECT 2016
FIRSTLY – THANK-YOU!TO ALL THE MEMBERS WHO TOOK PART
• East Sussex • 22 members• 75 churchyards/cemeteries• 8047 records• West Sussex• 17 members• 77 churchyards/cemeteries• 7,9990 records• (Completed records from• visits throughout the year) All photos. Helen Proctor unless
stated otherwise.
Catsfield
Distribution of recorded churches
East SussexMap from Google Earth. Ed. Brad. Scott
Distribution of recorded churches
West SussexMap from Google Earth. Ed. Brad Scott
Habitats in Churchyards
Grassland - as lawns OR as meadows
Herstmonceux ChurchyardBoxgrove Priory Churchyard
More Habitats
ALSO Paths – Brick, gravel Woodland Hedgerows
Walls – Escaping the strimmer-Litlington!
Asplenium ruta-murariaHerstmonceux
Churchyards as Nature Reserves
Hadlow Down Churchyard
Danehill Churchyard
Photo Stephanie Miles
Grassland ManagementConservation areas Grass cut in AutumnCuttings removed
Mountfield
Westmeston
Never cut or cuttings left in situChiddingly
Introduced PlantsDavidia involucrata at Tidebrook
Saxifraga granulata flore pleno
Photo. Peter Smith
Photo. Judy Clark
Selaginella kraussiana Photo. James McCulloch
Lichens in ChurchyardsCaloplaca flavescens
Ochrolechia parella Lecanora chlarotera
Llimonaea sorediataPhotos. Ishpi Blatchley
Changes since the 1980s Surveys
1980s records generally lower than in2016
Possible reasons:-• Less expertise• No ‘Poland’ for
Vegetative ID of grasses!
A few totals of records are identical or nearly so. Same or different species?
1980s 2016
Hadlow Down 132 134Pevensey 73 73Spithurst 127 129Aldingbourne 112 112Ashurst 109 109Ebernoe 110 110Lodsworth 123 123
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2017
• Thank-you again!
• The project continues next year.
• A list of churchyards for recording will be published later.
• Notes on management greatly appreciated.
Netherfield