So we went down to Church Manorway. Before walking up to the Thames Path we took a quick peep at the Lake beside Church Manorway: the surface of which is now filled with Water Plantain and looking rather attractive viz.
Before going across to the nearby Footpath that leads up to the Thames Path with the intention of walking upstream to see if the Ringed Plovers were about, we noticed a Painted Lady Butterfly visiting a Buddleia viz.
Alas however: we had misjudged the Tide and it was almost High Tide, meaning the Plovers would be settled down in their High Tide' Roost.
Undaunted: we decided to walk downstream towards Erith.
Although very familiar with this stretch of the Thames Path and Thames Foreshore we invariably find some new. And in this instance it was a small population of Bladder Campion growing by the Thames just downstream of the Corey Berth viz.
Elsewhere, just below the Sea Wall there were quite a few Butterflies and other Little Critters visiting Ragwort, Sea Asters &c.viz.
We also spotted a splendid Spider viz.
Other Plants seen included:
A single Amaranth viz.
Black Horehound viz.
Sea Purslane viz.
Bramble viz.
Marsh Woundwort viz.
Redshank viz.
and Sea Milkwort viz.
Black-Headed Gulls were gathered on one of the derelict Jetties/Wharves, waiting for the Tide to go out viz.
And just as we were about to leave for Home, we noticed a Moth Mullein flowering beside Church Manorway viz.
A Footnote:
General Cargo Vessel, Bockoe, was moored at Erith Oil Outer viz.
And Passenger Vessel, Princess Pocahontas, was also heading downstream viz.
Aircraft flying into London City Airport included Luxair, Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, Registration LX-LQI viz.
And Flybe, Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, Registration G-JEDU viz.
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