Spotting flowers growing wild in the South East
Flora of Rye Harbour in May I spent three whole days at Sussex Wildlife Trust Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in East Sussex this May. On Day 1 I wandered the reserve with my friend Mercy and did a spot of bird watching in the hides (not bird photography though, I prefer targets that don’t move!)….
Flowering in my Sussex garden this summer Following on from my similar May blog post about garden wildflowers, here is what was in flower a month later. White herb robert – Geranium robertianium This continues my theme of what is a weed and what is a wildflower? My friend Mercy sent me this plant, which…
Wildflowers within the town boundaries I visited the Last Meadow in May and thought I would pop back to see what had changed and wander in to the Last Wood nextdoor as this area is only about 20 minutes walk from my house. Flowering in the Last Meadow As well as the plants in bloom…
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…
Wildflowers and health walks I try and walk for my health every day. I only do about half an hour but it seems to be enough. Sometimes I do a bit of mindfulness at the same time. Most times I follow the same route past the cemetery heading out of Seaford, through a lime walk…