WALES: Scientists seeking buttercup counters; Petal tallies will show age of our landscapes.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | May 13, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: By HYWEL TREWYN

NATURE lovers are being called on to count buttercups to estimate the age of our fields.

Scientists from Aberystwyth University want people to build up a snapshot of the flowers to learn more about the fields they grow in.

Organisers are asking the public to look at 100 creeping buttercups and count the number with more than five petals on their flowers.

The work is being led by Dr John Warren of the University's Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences.

He said: "The idea is simple and is ...

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