When looking to photograph wildlife it helps to have good eyesight and a few friends. Thus, at this site it was William who spotted this beautiful Bee orchid after I had walked past it.
Mike and Janice completed a quartet of naturalists keen to take time to enjoy and photograph the wonderful plants and animals on this warm June day. The next few blog entries will show our findings; starting now with orchids.
Bee' and Common-spotted orchids.
And again it was William who spotted these, otherwise elusive, Frog orchids: one of which is a hybrid with Common-spotted orchid possibly, being pink and with whorls of colour on the lip.
Fragrant orchid just opening.
Common-spotted and Frog orchids with Bird's-foot trefoil, "eggs and "bacon", a food plant for Common blue, Green Hairstreak and Dingy Skipper butterflies.
Subsequent posts will show some of the other plants and insects found this day.
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