It was Steve, I even let out a little cheer when I found Holly and Wood Sage in flower. Still no Cow Parsley and have started checking Cleavers after your success.

Fun, isn’t it!

Starfruit the big headliner there (naturally occurring as well!)

You’re all having a bird filled autumn at Dungeness - lovely to see the old place in such great form Martin.

Point duly awarded! Can I recommend that you invest in ‘Urban Plants’ by Trevor Dines - right up your street (pardon the pun) I reckon!

If you can remember the 80s then you weren’t really there - or was that the 60s? Greetings to Trev and shame on you Kev for passing up the chance to meet Yarrow - although, of course, it most probably grows within 50m of wherever you are atm!

Thanks Paul, will give it a look

Dead equal totals! Great effort from you both

Yes… but not in flower… yet!

32,678… maybe

Wish I could hear them Ian - unless they are low and close they are lost to me.

Early delivery for tomorrow morning? Yes Andy, cannot complain really, but as you know, us birders are never satisfied!

Could you please send some of them to Surrey Andy,we are feeding on scraps here…

When I started birding in the mid70s here in London/Surrey they were a back garden bird, seen in all parks, expected on every day trip list. Now? I haven’t seen one locally for over ten years…

Day 4. Flowering plant total now up to 141 sp on the Surrey Uber patch with highlight additions such as Bilbao Fleabane, Ladies Bedstraw, Restharrow, Wild Clary, Bugloss and my favourite, this Caucasian Stonecrop on a bank alongside the busy A217 in Burgh Heath

I know that it is all real Kev, but I cannot help but feel that your world, via these posts, emanate from a parallel universe.