We are beginning to wonder not 'when' but 'if' the Butterfly Season will start

The Full (Super) Moon ~ 26 April 2021

All the Mares (Seas) are now visible (see the third picture) viz.

The Moon ~ 22 April 2021

We think we can see the Sinus Iridium, a Lava Plain, bordered on the left-side by the Montes Jura Mountain Range (very distinctive), to the left of Mare Imbrium, with Mare Serenitatis &c. to the right of Mare Imbrium.

The Moon ~ 21 April 2021

We are able to see Mare Imbrium (top left) with what we think is the Copernicus Lunar Impact Crater, just below (with we think, the smaller Eratosthenes Lunar Impact Crater, nearby). And below the Copernicus Crater, Mare Nubium. 

Also clearly visible (dark patches) are Mare Serenitatis, Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Nectaris, Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Crisium.

Some Wild Flowers &c. in Central London

We decided to take some Books back to the London Library so caught the train to Charing Cross and walked to the Library (in St James's Square) via Trafalgar Square.

 
Wild Flower' Species seen on grassed areas in front of the National Gallery (Grid Reference: TQ 2980) included:

Cleavers

Common Field-Speedwell

Daisy

Dandelion viz.

Greater Plantain

Groundsel

Lesser Swine-Cress

Shepherd's-Purse

Sow-Thistle

and White Clover

Wild Flower' Species seen in the Garden in St James's Park (Grid Reference: TQ 2980) included:

Daisy viz.

Henbit Dead-Nettle viz.

Red Dead-Nettle

Springbeauty viz.

and Sticky Mouse-Ear

Footnote: we also saw Springbeauty (a single Plant) close to the Back Entrance of the London Library...

A Robin on the Allotments

The Bedon Stream

We have asked the Bexley Archives if they can help viz. 'Super-Sorry to bother but we are wondering if you can tell us anything about the Bedon Stream please? As we understand it, the Stream rises (from the Bedon Spring) somewhere around Nuxley Road/Streamway and runs, in the open and as the Upper Bedon Stream, beside Streamway and beyond, until it disappears underground just before Brook Street. I understand it then runs down to the Thames (underground) and at some point it becomes the Lower Bedon Stream.'

The picture shows Brooklime growing beside the Stream:

The following has just been received:

An Easter Sunday' Walk

We walked to Lesnes Abbey Woods via the Upper Bedon Stream (where the Cow Parsley is coming into flower) and where we saw our first Green-Veined White and Orange-Tip Butterflies of the year (both on Dandelions) viz. 

We also saw Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Small White Butterflies.

In the Woods the Bluebells and Greater Stitchwort are coming into flower viz.

The Wood Sorrel too: joining the abundant Lesser Celandines and Wood Anemones in flower. 

We also saw a Brimstone and two Comma Butterflies.

Wild Flowers, flowering, seen on Pavements, in Road-Side Gutters, on Grass Verges &c. included:

Common Field-Speedwell

Common Chickweed

Common Whitlowgrass

Cornsalad viz.

Dandelion

Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill

Henbit Dead-Nettle viz.

Herb Robert

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell viz.

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax viz.

Lesser Celandine

Pot Marigold

Red Dead-Nettle

Rue-Leaved Saxifrage

Shepherd's-Purse

Springbeauty viz.

Sticky Mouse-Ear

Sweet Violet

Thale Cress

and Three-Cornered Garlic/Leek viz.

We saw just two Dark-Edged Bee-Flies: one beside the Upper Bedon Stream (visiting Green Alkanet) and one in Lesnes Abbey Woods (visiting Lesser Celandine) viz.

And also, but not least, there were a few Mallards (and a single Moorhen) swimming in the Pine Pond, in Lesnes Abbey Woods, including this Character:

All in all, reminding us that we don't need to travel far to enjoy ourselves.