Friday, 26 June 2020

We Bicycle to Winn's Common, Plumstead (the Royal Borough of Greenwich)

We wondered if we might see a Marbled White Butterfly. In the event, we didn't see much and certainly not a Marbled White Butterfly. But on the 'Plus Side', we managed to take a route that avoided the Steep Hills viz. the King's Highway.

Butterfly' Species seen on the Common included: Essex Skipper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet and Small Skipper.

Wild Flower' Species seen on the Common included:

Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Black Horehound viz.


Buck's-Horn Plantain
Common Knapweed
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Creeping Thistle
Crow Garlic
Mugwort
Narrow-Leaved Ragwort
Oxeye Daisy
Prickly Lettuce
Ribwort Plantain
Sainfoin viz.


Spear Thistle
White Campion
White Clover
Wild Carrot
and Yarrow

Wild Flower' Species seen on the Journey to/from the Common included:

Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Black Medick
Fat Hen
Four-Leaved Allseed
Groundsel
Herb Robert
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Jersey Cudweed
Knotweed
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Petty Spurge
Pineappleweed
Redshank
Ribwort Pantain
Scarlet Pimpernel viz.


White Clover
Willowherb(s)
and Wood Avens

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