The Wild Flower Society', Winter Plant Hunt 2022/23

We ended up with twenty-five species in flower during the months December 2022, January 2023 and February 2023. Truth to tell, we didn't go out to look for anything: if we casually saw something we added it to the list but no more than that. And we will not be submitting any records.

Alexanders

Annual Mercury

Cherry Plum viz.

Common Chickweed viz.

Common Field-Speedwell viz.

Common Fumitory viz.

Common Whitlowgrass viz.

Daisy

Dandelion viz.

Garlic Mustard

Groundsel

Hairy Bittercress

Hazel viz.

Jersey Cudweed

Lesser Celandine

Narrow-Leaved Ragwort

Red Dead-Nettle

Shepherd's Purse

Sow-Thistle

Sweet Violet

White Dead-Nettle

White Ramping-Fumitory viz.

Wild Daffodil

and Winter Heliotrope viz.

Yarrow

Our first Hoverfly of 2023

A super bright Sunny Day. Nice as it is to see the birds, especially the Stonechats, seeing our first Hoverfly of the year (a male Eupeodes sp. visiting Common Field-Speedwell) tells us the first Butterfly might not be too far away:

Seen close to the Thames Path in the vicinity of the Waste Incinerator. 

And it was lovely to see the Common Field-Speedwell flowers glistening in the Sunshine.