Hunting for Carnivorous Plants in the UK

[Yunzi]

As an aside to my happily growing collection I've also started to look for native CPs in the wild in the UK.   When I know I'm going to be somewhere a bit more rural than the West Midlands I do some internet research for sites where it may be possible to find some.  Thus far I've found not a single specimen.  I'm curious if this forum could put together a list of places in the UK where species have been found recently.  Also would it be worth listing 'negatives' - sites where historically species may have been found but are not any longer?  It may save the wet trousers and soaked boots I got this weekend :-).

 

For negatives - I would say with some confidence that

- Hartlebury common (Acid bog bit) in Worcestershire

- Cledden Bog in Monmouthshire

 

Dont have any Drosera although both sites are listed as having some as recently as 2010 in the case of Cledden Bog.  Both sites do however have a nice range of Sphagnum and other bog plants including orchids and bog asphodel.

[ada]

sometimes they are hard to find,one site near me has hundreds of d.rotundiflora another site i only found 3 and looked for ages.

[Yossu]

Much as I would like to see some in the wild, I would be hesitant before publicising sites. All it takes is a couple of careless/thoughtless visitors, and an entire site could be wiped clean.

I can just see the eBay listing now... "Fresh and UK-grown carnivorous plants!" all for about £500 each!

[dennisB]

Hi

the CPS will be hosting a field trip in the New forest and Dorset in mid 2017.  Details later.

cheers

Dennis Balsdon
Chair