the other old railway line, etc

After looking round the landfill site I walked up the old railway line that runs alongside the site to its terminus. Apart from the usual suspects, plants see included a yellow crucifer, bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), another sites for musk mallow (Malva moschata and a small-flowered forget-me-not (Myosotis sp.). A path running down from the old railway line leads to a stream bank where dame's violet (Hesperis matrionalis) and red valerian (Centranthus robur) are present. Looping back along the lane to the old railway line passes a site where ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is present.

At the car park at the terminus there is another locality for musk mallow, and cowslip (Primula veris) is also present.

I returned home along the canal bank. Along the short stretch of road linking to the canal was a locality where a goosefoot, perhaps fat hen (Chenopodium album) was present. Plants noted along the canal bank include an herbaceous perennial with pinnately dissected foliage (not the same as the one seen at the landfill site), dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis), a water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.), French cranesbill (Geranium endressii). A diversion along side a nearby stream confirmed the presence of dame's violet (Hesperis matrionalis at that locality. A field to the southwest of the canal contains marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). A plant in a hedge alongside the canal towpath contains a plant that looks like a Ribes, but which has unscented foliage. Diverting to a bridge over a stream to the north leads to a locality with brooklime (Veronica beccabunga), ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) and marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), all just outside the Florula Prima area. There is a willow (Salix alba?) nearby, within the area.