Spotting local flowers out walking on the South Coast
Flora of Eastbourne Sussex This was a lovely day out in June led by expert Matthew Berry who identified many interesting species for us – I don’t take credit for any identifications on this page! Eastbourne is on the south coast of England in East Sussex. Wildflowers near a roundabout We met at the Sovereign…
Coastal flowers in Kent At the end of June 2019 I went for a walking holiday and spent a few days wandering from plant to plant along the north Kent coast between Swalecliffe and Faversham. Swalecliffe is on the coast a little to the west of Herne Bay. I walked west past Tankerton, Whitstable, Seasalter…
Spotting wildflowers on a local walk Tide Mills is the site of a ruined village in a historic coastal area between Seaford and Newhaven, which is popular with walkers. There were plenty of wildflowers to be seen when I visited in August. After parking off the A259, the path skirts a couple of fields as…
White balloon-like wildflowers Spotted in an open patch of long grass next to the footpath, this white flower has a bulbous calyx and flowers which are about 2cm across. The leaves are apparently prized as a vegetable in Spain.