Wildflowers on the Crab and Winkle Way

After wildflower spotting along the north Kent coast, I headed west again to Whitstable then south, inland towards Canterbury.

Wildflowers of Long Rock SSSI Swalecliffe

Many flowers spotted in this Site of Special Scientific Interest were ones listed in my previous post.

Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis — Field bindweed – Convolvulus arvensis – Long Rock Swalecliffe – Jun 2019

Yellow vetch swalecliffe — Yellow vetch – Long Rock Swalecliffe – June 2019

Crab and Winkle Way over the A299

This cycle route travels south out of Whitstable and then is carried by a bridge over the A299, which was open and sunny on both sides.

Yellow vetch crab winkle — Yellow vetch – Crab & Winkle Way A299 – Jun 2019

field rose rosa arvensis — Field rose – Rosa arvensis – possibly planted – Crab & Winkle Way near A299 – Jun 2019

purple vetch near whitstable — Purple vetch – Crab & Winkle Way – Whitstable – Jun 2019

perforate st johns wort hypericum perforatum — Perforate St John’s wort – Hypericum perforatum – Crab and Winkle Way A299 – Jun 2019

Continuing through Clowes Wood towards Blean

Wood avens Geum urbanum kent — Wood avens – Geum urbanum – Crab & Winkle Way Woods – Jun 2019

Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens kent — Creeping buttercup – Ranunculus repens – Crab & Winkle Way woods – Jun 2019

Meadowsweet Fillipendua ulmaria — Meadowsweet – Fillipendua ulmaria – Crab and Winkle Way woods – Jun 2019

Spearwort Ranunculus kent — Spearwort – Ranunculus – Crab and Winkle Way sunny ditch – Jun 2019

Vervain Verbena officinalis kent — Vervain – Verbena officinalis – Crab and Winkle Way sunny clearing – Jun 2019

Wildflowers in sunny gravel clearing amongst woods

Trefoil Trifolium crab winkle — Trefoil – Trifolium – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis — Scarlet pimpernel – Anagallis arvensis – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Common birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus — Common birds foot trefoil – Lotus corniculatus with potentilla – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Back into the woods

Red campion silene dioica — Red campion – Silene dioica – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Marsh spotted orchid Dactylorhiza — Heath spotted orchid – Dactylorhiza maculata – Crab and Winkle Way marshy clearing – Jun 2019

Rosebay willowherb Chamerion angustifolium — Rosebay willowherb – Chamerion angustifolium – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica — Hedge woundwort – Stachys sylvatica – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Hairy st johns wort Hypericum hirsutum — Hairy st johns wort – Hypericum hirsutum – Crab and Winkle Way – Jun 2019

Wall flowers Canterbury

Yellow corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea — Yellow corydalis – Pseudofumaria lutea – Canterbury – Jun 2019

Notes from the walk

Through fields either side of A299 just outside Whitstable – Two buzzards, wild carrot, big white clover, potentilla, plantain, white achillea, giant hogweed, allium, poss horseradish field margins, geranium molle, salsify, sow thistle, hypericum

First woods – Carex, geum, briar rose, nipplewort, dock, bramble, dog mercury

Dappled shade – creeping buttercup not refexed

Sunny ditch – profuse ranunculus, pink clover, medick

Full sun gravel – scarlet pimpernel, tiny pink flower, lotus

Dappled shade – cleavers, stachys, herb robert, self heal, cirsium, ragwort, different hypericum, tiny pink pea

Damp patch sun – loads of orchids lavender pink with spotted leaves

Dappled shade – burdock, oxeye daisy, blakbird sunbathing in middle of stream, cloud of black butterflies, pink campion, honeysuckle, opium poppy, speedwell, big pink striped convolvulus, meadowsweet

Near fruit farm – burdock taller than me, greater periwinkle, barley on edge of oilseed rape field, goldfinches

Field opposite church – poppy, scented chamomile

Giant cow parsley too big – no ID but not hogweed or fennel

Heavily scented wild rose, school sports day

Kent uni (back of Park Wood) thrush, fox

Hoary sow thistle, view of Canterbury, nettles, herb robert, field mushroom

Canterbury heavily scented (planted) lime trees

Here is a Forestry England page about Clowes Wood

For more on wildflowers of Canterbury, see my 2018 walk

If you would like to know how I differentiated between the St Johns worts, I have a page on Hypericum

If you would like to know more on Buttercups, I have a page on those too!

Walking Whitstable to Canterbury