To Bostall Heath (the Royal Borough of Greenwich) and Back

No Rain (and some Sunshine) so we decided to go for a Walk. We wandered over to Bostall Heath and then back Home.

Wild Flowers seen included:

Agrimony viz.

Balkan Spurge
Black Bindweed
Black Horehound
Black Medick
Buck's-Horn Plantain
Buddleia
Cleavers
Common Bramble
Common Chickweed
Common Field-Speedwell viz.

Common Fumitory
Common Knotgrass
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort viz.

Coral Spurge viz.

Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Thistle
Daisy
Dandelion
Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Dwarf Mallow
Fat Hen
Forget-me-Not viz.

Fleabane (probably Guernsey Fleabane)
Four-Leaved Allseed
Groundsel
Hare's-Foot Clover
Herb Robert
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax viz.

Jersey Cudweed
Lavender (Self-Seeded and growing in a Roadside Gutter)
Lesser Swinecress
Michaelmas Daisy (Self-Seeded) viz.

Mugwort
Nipplewort
Petty Spurge
Red Clover
Red Dead-Nettle
Redshank
Ribwort Plantain
Sow-Thistle
Sweet Alyssum
Timothy
Yarrow
and Yellow Corydalis (Self-Seeded)

Of Holes in the Ground and Ivy Bees

En-route to the Upper Bedon Stream after having our Hair cut (in Upper Belvedere) we noticed both Holes in the Ground and Bees milling around.

They seemed too dark to be Ivy Bees but we are told that Ivy Bees can appear a little darker when damp: so Ivy Bees they are viz.

 The Sightings have been submitted to iRecord and Confirmed as OK.

Out early to have our Hair cut

Out early to have our Hair cut in Upper Belvedere. And afterwards, a gentle Stroll beside the Upper Bedon Stream.

Wild Flowers seen before and after having our hair cut included:

AnnualMercury
Black Bindweed
Black Horehound
Bristly Oxtongue
Buck's-Horn Plantain
Cleavers
Cock's-Foot
Common Bramble viz.

Common Chickweed
Common Field-Speedwell viz.

Common Knotgrass
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort viz.

Creeping Thistle viz.

Dandelion viz.

Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Dwarf Mallow viz.

Four-Leaved Allseed
Greater Celandine
Greater Plantain
Groundsel
Hare's-Foot Clover
Hart's-Tongue Fern
Hedge Mustard
Ivy Broomrape
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Jersey Cudweed
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Red Valerian 
Reflex Stonecrop
Ribwort Plantain
Shepherd's-Purse
Sow-Thistle
Sweet Alyssum (Self-Seeded)
Trailing Bellflower (Self-Seeded)
Yarrow
and Yellow Corydalis (Self-Seeded)

We travel up to Norfolk to visit the Titchwell Marsh Nature Reserve

We went up to the Titchwell Reserve with the Bexley Branch of the RSPB. A journey of three hours plus, each way. The Group as a whole identified eighty-two Bird' Species: we managed thirty plus Species!

Bird Species identified by us:

Avocet
Black-Headed Gull
Black-Tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Coot
Cormorant
Curlew viz.

Dunlin viz.

Golden Plover
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Green Sandpiper
Grey Heron
Grey Plover viz.

Greylag Goose viz.
Herring Gull
Lapwing
Meadow Pipit
Moorhen
Little Egret
Little Ringed Plover viz.

Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Oystercatcher
Pied Wagtail viz.

Redshank viz.

Ruff viz.

Shelduck
Spoonbill
Turnstone
Wheatear
Wigeon
and Wood Pigeon

Next stop, Cley (Norfolk again): during early-October.

We join a Bird Walk on the Crossness Nature Reserve

As is the way of these things, we were distracted almost from the word, Go. That being said we saw a few Birds including: a Blackcap, Black-Tailed Godwits, a Gadwall, a Grey Heron, a couple of Peregrine Falcons, a Redshank and Teals. We had been particularly hoping to see a Stonechat: sadly, nothing doing. But next time perhaps?

We were mainly on the look-out for Bees, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Hoverflies and Wild Flowers.

Wild Flower' Species seen included:

Bird's-Foot Trefoil 
Black Horehound
Black Medick
Bristly Oxtongue viz.

Common Ragwort viz.

Common Stork's-Bill
Common Toadflax viz.

