Back down to the River

We decided to go down to the River. En-route and after crossing the Railway Line at Belvedere Station we noticed the next Down-Train wouldn't be stopping. A Goods/Freight Train? And it was viz.

We went up to the River via the Norman Road Field. It was almost High Tide but we were lucky enough to spot a couple of Common Sandpipers, including this Guy:

Other Birds seen included Grey Herons, Lapwings (no picture), a Little Egret and Redshanks (no picture):

Wild Flower' Species seen on the Crossness Nature Reserve and Surrounding area and beside the Thames Path, on the Thames Foreshore &c. between Thamesmead and Erith included:

Amaranth sp. viz.

Bittersweet
Black Horehound viz.

Black Medick
Black Nightshade
Bramble (with a few flowers still)
Bristly Oxtongue
Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea
Common Fleabane
Common Knapweed viz.

Common Ragwort
Common Sorrel
Common Toadflax
Creeping Buttercup
Creeping Cinquefoil

Creeping Thistle viz.

Crown Vetch
Field Bindweed
Gallant/Shaggy Soldier
Goat's-Rue
Great Willowherb
Greater Plantain

Groundsel
Hawkweed Oxtongue
Hoary Ragwort viz.

Jersey Cudweed
Lady's Bedstraw
Lesser Burdock
Marsh Cudweed
Marsh Woundwort
Narrow-Leaved Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Narrow-Leaved Ragwort
Oxeye Daisy
Perennial Rocket
Prickly Lettuce
Red Bartsia viz.

Red Campion
Red Clover viz.

Red Dead-Nettle
Red Goosefoot (assumed) viz.

Ribwort Plantain
Scentless Mayweed
Sea Aster viz.

Sea Beet
Sea Club-Rush
Sea Purslane viz.

Sow-Thistle
Spear-Leaved Orache
Strawberry Clover
Teasel
Twiggy Spurge
Viper's-Bugloss
White Clover 
White Dead-Nettle
Wild Carrot
and Yarrow

The River was also quite busy, Shipping-Wise. The highlight probably being us seeing General Cargo Vessel, Amy, manoeuvring through the Barking Fleet Flood Barrier viz.

Other Ships seen included: [I] General Cargo Vessel, Arklow Vanguard, [ii] Ro-Ro Cargo Vessel Adeline, and [iii] Tanker, Stolt Sandpiper viz.