Local Leguminosae The Pea family Fabaceae or Leguminosae includes many flowers including Vetches and Vetchlings, Clovers, Bird’s Foot Trefoil and many more. There seemed to be quite a lot of these legumes when I visited the Last Meadow in Seaford in early June. A blooming meadow But there were flowers of all types blowing in…
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Jervaulx Abbey Flora in June
Flowers amongst Jervaulx Abbey ruins Jervaulx Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. It was a beautiful calm spot to wander on a sunny June day. Wildflowers and stone I loved the combination of ancient monument with nature. It was good to see Vipers bugloss away from the coast Echium vulgare is…
Wildflowers of Reculver near Herne Bay Kent in July
Summer flowers on the North Kent Coast Reculver is a grassy clifftop on the North Kent Coast just a few miles East of Herne Bay. I went for a lovely walk there in July with my big camera amongst swathes of rippling wild carrot and swooping sand martins. New to me – Tansy flowers and…