On 17th June, I travelled to North Yorkshire in the hope of seeing Small White Orchid, an orchid I had not seen before. I knew I was leaving it a little late, as it only blooms for just two weeks in June. I travelled to Ingleborough National Nature Reserve, in the Yorkshire Dales, which is […]
10th June 2023 – The weather forecast predicted temperatures would reach 30 degrees in the local area, so an early start to look for a few orchids. I soon discovered Common Spotted and Southern Marsh at my local patch. A visit to a nearby Derbyshire Wildlife Trust reserve produced Common Twayblade and Common Spotted, with
I had planned a weekend in Kent during the end of May in order to see some of the county’s rare orchids. The trip coincided with the arrival of a rare Eleonora’s Falcon, so I had success on both accounts. Thanks go to John for his hospitality and guidance during the weekend.
On the 6th June some stunning flowers at Staunton Harold – Ragged Robin; Southern Marsh-orchid; Common Spotted Orchid; Bush Vetch, Lesser Stitchwort and Common Vetch. Bird wise in recent days been very quiet. A Red Kite flew over the reservoir on 11th June and there was an obvious westerly movement of Common Swift with 40
Spent the last couple of mornings photographing a few of the common flowers around the local meadows and one not so common orchid at a site near to where I live. I’ve been using my Canon 100-400m lens with my new Canon R5 mirrorless camera. This combination allows me to obtain my photographs without having
Last year (May 2019) I discovered a tiny flower head of an orchid that had naturally established itself in my front lawn. It didn’t take me long to identify it as a Common Spotted Orchid. By mid June it was in flower. I put up a small group of sticks and string around the plant
During the past few weeks I’ve been photographing a few species of available orchids. The best one being Marsh Helleborine, where I had to travel over to Lincolnshire in order to see it. The Chalk Fragrant Orchids have been re-identified by local experts as Marsh Fragrant Orchid. The rest of the orchids I’ve managed to
During the past few days I have spent sometime with local Orchids and have seen 1 new species and 1 new variant of Bee Orchid, Wasp Orchid. All with a few miles or so of my house. I even found a Common Spotted Orchid growing in one of the lawns at the front of my
