Wildflowers of the north Kent coast in June

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Wildflowers of the north Kent coast in June
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 and South Swale nature reserve along the coast, then turned inland towards Graveney and Faversham.

Seaside flowers near Whitstable

As I walked past Tankerton and Whitstable, there were a lot of wildflowers on the beach itself.

Sea holly – Erygium maritimum – Tankerton – Jun 2019

 

Salsify – Tragopogon porrifolius – Tankerton – Jun 2019

 

Beach rose – Rosa rugosa – Whitstable – Jun 2019

 

Spiny restharrow – Ononis spinosa – Whitstable – Jun 2019

 

Lucerne – Medicago sativa ssp sativa – Whitstable – Jun 2019

Wildflowers West of Whitstable

Cinquefoil – Potentilla – West Beach Whitstable – Jun 2019

 

Sea campion – Silene uniflora / maritima – Horned poppy – Glaucium flavum – West Beach Whitstable – Jun 2019

 

Horned poppy – Glaucium flavum – Vipers bugloss – Echium vulgare – West Beach Whitstable – Jun 2019

Seaside flowers Seasalter

White stonecrop – Sedum album – Seasalter – Jun 2019

 

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Sea beet – Beta vulgaris – Sea kale – Crambe maritima – Seasalter – Jun 2019

 

Red valerian – Centranthus ruber – Seasalter – Jun 2019

 

Bunny tails – Lagurus ovatus – Seasalter – Jun 2019

 

Biting stonecrop – Sedum acre – Seasalter – Jun 2019

 

Crow garlic – Allium vineale – Seasalter Kent – June 2019

 

Hop Trefoil – Trifolium campestre – Seasalter – Jun 2019

Wilder South Swale nature reserve

Wild carrot – Daucus carota – South Swale – Jun 2019

 

Agrimony – Agrimonia eupatoria – South Swale – Jun 2019

Inland to Faversham via Graveney

Teasel – Dipsacus fullonum – Graveney – Jun 2019

 

Hogs fennel – Peucedanum officinale – Graveney – Jun 2019

 

Wild rose – Rosa – Faversham – Jun 2019

I went back to Faversham in my campervanAMP in spring 2023 for the cherry blossom.

Notes from the walk

Tankerton slopes – long grass containing sea pea, yellow pea, hogs fennel, salsify, vetches, mallow, barley, plantain

South Swale nature reserve – skylarks, many bumblebees, egret, shelduck, oystercatcher

Sea veg – sea kale, sea beet, wild carrot, atriplex

More on Agrimony

If you would like to know how I identified the spiny restharrow, see my page on Ononis

On the same trip, I also walked inland from Whitstable to CanterburyAMP, which is in a separate blog post.

On a previous trip, I followed the Great Stour Way out of CanterburyAMP

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