It’s been a while since I informally surveyed which wildflowers were in bloom at any specific point in time, so I did that during two of this week’s walks, the first a full circuit of Cardiff Bay, the other a walk along the local section of the Welsh coastal path. I was surprised to find 60 species flowering and suspect this total has something to do with this year’s weather. After our hot, dry summer, the wildflowers are making up for lost time now that we’re getting more rain. These are what I found …

Agrimony, Black medick, Black nightshade, Bristly oxtongue, Broad-leaved willowherb, Canadian fleabane, Common calamint, Common fleabane, Creeping buttercup, Creeping Jenny, Daisy, and Dandelion.

Devil’s-bit scabious, Evening primrose, Eyebright, Fennel, Field speedwell, Goat’s-rue, Great willowherb, Groundsel, Gypsywort, Hairy tare, Hedge woundwort, and Hemp agrimony.

Herb Bennett, Herb Robert, Hoary mustard, Ivy-leaved toadflax, Knapweed, Knotgrass, Lady’s bedstraw, Large bindweed, Lucerne, Marsh woundwort, Meadow crane’s-bill, and Mignonette.

Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Old man’s beard, Oxeye daisy, Pineappleweed, Prickly sow-thistle, Purple toadflax, Common Ragwort, Red clover, Red valerian, Redshank, Rosebay willowherb, and Round-leaved crane’s-bill.

Scarlet pimpernel, Sea radish, Shepherd’s-purse, Shining crane’s-bill, Tansy, Tutsan, Viper’s-bugloss, White campion, White clover, Wild carrot, Common stork’s-bill, and Yarrow.