We visit the Poplar Dock Marina (the London Borough of Tower Hamlets)

The Poplar Dock Marina

Birds seen:

Black-Headed Gulls
a Canada Goose
Coots
Great Crested Grebes viz.

a Moorhen
a Mute Swan
Pied Wagtails
Tufted Ducks viz.

and Wood Pigeons

Wild Flowers seen included:

Black Nightshade
Buddleia
Common Mallow
Groundsel
Henbit Dead-Nettle (assumed)
Herb Robert viz.

Jersey Cudweed viz.

Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Red Dead-Nettle
Sow-Thistle
Spotted Spurge (a massive surprise: and lots of it: confirmed as a known Population and thought to be the largest London' Population. The Poplar Dock Marina falls within, Vice-County 21, Middlesex) viz.

Stinking Iris
Stonecrop (assumed White Stonecrop)
and Yarrow

Some more Buses

[i] seen in the Bexleyheath and Woolwich area:

Nos. 53. 54, 96, 99, 122, 177, 180, 244, 301, 401, 422, 469 and 472

[ii] seen in the Blackwall (East London) area:

Nos. D3, D6, D7, D8 and 15

[iii] seen in the Canning Town (East London) area:

Nos. 5, 69, 115, 147, 300, 309, 323, 330 and 474

On approach to Canning Town

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Cumulative List at 8 November 2019:

Nos. 5, 15, 53, 54, 69, 89, 96, 99, 115, 122, 132, 147, 161, 177, 180, 244, 269, 291, 300, 301, 309, 323, 330, 380, 401, 422, 469, 472, 474 and 486

Nos. B11, B12, B13, B14, B15 and B16

Nos. D3, D6, D7 and D8

The Moon Tonight

The Moon ~ 7 November 2019

To Danson Park: a first visit for quite a while

Danson House and the Charter Oak (to the right of the picture)

We managed to see twenty (20) Species of Bird beside, on and around the Lake viz.

Black-Headed Gull
Canada Goose (lots of them: including Geese dispersed from Hall Place?)
Carrion Crow
Common Gull
Coot
Cormorant
Egyptian Goose
Goldfinch
Great Crested Grebe
Grey Heron
Greylag Goose (lots of them: including Geese dispersed from Hall Place?)
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Pied Wagtail
Robin
and Tufted Duck

No Lesser-Black Backed Gull on a Lamp Post in King Harold's Way this Morning but...

there was a Common Gull and a Black-Headed Gull viz.

Update 7 November 2019: a Lesser Black-Backed Gull was present this Morning.

Of Phacelia and Common Fumitory on the Allotment

The Phacelia is Self-Seeded from Plants grown from Seed earlier in the Year: the Common Fumitory was there when we took the Allotment on:

We spend some time in the Grounds of St Nicholas, Plumstead

Wild Flowers seen included:

Black Nightshade
Buck's-Horn Plantain
Common Chickweed
Common Knotgrass
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Cow Parsley
Daisy
Dandelion
Groundsel
Hart's-Tongue Fern
Red Dead-Nettle
Ribwort Plantain
Sow-Thistle
Wall Rue
and Yarrow

Whilst coming Home, we noticed a Green Woodpecker in Plumstead Cemetery.

The Moon Tonight

We seem to be able to see Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillatis. The Moon was shining very brightly so Mare Nectaris, Mare Crisium and Mare Fecunditatis are not visible. We think the Ptolemaeus Crater might be visible though:    

The Moon ~ 4 November 2019

Jersey Cudweed again

After delivering a (Bexley Philatelic Society) Packet of (British Commonwealth) Stamps we noticed a single Plant of Jersey Cudweed growing on the Roundabout in Oaklands Close viz.

Grid Reference: TQ4874

Up and Running with the Buses

For something different, we are going to see how many London Buses we can see.

Starting out close to Home with some Buses in the Bexleyheath and Woolwich areas.

Buses seen:

Nos. 53, 54, 89, 96, 99, 122, 132, 161, 177, 180, 244, 269, 291 (see below ~ photographed in Woolwich), 301, 380, 401, 422, 469, 472 (see below ~ photographed in Woolwich) and 486

Nos. B11, B12, B13, B14, B15 and B16

Back to Woolwich (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich) to look for Birds &c.

Back to Woolwich (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich) for the first time since January-2019, to look for Birds in the Grounds of the former Royal Arsenal, on the Thames' Foreshore and beside the Thames Path in the Woolwich area.

Birds seen:

Black-Headed Gulls
Blue Tits viz.

Carrion Crows
Common Gulls
Cormorants
a Great Black-Backed Gull
Herring Gulls
a Jay
a Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Magpies
a Moorhen
Mute Swans (a family of six, namely Mama, Papa and for Children) viz.

Pied Wagtails
Teals
and a Wood Pigeon

Footnote: a List of Bird' Species seen to date during 2019 in the Grounds of the former Royal Arsenal, on the Thames' Foreshore and beside the Thames Path:

Blackbird
Black-Headed Gull
Black-Tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Carrion Crow
Coot
Cormorant
Egyptian Goose
Gadwall
Great Black-Backed Gull
Great Tit
Herring Gull
Jay
Lapwing
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Pied Wagtail
Redshank
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Robin
Starling
Teal
Wood Pigeon

Other Species we might hope to see before Year-End include: Canada Goose, Great-Crested Grebe, House Sparrow, Shelduck and Yellow-Legged Gull (habitats are rather limited).

We also noticed that the Borage growing on one of the disused Royal Arsenal Jetties/Wharfs is still hanging on.

Of Seals, Wild Flowers, Birds, Mosses and Lichens

We started out looking for Seals on the Thames Foreshore in the vicinity of the former Thamesmead Driving Range and Golf Course.

There were three Seals present including these two:

Next stop: Crabtree Manorway North. We walked up the Footpath to the Thames Path and then walked downstream to where the Ringed Plovers generally hang out: seeing three just before they flew off.

Flowering Wild Flowers seen included:

Black Horehound

Buddleia viz.

Common Field-Speedwell
Common Mallow
Common Toadflax viz.

Cow Parsley viz.

Daisy
Dandelion
Green Alkanet
Groundsel
Hedgerow Crane's-Bill viz.

Narrow-Leaved Ragwort
Oxford Ragwort
Red Dead-Nettle
Sow-Thistle
White Dead-Nettle
and Yarrow viz.

Birds seen from the Thames Path on the Thames Foreshore &c. in the Belvedere area::

Black-Headed Gulls
a Carrion Crow
a Common Gull viz.

a Cormorant
a Great Black-Backed Gull
Lapwings viz.

a Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Redshanks viz.

Ringed Plovers
a Robin
Starlings
a Teal 
and a Wood Pigeon

We also noticed some nice fresh-looking Mosses &c. growing on the Sea Wall and Lichens growing on nearby trees viz.