Dark green fritillary at Belle Tout yesterday.

What a little beauty!  This Dark green fritillary was between the Horseshoe Plantation and Birling Gap yesterday.

Pyramidal, Fragrant and Common-spotted Orchids in flower now.

The aptly named Pyramidal Orchid is flowering now.  These pictures taken yesterday on the South Downs.

 

Fragrant Orchids have a very different shape and your nose will confirm the plant.  To me the scent is exquisite.

 

Common spotted-Orchids above can be very varied in their colour making a fine show -- although starting to set seed now.

Lesser Butterfly-orchid last week in Sussex

This orchid is reckoned as rare in Sussex and it was a great thrill to photograph it last week.