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Why Record?

Mark Duffell

Images © Arvensis Ecology/Mark Duffell unless otherwise labelled

“seek, and you will find…”

Pam Cofnodi?“Ceisiwch, ac fe welwch chi ...”

How much do you really know about your churchyard

or burial ground?• Built environment?

• Inhabitants?

• Flora and Fauna?

Faint ydych chi wir yn eiwybod am eich mynwent neu

safle claddu?

• Amgylchedd adeiledig?

• Trigolion?

• Fflora a Ffawna?

What is a Biological Record? Beth yw Cofnod Biolegol?

Who / Pwy

What / Beth

Where / Lle

When / Pryd

The Person(s) making the observationY Person (au) sy'n arsylwi

The Plant or Animal that is being observedY Planhigyn neu'r Anifail sy'n cael ei arsylwi

The Location of the observation usually a Place Name and a Grid ReferenceLleoliad yr arsylwi, fel arfer Enw Lle a ChyfeirnodGrid

The Date of the observationDyddiad yr arsylwi

Nicholas CulpeperThe Complete Herbal

1653

Sanguisorba officinalisGreat Burnet / BWRNED MAWR

“The wild kind grows in divers counties of this land, especially in Huntingdon, in Northamptonshire, in the meadows

there: as also near London, by Pancras church, and by a causeway-side in the

middle of a field by Paddington”.

“Mae'r math gwyllt yn tyfu mewngwahanol siroedd o'r wlad hon, ynenwedig yn Huntingdon, yn SwyddNorthampton, yn y dolydd yno: fel

hefyd ger Llundain, gER eglwysPancras, a GER ochr sarn yng nghanol

cae gER Paddington”.

Gilbert WhiteThe Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

1789.

“The Swallows and Martins are so numerous, and so widely distributed over the village… while the Swifts, though they do not all build in the church, yet so frequently haunt it, and play and rendezvous around it”

"Mae'r Gwenoliaid a GWENOLIAID Y BONDO mor niferus, ac wedi'u

dosbarthu MOR eang dros y pentref... tra bo’R gwenoliaid duon, er nad

ydyn nhw i gyd yn adeiladu yn yreglwys, ac eto mor aml yn DOD IDDI,

ac yn chwarae ac yn ymlacio o'ichwmpas"

Why Record? Pam Cofnodi?What has been found on my site previously?Beth sydd wedi’i ddarganfod ar fy safle o'r blaen?

How many species are present on this site?Faint o rywogaethau sy'n bresennol yn y safle yma?

What is the distribution of species X on my site?Beth yw dosbarthiad rhywogaeth X ar fy safle?

What is rare/scarce here?Beth sy'n brin / wedi diflannu yma?

Will help inform the future management of the site (Can I develop this site?)A fydd yn helpu fel sail i reolaeth y safle yn y dyfodol(A allaf ddatblygu’r safle yma?)

Images © www.Sunderlands.co.uk

Case Study: St Michael & All Angels Church, Dulas, HerefordAstudiaeth Achos: Eglwys Sant Mihangel a'r Holl Angylion, Dulas, Henffordd






Our Vanishing Flora – how wild flowers are disappearing across Britain (2012)

www.plantlife.org.uk/

Counties are losing Plant species from their flora at a rate of between 1 per decade to 1 per year.

Mae siroedd yn colli rhywogaethau o Blanhigion o'ufflora ar gyfradd rhwng 1 y degawd ac 1 y flwyddyn.

97% of Britain’s wildflower meadows have goneMae 97% o ddolydd blodau gwyllt Prydain wedi mynd


State of Nature Report (2013)www.rspb.org.uk/stateofnature

The threats to the UK’s wildlife are many and varied, the most severe acting either to destroy

valuable habitat or degrade the quality and value of what remains

Mae'r bygythiadau i fywyd gwyllt y DU yn niferus ac amrywiol, y rhai mwyaf difrifol yn gweithredu naill ai

i ddinistrio cynefin gwerthfawr neu ddiraddioansawdd a gwerth yr hyn sy'n weddill

Case Study: St Michael on Greenhill Church, LichfieldAstudiaeth Achos: Eglwys Sant Mihangel ar Greenhill, Lichfield


Source: Edina Digimap


Source: patrickcomerford.com © Patrick Comerford 2015


Source: © Ray Allen

Purpose of SurveyPwrpas yr Arolwg

Purpose: to catalogue the flora that occurs within the churchyardPwrpas: catalogio'r fflora sydd i’w

gweld ym mynwent yr eglwys

Report: to produce an annotated species list detailing the species foundAdroddiad: llunio rhestr o rywogaethau

yn rhoi manylion y rhywogaethau a ddarganfuwyd


Survey / ArolwgFor each compartment a list of

ALL vascular plant species* found was made.

Ar gyfer pob adran gwnaed rhestro BOB rhywogaeth o blanhigion

fasgwlaidd a ddarganfuwyd.

The only exception was some of the ornamentals in the planted flower beds

(and pots on graves)Yr unig eithriad oedd rhai o'r

addurniadau yn y gwelyau blodauwedi'u plannu (a photiau ar feddau)

• Apomictic species only recorded at aggregate level. • Rhywogaethau apomictig wedi’u cofnodi ar lefel gyfanredol yn unig

A B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Map of recording areas for St Michel’s Church, Lichfield WS13 6ED. SK1209

Organism / Organeb No of RecordsNifer y Cofnodion

No of SpeciesNifer y Rhywogaethau

Birds / Adar 923 24

Mammals / Mamaliaid 17 6

Invertebrates / Infertebrata 8 7

Vascular Plants / PlanhigionFasgwlaidd 72 64

Total / Cyfanswm 1020 101

Source: NBN Atlas. Accessed 6th November 2019 BSBI Database. Accessed 6th November 2019


Galanthus nivalis SnowdropSt Michaels Churchyard

(SK12450955)24th March 2003

David Wall.

