The New Year's Plant Hunt (sponsored by The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland)

Our last ever Hunt?

Wild Flower' Species seen in flower on 1 January 2022:

Common Chickweed (TQ5078) viz.

Common Field-Speedwell (TQ4980)

Daisy (TQ4980)

Dandelion (TQ5078) viz. 

Green Alkanet (TQ5078)

Groundsel (TQ4980)

Hogweed (TQ4980)

Narrow-Leaved Ragwort (TQ4980)

Oxford Ragwort (TQ4980) viz.

Primrose (TQ5078)

Red Dead-Nettle (TQ4980)

Smooth Sow-Thistle (TQ4980)

White Dead-Nettle (TQ4980)

Wild Carrot (TQ4980)
Winter Heliotrope (TQ4980) viz.

and Yarrow (TQ4980)

The Records have been submitted...

Footnote: we hadn't actually intended to do the Plant Hunt, initially intending to focus on Birds. We decided to do the Plant Hunt after seeing Hoverflies on Dandelions and Common Chickweed beside the Grounds of St John the Baptist, Erith.

Bird' Species seen in the Thamesmead and Erith areas (in order of sighting):

Black-Headed Gull

Mallard

Coot 

Little Grebe

Cormorant

Grey Heron

Tufted Duck

Pochard

Great Crested Grebe

Robin

Common Gull

Carrion Crow

Teal

Ring-Necked Parakeet

Magpie

Mute Swan

Starling

Canada Goose

Wood Pigeon

Lesser Black-Backed Gull

House Sparrow

Great Black-Backed Gull

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Shelduck

Shoveler

Wigeon

Curlew

Moorhen 

Gadwall 

and Little Egret