A Short Break to Kent in Mid June 2025
On my long drive up from Cornwall in mid June to collect my granddaughter from Kent, I had the opportunity to spend all day recording along the route. I also had a few days recording in Kent as well, before returning to Cornwall. This is a summary of this trip. My first stop was at a well known lay-by on the Dorset/Somerset border, where the Bee x Fly orchid hybrid is known from. I was rather lucky to find a couple of plants still in flower given they started in May and the weather had been hot and dry for an extended period. Ophrys x pietschii I recorded the area and moved on. A few miles down the road I stopped again and found Field Pennycress on a road verge. On the second photo, the general consensus was the insect on the pod was an aphid infected with some type of fungus. Thlaspi arvense Hairy Sedge ( Carex hirta ) and False Fox Sedge (Carex otrubae) from another lay-by en route. Away from the acidic soils of the South West, Common...