A Gentle Stroll round Lesnes Abbey Wood and Lesnes Abbey Park

We wandered through the Woods down to the Park and then back up again before going into Bexleyheath to collect the Bicycle which we had left earlier in the Morning for a Service.

During our Walk we noticed a couple of Butterflies viz. a Peacock Butterfly and a Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.

And (in the Woods) this Giant Newt, aka a Smooth Newt viz.

Wild Flower' Species seen included:

[i] Grid Ref: TQ4778 (Woods and Park):

Alexanders
Bluebell (nowhere near flowering)
Brooklime
Common Chickweed
Common Field-Speedwell
Common Ragwort
Cow Parsley
Creeping Buttercup
Dog's-Mercury
Early Dog-Violet
Field Wood-Rush
Greater Stitchwort
Ground Ivy
Groundsel
Herb Robert
Ivy-Leaved Speedwell
Lesser Celandine
Lords-and-Ladies (Arum maculatum)
Red Dead-Nettle
Spear Thistle
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata alba viz. with white flowers) 
Water-Starwort (in the Conduit Pond we think) viz.

White Dead-Nettle
Wild Daffodil
Wild Garlic
Wood Anemone
Wood Sage
and Yarrow

[ii] Grid Ref: TQ4878 (Woods only)

Bluebell (coming into flower/flowering) viz.

Dog's-Mercury
Hogweed
Lords-and-Ladies (Arum maculatum)
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata alba viz. with white flowers)
Wild Daffodil
Wood Anemone
and Wood Sage