Thanks to Melanie Oxley for this picture of a Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) taken on the Heath near the boardwalk. It prefers prefers acidic soils under pine and birch trees. Be careful – it’s poisonous! If you want to know …

Dwarf Gorse is flowering on the Heath right now. Look for it on the most eastern fairway, about half way up. A member of the pea family, Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) is the least widespread of the three gorse species …

Regular visitors say that they’ve never seen this plant on the Heath

The rounded and nodding, purple-blue flower heads of Devil’s-bit Scabious – Succisa pratensis – can be found in damp meadows and marshes, and along woodland rides and riverbanks. …