Nashenden Down, Kent - 19/11/17
Most people associate this venue with the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve and indeed this was where I originally intended to walk. However, on arrival I decided to record what I saw and so took a different route along the track parallel to the M2 to see what I could find. At this time of the year, the thought is always present that I might find nothing! However, as usuaal, I needn't have worried. There had only been a few frosts and the plants seemed to be just fine. The first two could be found in most places in the UK, White and Red Clover. Trifolium repens Trifolium pratense Hawkweed Oxtongue will flower well into Winter, it's bright yellow flowers only opening when conditions are good. Picris hieracioides Strap like leaves and the lack of a big ruffe of bracts under the flowers tell this apart from the similar Bristly Oxtongue Spotted Medick is often found in lawns, pavements and waste g