At Downham we spotted plants of Green Figwort growing along the village brook before moving on to admired the long established plants of Fairy Foxglove growing on a village garden wall. We were surprised to find another exotic the American Speedwell growing in a nearby flowerbed, a new record for SD74. Other established plants seen about the village included Garden Rock-cress, Red Valerian, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Shining Crane's-bill, Spotted Hawkweed, Welsh Poppy, Yellow Corydalis and Slender Speedwell.

A footpath across a large field lead us to the Fairy Hills where amongst the rock outcrops we found Parsley-piert, Harebell, Spring Sedge, Pignut, Lady's Bedstraw, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Hoary Plantain, Barren Strawberry, Cowslip, Bulbous Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Salad Burnet, Rue-leaved Saxifrage, Wild Thyme and Common Dog-violet. After a bit of searching we located a few plants of Limestone Bedstraw a plant that is rare in South Lancashire.

After lunch we explored the Ings Beck Valley. Much of our recording was carried out on the north-side of the beck within vice-county 63 (Mid-west Yorkshire). Plants of the woodlands included Bugle, Wood Anemone, Ramsons, Three-nerved Sandwort, Greater Stitchwort, Bluebell, Giant Horsetail, Yellow Pimpernel, Primrose, Goldilocks Buttercup and Crab Apple. In the meadows adjoining the beck we found Lady's Smock, Water Avens, Quaking-grass, Marsh Marigold, Large Bitter-cress, Lesser Pond-sedge, Meadowsweet, Marsh Horsetail, Marsh Bedstraw, Square St. John's Wort, Green Figwort and a nice population of Marsh Valerian. On the drier slopes and banks plants included Common Lady's mantle, Glaucous Sedge, Carnation Sedge, Crosswort, Bitter-vetch, Rough Hawkbit, Fairy Flax, Lousewort, Mouse-ear-hawkweed and Great Burnet. Another colony of Fairy Foxglove was found on a wall below a farm.

Along Twiston Beck we found Intermediate Polypody before starting our return journey back to Downham village along Twiston Lane. Close by to the beck The Special Roadside Verge section of the lane featured Wild Strawberry, Woodruff, Greater Burnet-saxifrage, Sanicle, Black Bryony and a speciality sadly not in flower Wood Crane's-bill. Further to the west Pat Lockwood found Hybrid Hawthorn. In addition to our characteristic wild flowers of the hedgerows other plants along the lane included native Field Maple, Guelder-rose, Giant Bellflower, Bird Cherry and locally abundant Goldilocks Buttercup.

Bitter Vetchling	Bitter vetchling	Fairy Foxglove	Lousewort