Historical Records for St Michael on

Greenhill

CofnodionHanesyddol Sant

Mihangel ar Greenhill


Oxalis exilisLesser Yellow-sorrel

Suran felen fach


Results of SurveyCanlyniadau'r

Arolwg

Number of records collected Nifer y cofnodion a gasglwyd

1897 botanical records/cofnod botanegol*

* This number does include some duplication / Mae'r rhif hwn yn cynnwys rhywfaint o ddyblygu.


Results of SurveyCanlyniadau'r

Arolwg

Number of species recordedNifer y rhywogaethau a gofnodwyd

303 species and varieties of native and non native plants recorded.

Cofnodwyd 303 o rywogaethau ac amrywiaethau o blanhigion brodorolac anfrodorol.

Protected Species (Schedule 8).Rhywogaethau a Warchodir (Atodlen 8).

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Source: Wikimedia © MichaelMaggs

Invasive Non-native Species (Schedule 9).

Rhywogaethau Anfrodorol Ymledol(Atodlen 9).

Cotoneaster horizontalisCrocosmia x crocosmiflora

Rosa rugosa

LauraceaeLaurus nobilis Bay. A single large tree in B at SK12430958. Neophyte. Rare.

Papaveraceae (incl. Fumariaceae).Eschscholzia californica Californian Poppy. In newly sown garden bed including ornamental annuals from seed mix; by display board at B (SK123095). Neophyte. Rare.

Fumaria officinalis Common Fumitory. In newly sown garden bed including ornamental annuals from seed mix; by display board at B (SK123095). Probably arriving naturally. Native. Rare.

Papaver dubium Long-headed Poppy. Found in an area of grassland to which a ‘native’ seed-mix has been added, near the end of the church (F). Archaeophyte. Rare.

Papaver rhoeas Common Poppy. With Papaver dubium above.

Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy. A few plants found in ornamental bed found by display board at B (SK123095). Either deliberately or accidentally introduced in ornamental seed mix. Neophyte. Rare.

RanunculaceaeAnemone nemorosa Wood Anemone. Two locations in compartment D (SK12460957 by side of path and SK12410951 on a grave site). Presumably planted here, but native. Rare.

Ficaria verna Lesser Celandine. (Synonym Ranunculus ficaria). The subspecies fertilis(Syn. ssp. ficaria) was present in compartments A, B, E and G. Also present was the tuber bearing subspecies verna (Syn. ssp. bulbifer) which was dominating parts of A, B, D, E and F. This ssp. can become a problematic species in garden situations re-growing from fragments of tubers that it produces in copious quantities. It is also less floriferous than ssp. fertilis. On the ‘Island’, to the southeast of G is a dark leaved form, similar to, if not F. 'Brazen Hussy'. Native. Abundant.

Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup. Widespread throughout in grassland and woods (A to H). Frequent to abundant. Native.

GrossulariaceaeRibes sanguineum Flowering Currant. Single bush at SK12350946.

Case Study: St Michael, Ford, ShrewsburyAstudiaeth Achos: Sant Mihangel, Ford, Yr Amwythig

Map of Shropshirewith number of

species records per 1km2

Source: Natural Environment Team,Shropshire CouncilSpring 2014

Preston Montford Field Centre

St Michael’s Church

Shrewsbury

Data 2014 Source: Natural Environment Team,Shropshire CouncilSpring 2014

How to Record? Sut i Gofnodi?

Submit your records through the CfGA website or via iRecordwebsite/Smartphone App.• Simple step by step instructions to making and submitting

records.• Records checked by experts.

Cyflwyno'ch cofnodion trwy wefan CfGA neu drwy wefaniRecord / Ap Smartphone.• Cyfarwyddiadau cam wrth gam syml ar wneud a

chyflwyno cofnodion.• Mae’r cofnodion yn cael eu gwirio gan arbenigwyr.

www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/recording/

https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/recording/

How can you get people recording in your churchyard? Sut allwch chi gael pobl i gofnodi yn eich mynwent?

Utilise expertise and contacts from Caring for God’s Acre.Defnyddiwch arbenigedd a chysylltiadau gan Gofalu am Erw Duw.

Contact local natural history societies and groups e.g. your local botanical society.Cysylltwch â chymdeithasau a grwpiau byd natur lleol e.e. eichcymdeithas fotaneg leol

Encourage recording by congregation, parishioners and other members of the public through events such as a Bioblitz, talks, wildflower walks.Annog cynulleidfa’r eglwys, plwyfolion ac aelodau eraill o'r cyhoedd igofnodi trwy ddigwyddiadau fel Bioblitz, sgyrsiau, teithiau cerddedblodau gwyllt.

Engage in social media. Presenoldeb ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol.

Inspiring a passion for Plants

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Why Record? - Home — Caring For God's Acre · 2020. 4. 15. · How can you get people recording in your churchyard? Sut allwch chi gael pobl i gofnodi yn eich mynwent? Utilise expertise