Sep

Fish	Flowers
Fruit	Fungi
Game	Greens
Herbs	Meat
Nuts	Shellfish
Vegetables

Fish

Bream	Abramis brama (Common Bream)	also: Spondyliosoma cantharus (Black Sea Bream) and Pagellus bogaraveo (Red Sea Bream)
Cod	Gadus morhua
Eel	Anguilla anguilla
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus
Pike	Esox lucius
Pollack	Pollachius virens
Salmon	Salmo salar
Sea Bass	Morone labrax
Sea Trout	Salmo trutta trutta
Sprats	Sprattus sprattus
River Trout		Salmo trutta fario (Brown Trout) and Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout)
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Fruit

Crab Apple	Malus sylvestris (aka Malus acerba)
Bilberry	Vaccinium myrtillus
Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus
Bullace/Damson	Prunus institia
Wild Cherry	Prunus avium
Elderberry	Sambucus nigra
Juniper Berries	Juniperus communis	possibly also: juniperus communis nana (Juniper)
Peach	Prunus persica
Wild Pear	Pyrus communis
Plum	Prunus domestica
Raspberry	Rubus idaeus
Rowan Berry	Sorbus aucuparia	aka Mountain Ash
Sloes	Prunus spinosa
Wild Strawberry	Fragaria vesca
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Fungi

Ceps, aka Porcini	Boletus edulis
Chanterelles	Cantharellus cibarius
Field Mushroom	Agaricus campestris
Hedgehog Fungus	Hydnum repandum
Horse Mushroom	Agaricus arvensis
Oyster Mushrooms (pleurottes)	Pleurotus ostreatus
Parasol Mushroom	Macrolepiota procera
Giant Puffball	Langermannia gigantea
Shaggy Ink Cap	Coprinus comatus
Summer Truffles	Tuber aestivum
Wood Blewit	Lepista nuda
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Game

Goose		possibly: anser albifrons (White-Fronted Goose), anser anser (Greylag Goose) and branta leucopsis (Barnacle Goose)
Red Deer	Cervus elaphus
Roe Deer	Capreolus capreolus
Squirrel	Sciurus vulgaris (Red Squirrel)
Grouse		possibly: tetrao tetrix (Black Grouse) or lagopus lagopus (Red Grouse)
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Partridge	Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge)
Teal	Anas crecca
Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus
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Greens

Chickweed	Stellaria media
Fat Hen	Chenopdium album
Nettle		possibly including: lamium purpureum (Red Dead Nettle), urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle) and urtica urens (Annual Nettle)
Sorrel	Rumex acetosa
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Herbs

Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare
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Meat

Beef
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Nuts

Acorns	Quercus robur	aka Pedunculate or English Oak
Beech-Mast	Fagus sylvatica
Sweet Chestnut	Castanea vesca	aka Castanea sativa (8th C)
Hazelnut	Corylus avellana
Walnut	Juglans regia	(imported - growing 9th C)
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Shell-Fish

Cockles	Cerastoderma edule
Crab	Cancer paqurus
Lobster	Homarus gammarus
Mussels	Mytilus edulis
Oysters	Ostrea edulis
Scallops	Pecten laquaetus or Pecten aequiscleatus
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Vegetables

Sea Beet	Beta vulgaris maritima
Broad Beans	Vicia faba major
Colza	Brassica napus	possibly including: brassica napus arvensis (Coleseed), brassica napus napobrassica (Swede), brassica napus napus (Rape) and brassica napus pabularia (Rape Kale)
Wild Carrot	Daucus carota
Wild Celery	Apium graveolens
Cucumber	Cucumis sativa
Wild Garlic	Allium ursinum
Leek	Allium porrum	Allium ampeloprasum is the Wild Leek
Wild Lettuce	Lactuca virosa
Onion	Allium cepa
Parsnip	Pastinaca sativa
Peas		Pisum sativum arvense (Field Pea)
Radish	Raphanus landra	possibly also: raphanus maritima (Sea Radish), or raphanus raphanistrum (Wild Radish)
Wild Turnip	Brassica rapa campestris
Watercress	Nasturtium officinale	possibly also: nasturtium microphyllum (Watercress) or nasturtium x sterile (Brown Watercress)
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Sources:
Collins - How to Identify Edible Mushrooms - Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon, Gill Tomblin
Sovereignty Journal 'Cooking in Time with the British Seasons' - http://www.sovereignty.org.uk/features/footnmouth/local9.html
Garden Action Diary - http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_index.asp
River Cottage Seasonality Table - http://www.rivercottage.net/whatsgoodnow/seasonalitytable.jsp?foodgroup=0
The Great British Kitchen - http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/sd_calendar.htm
The River Cottage Year - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

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