This is another tiny member of the clover family but it seems to stand out better from its surroundings such that I can see it when standing up. It tends to grow in short cropped grass so can be hidden unless probing the loose blades of grass away.

The other name which I have known this plant by is Fenugreek but that can be confused with the European herb and arable crop Trigonella foenum-graecum so perhaps "Bird's-foot Clover" is a better common name.

Although we found it inland its distribution is mostly coastal: it is found along the coasts of Wales, southern and eastern England but only occasionally in Scotland and eastern Ireland.

Boggy field in Kent 2nd June 2007

Added on 7th May 2008