Monthly Wildlife Talk - Rainham Marshes
Join Havering Local Group for a talk by Jamie Smith from the RSPB at Rainham Marshes on the work that is done there.
Join Havering Local Group for a talk by Jamie Smith from the RSPB at Rainham Marshes on the work that is done there.
Join Brentwood & Billericay local group for a joint event with Essex Gardens Trust on the Backhouses.
Join Colchester Local Group for an illustrated talk by Peter Greig-Smith, warden of Iron Latch.
Look for the deep magenta, star-shaped flowers of Marsh cinquefoil in marshes, bogs, fens and wetlands in the north, west and east of the UK.
As its name suggests, the Marsh violet likes damp spots, such as marshes, bogs and wet woods. It is a low-growing plant with kidney-shaped leaves and pale lilac flowers.
The Marsh helleborine is a beautiful orchid of fens, wet grassland and dune slacks. Growing in profusion in places, look for reddish stems and white-and-pink flowers.
The bright blue, trumpet-shaped flowers of the marsh gentian contrast deeply with the pinks and purples of the wet heaths it inhabits. The New Forest holds a large population of this late-…