More wildflowers.

  These photos are from the same walk, but on the other side of the first path, and at the bottom of an embankment which is in shade.

Old Mans Beard

Woodland ferns growing in the walls of the railway embankment

Ivy, a wonderful bird food source in winter.

 

Passing the Taf, at low water its usually a good place to see birds, and 7 Mergansers, the most I've seen here. 

Local wildflowers

I walked along the footpath / cycleway which follows the line of the  old Heath to Treforest railway, which took coal from the nearby colleries to Cardiff Docks for export.  The footpath is on an embankment and nature has reclaimed the sides with a nice mix of common wildflowers.  I've named them but let me know if you think differently.

Hemp Agrimony

Nipplewort 

Soapwort

Thistle 

Turkeytail Fungi

Buddlia

Oxeye daisy

A Cool Dude?

Elderberry

Japanese Knotweed. 

 The Victorians imported this and it's now a curse , it devalues property and is virtually indestructible.

 

Blackberry

Himalayan Balsam 

Again another imported plant and is a great one for the kids because when you press the seed pods they explode and scatter the seeds.  If you dont know, it makes you jump.