Monday, 23 August 2021

Wild Flowers in the Waterside Garden, Crayford (beside the River Cray)

After finding ourselves in the Garden, we looked around for Wild Flowers: 

Wild Flower' Species seen included:

Bucks-Horn Plantain
Cock's-Foot viz.


Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Gipsywort viz.


Greater Plantain
Great Willowherb
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Knotgrass
Narrow-Leaved Ragwort
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Prickly Lettuce
Purple Loosestrife viz.


Ribwort Plantain
White Clover
Wild Clary viz.


Woody Nightshade
and Yarrow

There is also lots of Himalyan Balsam (an invasive species) present: as may be seen here:


Thursday, 19 August 2021

Harebells in the Grounds of St Nicholas, Chislehurst (the LB of Bromley)

We decided to look for Harebells in the Grounds of St Nicholas, Chislehurst viz.


and Yippee, we found some viz.




Other Wild Flower' Species seen included:

Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Black Spleenwort (on the Church' Wall)
Caucasian Stonecrop
Creeping Cinquefoil 
Lesser Trefoil
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Lady's Bedstraw
Reflexed Stonecrop
Ribwort Plantain
Selfheal
White Clover
and Yarrow

We had earlier walked round Prickend Pond, on Chislehurst Common viz.


where Wild Flower' Species (some we think probably introduced) included:

Black Horehound
Cock's-Foot
Common Knapweed
Common Mallow
Cow Parsley
Creeping Thistle
Dwarf Mallow
Gipsywort
Great Willowherb
Groundsel
Hoary Mustard
Mugwort
Purple Loosestrife
Redshank
Ribwort Plantain
Teasel
Water Mint
White Dead-Nettle
Wild Carrot
and Yarrow

Saturday, 14 August 2021

Golden Samphire on the Thames Foreshore in the Erith area

After bicycling from Woolwich to the Thames Barrier to look at the Dittander growing just west of the Barrier, Marsh Woundwort, Sea Aster and Sea Milkwort were also present, we returned home via Erith where much to our surprise we saw Golden Samphire flowering on the Thames Foreshore viz.