The Wild Flower Society', Spring Week Hunt 2020

The Spring Week Hunt: to identify Wild Flower' Species seen flowering during the first seven days of March.

Wild Flower' Species seen:

Monday 2 March:

Common Chickweed
Common Field-Speedwell
Common Whitlow-Grass
Cow Parsley
Daisy
Dandelion
Early Dog-Violet
Gorse
Garden Grape Hyacinth
Greater Celandine
Green Alkanet
Groundsel
Guernsey Fleabane
Hairy Bittercress
Herb Robert
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Jersey Cudweed
Lesser Celandine
Red Dead-Nettle
Rue-Leaved Saxifrage
Shepherd's-Purse
Smooth Sow-Thistle
Sweet Violet
and Thale Cress

Tuesday 3 March:

Annual Mercury
Coltsfoot
Common Fumitory
Common Mouse-Ear
Danish Scurvy-Grass
Oxford Ragwort
Scentless Mayweed
Sun Spurge
and Yarrow

Thursday 5 March:

Bush Vetch
Pot Marigold
Stinking Hellebore
and White Dead-Nettle

Friday 6 March:

Alexanders
Bulbous Buttercup
Dog's Mercury
Goat Willow
Musk Stork's-Bill
Primrose 
Red Campion
Three-Cornered Garlic
Wavy Bittercress
White Comfrey
White Ramping-Fumitory
Wild Daffodil
and Wood Anemone

Saturday 7 March:

Cowslip
Garlic Mustard
Ivy-Leaved Speedwell
and Small-Flowered Crane's-Bill

The Final Total: an amazing fifty-four (54) Species. Since we were actually hoping for thirty-something we are both super-pleased and amazed!

And the Highlight? Probably the Ivy-Leaved Speedwell viz.

And Record Number Fifty-Four!

The Records have been submitted to the Wild Flower Society...