Wild Flowers and Lichens on the Erith Pier

We popped down to Erith to see the Offshore Support Vessel, 'Pegasus': newly arrived and scheduled to be broken up. She was moored beside Tugs, 'Lord Waverley' and 'Buzz': both awaiting similar fates:

Wild Flower species seen included:

Annual Meadow-Grass

Bittercress

Bittersweet

Black Medick viz.

Bristly Oxtongue

Buddleia

Daisy

Dandelion

Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill

Groundsel

Herb Robert

Jersey Cudweed

Narrow-Leaved Ragwort

Oxford Ragwort

Pearlwort

Round-Leaved Crane's-Bill

Shepherd's-Purse

Sow-Thistle

Spear Thistle

Wall Speedwell
and Wood Avens

Lichen species seen included:

Caloplaca saxicola

Lecanora dispersa

Lecanora muralis

Phaeophyscia orbicularis

Xanthoria calcicola

and Xanthoria parietina

On the Sea Wall just downstream of the Pier, we spotted probable Verrucaria ochrostoma viz.