Having decided not to join the birders at Kessingland for the rare Swifts I walked firstly around Beccles Common then Beccles Marshes. Along George Westwood Way in the town the verges were covered in Cochlearia danica (Danish Scurvy Grass)It is known as an halophyte which means it grows in salty conditions. The seed is mixed in with salt and grit from Russia and is spread by gritting lorries hence the plant can be found like white frost along the edge of the road very near the kerbs and on the outer edge of roundabouts. I am sure it will spread ore as we have just exprienced a long cold winter.
By the entrance to Beccles Tip I found the white flowered form of Viola odorata (Sweet Violet) with the pale lilac spur. These white flowers fascinate me.
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