novelties

While returning some books to the library I encountered a number of species of plants which I hadn't previously recorded in this area.

* On the bank overlooking the canal, at the edge of the station carpark, are a few plants of meadow foam (Limnanthes douglasii).

* Near the library, in a pavement, are a pearlwort (Sagina procumbens), and, in a wall, an ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis).

* By the path between ASDA and Tesco is an opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).

There is also a pepperwort (Lepidium sp.) in ASDA's carpark; this appears to be the same one as I've seen elsewhere, but as it is more accessible I may be able to identify it to species. By the aforementioned path there was also a small-flowered pansy, which is presumably field pansy (Viola arvensis).