Creeping Cinquefoil 
Creeping Thistle
Goat's-Rue
Lady's Bedstraw
Red Clover
Sand Medick (assumed)
Scentless Mayweed
Sea Beet
Strawberry Clover
Twiggy Spurge
White Dead-Nettle
and Yarrow

Some Wild Flowers seen whilst on 'Fridge Duties

Wild Flowers &c. seen whilst on our daily Pilgrimage to collect Food for the local Community 'Fridge included:

Black Horehound viz.

Buddleia
Common Mallow
Creeping Thistle (in the Garden (at Home))
Dog Violet (in the Garden (at Home))
Four-Leaved Allseed
Green Alkanet
Groundsel
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Jersey Cudweed viz.

Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Red Valerian (in the Garden (at Home))
and Water Bent

And the Moon was looking really Bright and Shiny viz.

From Blackfriars Railway Station to London Bridge Railway Station (along the South Bank of the Thames)

Up to St Pancras International and King's Cross Railway Stations to photograph Trains. Then back to Blackfriars (via Thameslink) to photograph more Trains: we then walked along the South Bank of the Thames, to London Bridge.

Wild Flowers seen between Blackfriars and London Bridge, included:

Annual Meadow-Grass
Black Nightshade
Bristly Oxtongue
Buddleia viz.

Common Chickweed
Common Mallow
Common Nettle
Common Ragwort
Common Sow-Thistle
Creeping Cinquefoil
Daisy
Dandelion
Fat Hen
Greater Plantain
Groundsel
Hart's-Tongue Fern
Many-Seeded Goosefoot viz.

Mexican Fleabane (Self-Seeded)
Oxford Ragwort
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Petty Spurge
Prickly Sow-Thistle
Procumbent Pearlwort viz.

Red Dead-Nettle 
Spotted Medick
Sun Spurge viz.

Wall Barley
Wall Lettuce
Water Bent
and Yarrow

To the Upper Bedon Stream and around the Holly Hill Open Space

We walked down to the Upper Bedon Stream and then did a circuit of the Holly Hill Open Space before returning Home.

Wild Flowers seen during the Walk included:

Barnyard Grass viz.

Biting Stonecrop (assumed)
Black Bindweed
Black Horehound
Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea
Buck's-Horn Plantain
California Poppy (Self-Seeded) 
Cleavers
Common Chickweed viz.

Common Knotgrass
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Common Stork's-Bill
Cow Parsley 
Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Thistle viz.

Dandelion
Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Dwarf Mallow
Field Bindweed
Field Madder
Four-Leaved Allseed
Great Willowherb viz.

Greater Plantain
Green Alkanet
Groundsel
Hare's-Foot Clover
Herb Robert
Ivy Broomrape
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Jersey Cudweed
Lady's Bedstraw
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Petty Spurge
Procumbent Pearlwort
Purple-Leaved Procumbent Yellow-Sorrel
Red Dead-Nettle
Red Valerian
Ribwort Plantain
Scarlet Pimpernel viz.

Sow-Thistle
Spear Thistle
Spotted Spurge
Sweet Alyssum (Self-Seeded)
Weld viz.

White Bryony
White Dead-Nettle
and Yarrow

Butterflies seen included [i] a Brown Argus Butterfly beside the Upper Bedon Stream and [ii] a Common Blue Butterfly, three Small Copper Butterflies and a Small Heath Butterfly on the Holly Hill Open Space:

To Bostall Heath (the Royal Borough of Greenwich) and Back Home

Some of the Wild Flowers seen whilst walking to/from (and on) Bostall Heath: we had decided to look for Hoverflies &c. (of which we found quite a few). Also our first Fly, Tachina fera, for quite a while:

Agrimony
Annual Mercury
Black Bindweed
Black Horehound
Black Medick
Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea
Buck's-Horn Plantain
Buddleia
Caper Spurge (dried remnants)
Cat's-Ear
Common Chickweed
Common Knotgrass
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Common Stork's-Bill
Coral Spurge
Creeping Thistle viz.

Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Dwarf Mallow
Fat Hen
Four-Leaved Allseed
Gorse
Greater Plantain
Green Alkanet
Groundsel
Guernsey Fleabane
Hare's-Foot Clover viz.

Hawkweed Oxtongue
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Jersey Cudweed
Lavender (Self-Seeded and growing in a Roadside Gutter)
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Mugwort
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Petty Spurge
Prickly Lettuce
Purple-Leaved Procumbent Yellow-Sorrel
Red Clover
Red Dead-Nettle
Red Valerian viz.

Redshank
Ribwort Plantain
Rosebay Willowherb
Shepherd's-Purse
Sow-Thistle
Sweet Alyssum (Self-Seeded)
Sweet Violet
Wood Avens
Wood Sage
and Yarrow