Today, 9th, I have spent all day at Belhus Woods Country Park, near Aveley. Here very few flowers were out! By this time Holly is usually in flower, Red Campion, Garlic Mustard, Lords-and-Ladies, some of the thousands of Bluebells, Hawthorn coming out and Blackthorn almost over. But Blackthorn was at its best, and the other flowers mentioned were nowhere nearly out. Now I know that BWCP is low-lying, but most of Purfleet is low too, especially in the bottom of the pits. Is the chalk so much earlier to warm up than the sands and alluvium at BWCP? They are only about 3 miles apart! Does anyone have any suggestions or answers?
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