I would have thought Ox-eye Daisy, Scented Mayweed, Cow Parsley, White Campion IN FLOWER was incredibly early and your Belhus Woods experience is the norm, even in these climate change times. Perhaps the Purfleet ones near M25 J31 were seeded when the roundabout and other works thereabouts were done and are genetically different, perhaps originating from southern Europe.
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