Spotting flowers growing wild in South East UK
Last spring we stayed in a cabin on a farm There was an icy wind but the sun shone and Mike and I went for some lovely walks. Weeds of the fields We were located right on the edge of an arable field and were kindly supplied with a stack of vintage books, my favourite…
Flowering in August, September and October While out walking near my home in Seaford Sussex here are some blooms I came across. These are in addition to my various trips up Seaford Head in August! Wildflowers around the town Field Bindweed – Convolvulus arvensis This small flowered bindweed likes my garden. Wild marjoram – Origanum…
Spotting wildflowers on our weekends away In September and October Mike and I went on various trips in Ethel the campervan and were lucky with the weather! Early Sept – by the Great Ouse river in St Neots Cambridgeshire We took the van to a peaceful riverside location and went for walks along the banks….
Wildflowers on a nature walk A week after counting Moon Carrots on Seaford Head I was back up there with Seaford Natural History Society on a nature walk lead by Sussex Wildlife Trust. As for the last few posts, I have marked any chalk grassland indicator species with an L. I didn’t photograph last weeks…
Wildflowers of Short Cliff and inland Short Cliff is the next cliff along from Hope Gap travelling East. If you head inland towards South Hill Barn you cross a large area of short grass which is managed by Sussex Wildlife trust using grazing. This area is bounded to the West by an area of scrub…
Wildflowers of Hope Gap After counting Moon Carrots on Seaford Head Nature Reserve in Sussex, I kept my phone at the ready for photography and walked home slowly. This post is in two parts because I took so many photos! This part will be about Hope Bottom and the area around Hope Gap where we…
Seseli libanotis is a rare UK wildflower Seaford Natural History Society counts wild plants of Moon Carrot every year to monitor numbers. Being a clifftop plant, coastal erosion means that the whole colony is in danger of failure in a single rock fall. Moon carrot grows on our chalk cliffs The plant is found right near…
A weekend in Sussex woodland At the end of July Mike and I took Ethel the camper van to the other side of Sussex to visit friends. It was very wet underfoot but we managed not to get rained on! Flora of Guestling Wood Blue Star Creeper – Pratia pedunculata I have never seen this…
Thistle plants and more Hairy Mallow This was my last day with Chris and Colin counting wildflowers on National Trust land above the Seven Sisters cliffs in the South Downs National Park in Sussex. Counting wildflowers on the South Downs We found many flowers from the species list mentioned in Part 1 but they’re not…
Holiday by the river Ouse Back to nature in a shepherd’s hut We always take our adult kids away during the summer holidays but this year was slightly different due to covid. Not wanting to commit to a large or foreign holiday, we booked a few nights just up the road from us in Ringmer….