I have been out botanising today, 3 April 09, near M25 J31 and Purfleet. So many flowers are now coming out, all at once after the long hard winter. I saw in flower for the first time this year, today: Ox-eye Daisy, Scented Mayweed, Early Forget-me-not, Oxford Ragwort, Hawthorn, Wild Cherry, Field Maple, Wall Speedwell, Wallflower (on the chalk cliff of a pit), Alexanders, Cow Parsley, White Campion. Does anyone else notice everything out at once, now that April is here?
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