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Prestonpans is a coastal town on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, best known as the site of the 1745 Jacobite battle and for its salt-panning and mining heritage. The town faces the Forth across a narrow coastal strip of rough grassland and sea aster marsh at Prestonpans Foreshore; Preston Tower, a ruined fifteenth-century fortified tower, stands in parkland to the east. Oilseed rape on the farmland between Prestonpans and Tranent contributes to the April–May flow, and the coastal grassland strip carries sea purslane and wild clover. The improved pastures and road verges between Prestonpans and Longniddry carry white clover from June; elder and bramble are established along the former railway embankments and field boundaries inland from the coast road.

Oilseed rape is the defining East Lothian flow: the arable fields between Haddington, Tranent and East Linton carry a mass April–May bloom that fills supers quickly and requires fast extraction to prevent granulation. White clover follows on the improved grasslands and verges through June and July, sustained by the mild maritime influence from the Forth. Sycamore and hawthorn bridge the gap between OSR and clover on the field margins and hedgerows of the River Tyne valley floor. Sea buckthorn on the dune links at Gullane, Yellowcraig and Longniddry Bents provides a distinctive late-summer nectar supplement. The Lammermuir Hills above Gifford and Longformacus carry heather from mid-July into September, and apiaries on the upland edge can work both the arable spring flow and a heather crop in the same season.