Sandwich Kent - 07/07/18 highlights
Of course, as I write, the 7th July is a long way back in the past, it now being mid October. Rather surprisingly, it's warmer now than it was then. 13/10/18 (today) was 24 degrees and very humid with tropical air being drawn up from the South. I'm sure that will end soon! However, here's the best of the photos from this lovely trip to a special venue in July. I'm trying hard to identify as many grasses as I can this year, so it's fitting that I start the blog with a grass, albeit an easy one to identify. This is Marram Grass, a dune fixer and a common grass on the tideline. The photo above also shows the typical habitat found at Sandwich. In front of the grass is a stand of Sea Sandwort, the light green low growing plant. Not shown, is that once the shingle ends, the soil tends to be sandy. Ammophila arenaria The beautiful Pyramidal Orchid, in what now seems a long distant memory. Thousands were to be found along the dunes