Apologies for another non-Essex sighting: Ants seen at the weekend (26th Jan 2008) in the kitchen of a friend's house near Canterbury, Kent.
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Sun 20th January 2008 18:50 by Peter Harvey
I saw some honey bees foraging on Witch Hazel and Winter Jasmine flowers on Saturday in a garden centre (outside) in Surrey. I have seen no sign of this in my garden in south Essex - anyone else seen any? Tue 1st January 2008 20:51 by Mary Smith Winter Aconite and Common Snowdrops out on 1 Jan 08
Actually this was in Gravesend, some 500m south of Essex. In a small park near the Thames I was with my family, and we saw both the plants in the title out in full flower, not just one of each but dozens. It was not even sunny! I know these are garden plants, but they were identical to the ones usually seen, ie Galanthus nivalis and Eranthis hyemalis. I suppose they thought spring was on the way, being in the mild days following Christmas as compared to the rather cold couple of weeks we had just before. |
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