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Shotton is a steelworks town on the west bank of the Dee, directly linked to Connah's Quay and sharing the broad tidal foreshore of the Dee estuary. The Shotton steelworks — one of the UK's largest remaining integrated steel plants — defines the southern skyline, while to the north the town fronts the saltmarsh and the protected Dee estuary mudflats. Sycamore and elder line the residential streets; bramble is heavy on the railway embankments and the green margins of the works perimeter. White clover on the town park and amenity grassland provides a summer supplement. The Flint and District BKA covers Shotton.

Sycamore is the dominant flow tree throughout Flintshire, lining the lanes and valley sides from the Alyn valley near Mold to the wooded dingles of the Greenfield Valley. Hawthorn hedgerows are exceptionally strong on the Halkyn plateau and the Hawarden ridge, delivering a reliable May flow across the county. Lime trees in the older town centres and on the Mold and Caerwys market streets contribute a July supplement. White clover is widespread on the pastures and recreation grounds of the lower valleys and coastal plain. Bramble is abundant on the former industrial and railway land around Shotton, Buckley and the Greenfield Valley margins. Gorse on Halkyn Mountain provides a late-winter and spring pollen source. Alder and willow along the Dee foreshore and the Alyn riverbanks contribute early pollen for colonies emerging in spring.