To the East Wickham Open Space in Search of a Marbled White Butterfly

We saw a single Marbled White Butterfly last year during the Bexley RSPB' Butterfly Walk so were hopeful of seeing one or more, today. And Yippee: we did, although just the single Butterfly.

Butterfly' Species seen: Comma, Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Ringlet, Small Skipper and Small Tortoiseshell. Plus a few unidentified White Butterflies.

Wild Flower' Species seen included:

Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea viz.

Common Ragwort
Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Thistle
Crow Garlic/Wild Onion
Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Field Bindweed viz.

Field Scabious
Greater Knapweed viz.

Hedge Bedstraw
Hoary Cress
Hogweed
Hop Trefoil
Lady's Bedstraw viz.

Meadow Crane's-Bill viz.

Meadow Vetchling
Pineappleweed
Red Clover Ribwort Plantain
Scarlet Pimpernel
Spear Thistle
White Campion
White Clover
Wild Carrot
Yarrow
and Yellow Rattle