Today is the 11th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Walked today from Limehouse Basin, along Regent's Canal following the Jubilee Greenway to Mile End Park, then continued along the canal until reaching Mile End station. I saw the usual coots, moorhens and geese along the canal, but was really amazed by the number and variety of plants along the towpath. Sadly also saw one dead rat (probably poisoned).

New species I saw today;

• Mile End Jumping Spider (Macaroeris nidicolens)
• Tall Nightshade (Solanum chenopodioides)
• Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
• Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena)
• Slender Thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus)
• Common Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
• Viper's-Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
• Annual Wall-Rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)
• Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
• Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
• Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-11&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Posted on June 11, 2024 05:13 PM by happybird44