Nightingale Bridge revisited October 5th 2016

A walk down Hillyfields to Nightingale Bridge in early October showed two things. First, all the balsam plants pulled by volunteers and stacked in piles have vanished, allowing new grass and other vegetation to grow in the mild weather. Second, a handful balsam plants have had the sheer nerve to spring up and flower near the back of the patch which was cleared by volunteers.  The overall picture is, however, of a job well done!

These two pictures show the area to the left of Nightingale Bridge. The bottom one is 'before', and the top one was taken in October.  You could not tell that this field was so heavily invaded.