I thought the trickle charge was such a low rate you could leave it on without damage.
Unfortunately NiMH batteries (unlike NiCd*) don’t like any sort of overcharging, even if it’s a trickle, so you will have done some harm. Ignore wwaswas’s advice – cycling the battery won’t do anything in this situation (apart from wear out the battery a bit more). You won’t have completely knackered it though, just reduced the capacity (and the lifespan) a bit, so just use it and be prepared for it to cut out a bit sooner.
* one of my bugbears is all the commercial rechargeable things (eg cordless phone, baby monitor) which have continuous trickle chargers and come with NiMH cells when NiCd would be far more suitable, resulting in worn out batteries which don’t hold their charge.