To Bostal Heath (the RB of Greenwich) where we saw lots of Ladybirds

We had intended to spend an hour or so on the Heath and then move on to the Lesnes Abbey Woods. In the event, we stayed on the Heath.

We saw our first Holly Blue Butterfly of the year viz.

Other Butterfly species seen: Brimstone, Comma, Peacock and Speckled Wood plus a few Unidentified White Butterflies.

Additionally, we saw our first Myathropa florea (Hoverfly) of the year.

Wild Flower species seen included:

Annual Meadow-Grass

Annual Mercury

Balkan Spurge

Bittercress

Black Medick

Bluebell

Broom

Buck's-Horn Plantain

Buddleia

Bulbous Buttercup

Bush Vetch

Cleavers

Cock's-Foot

Common Chickweed

Common Field-Speedwell

Common Mouse-Ear

Common Ragwort

Common Sorrel

Coral Spurge

Cow Parsley

Creeping Thistle

Daisy

Dandelion

Dog's Mercury

Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill

Foxglove

Garlic Mustard

Gorse

Grape Hyacinth

Greater Plantain

Green Alkanet

Groundsel

Herb Robert

Honesty

Ivy-Leaved Speedwell

Lesser Celandine

Lords-and-Ladies (Arum maculatum)

Mouse-Ear Hawkweed

Mugwort

Red Clover

Red Dead-Nettle

Ribwort Plantain

Sowbread

Spear Thistle

Sticky Mouse-Ear

Sweet Violet

White Clover

White Dead-Nettle

Wild Garlic

Wood Anemone

Wood Avens

and Yarrow

We also saw quite a few Dock Bugs but the highlight of the visit was the unexpected find of massed ranks of assumed 16-Spotter Ladybirds on a fallen tree' branch viz.