10th May – Joy! A squadron of swifts over Sydenham this morning.

SHW/DW flowering records:

1.5.18 hazel, oak, hawthorn, cow parsley, holly, dandelion, garlic mustard

11.5.18 sycamore, hawthorn, holly, bluebell, garlic mustard, wood millet, elder, cow parsley, herb robert, rowan, annual meadow grass, dandelion, cleavers, pendulous sedge, nettle, broom, common vetch, meadow buttercup, goat willow, Russian/common comfrey, herb bennett, fringecups.

[common blue butterly, blackcap, speckled wood, chiffchaff, (wood?) mouse]