Spotting flowers growing wild in South East UK
New Forest wildflowers In July 2021 we took Ethel the campervan to the New Forest in Hampshire for the weekend and stayed at Hollands Wood campsite near Brockenhurst. I love it that we can park in amongst the trees. Plants in the boggy field Right next to the campsite is a very wet field where…
On a visit to New Milton in Hampshire last October, we walked along the coast and inland in the New Forest. Flora of the coast near Hurst Castle Hurst Castle is near New Milton. There was plenty of vegetation growing in amongst the pebbles, although not so many flowers. Sea campion – Silene maritima I…
Birdwatching from a shepherds hut Mike and I were lucky enough to have two nights in a shepherds hut in the New Forest in early April. Set in farmland, the front door was only about four metres away from Roydon Woods Nature Reserve Although there was no direct access to the Wildlife Trust site, it…