In search of Little-Robin

 

I find my search for specific flowers never goes smoothly, and I average about 8 miles in search of any chosen species!

This is in contrast to my grasshopper quest in the summer where the bat detector was picking up the target species with minutes of leaving the van, in most cases!

So today I went to Lepe, and Calshot in search of Little-Robin, a smaller flowered, rarer version of Herb Robert.
It's another species that has a very limited distribution in the UK, with New Forest / South coast holding the prime locations.

Lepe came up blank, but I did see Wheatears, and Sea Spurge. Calshot wasn't looking too promising either until I found a good sized plant with a few flowers against one of the Calshot buildings. Sea Club Rush, and a few common plants also seen in the area. I didn't venture into the best bit of the spot today.. the campsite looked packed.

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