Two new records for me within Bexley were found round the ‘bay’ at the east corner of the Chandlers Drive complex.

Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris) was growing on the riverbank, and although I haven’t seen it in Bexley Borough before, I suspect plants I saw by the Ravensbourne in Lewisham the other week were, in fact, this species, but I wasn’t botanising at the time. The pinkish-purple flowers are reasonably large for a Labiate and are attractively patterned in white.