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Quote of the day:
“Just a minute” said a voice in the weeds.
So I stood still
in the day’s exquisite early morning light.– Mary Oliver
Forage in June for:
Dog Rose, Elderflower, Ash Keys, Honeysuckle, Lime flowers, Ox-eye Daisies, Wild Strawberries
Tag Archives: Common Spotted Orchid
Wordless Wednesday – Orchids
Posted in Out and about, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged chalk, Common Spotted Orchid, Man Orchid, Orchids, Photography, quarry, Twayblade, UK native orchids, Wildflowers
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So to cheer myself up, I went on an orchid quest …
Having accidentally found a patch of bee orchids in a meadow full of ox-eye daisies the other day, I realised that now is the perfect time to be looking out for other native orchids. What better way to put aside … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Nature, Out and about, Wildflowers
Tagged Bee Orchid, Common Spotted Orchid, countryside, Gardening, Orchids, Photography, Twayblade, White helleborine
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An Old Chalk Pit filled with Orchids – Nature Wins
At the edge of our village lies a disused clunch (and coprolite) pit, unworked since the beginning of the 20th Century. It is a relative small affair compared to others nearby (see for instance blogger Jonathan Spain’s account of the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Out and about, Plants
Tagged Bee Orchid, Bird's Foot Trefoil, Bladder Campion, chalk, Common Spotted Orchid, Knapweed, Man Orchid, milkwort, nature, Orchids, quarry, Twayblade
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