A Botanical Journey mostly from Kent & SE England

I spent much of this day recording with the Kent Botanical Recording Group near Tutt Hill, West of Ashford. After this, I made a quick solo visit to the nearby Hothfield Bog to see more amazing wildflowers. So, starting off with the Group, these are the highlights of what I photographed along the way. As we walked along a country lane, we found several garden escapes in the hedgerows. I only photograph and record those species that have truly escaped. If on a garden wall I don't count it, it must have made it into the wild to count as a record. Trailing Bellflower Campanula Poscharskyana  Pencilled Cranesbill Geranium versicolor Definitely one of the prettier garden escapees. It's never just about wildflowers. If I get the chance I will photograph fauna as well, like this lovely Shieldbug. We left habitation behind and entered an arable area bordering the Channel Tunnel/Eurostar railway line. I was very surprised to find the next p

A stunning natural beauty spot in the South downs managed by the National Trust. Here's a snapshot of what I saw there this day. Betony Betonica officinalis Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa Dwarf Thistle Cirsium acaule  Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare  Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum Common Rockrose Helianthemum nummularium  A lovely mix of chalk grassland species Field Scabious Knautia arvensis  Red Bartsia Odontites vernus Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare Devil's Dyke view of the South Downs National Park  The untold back story here was the search for Round-headed Rampion, county flower of Sussex - I didn't find any! Take care Dave @Barbus59

There's no way I'm going to catch up with my blogs unless I seriously shorten them. Thus, this and the next few blogs may be abridged, as in, lacking the back story behind the photo. However, the plants are too beautiful not to share, or for any teenage readers, they're really "sick"! These are some of the plants I recorded in this very under recorded monad (1km square) on the South side of the Isle of Grain and near Hoo in Kent. Allium vineale Crow Garlic Anthemis cotula Stinking Chamomile Lepidium squamatus Swine-cress Inula crithmoides Golden Samphire Common Sea-lavender Limonium vulgare There's also a Glasswort and Annual Sea-blite in the photo above. Ranunculus lingua Greater Spearwort Spergularia rubra Sand Spurrey Tragopogon porrifolius Salsify The beauty of recording is