Oh I do like to be beside the seaside... with Early-purple orchids, stonechats and violets.

 Early-purple orchids blooming in a bitterly cold wind yesterday on the chalk hills of East Sussex.

For details of an illustrated talk on native orchids, please click http://www.peterlovetttalks.co.uk/orchids.html

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 Male and female stonechats above and below.

Common Dog-violets.