Our walk was at my Fly Orchid site and we were greeted to a bit of destruction in the clearing where they occur. The flags had been chewed and virtually all the Bee Orchids from last weekend had gone. Presumably deer are the culprits but it put paid to me finding the 'odd' Fly Orchid I'd been told about. Nonetheless we enjoyed our walk with hundreds of Common Spotted Orchids lining the paths, a few Fly Orchids that weren't gone over, Greater Butterfly Orchids and some Pyramidal Orchids more advanced than the week before.
Fly Orchids
Bee Orchids (but not as we know them!)
After a break for lunch and a walk around lovely Lavenham we poodled back towards home via a roadside nature reserve near Bury St Edmunds where my main aim for the day Crested Cow-wheat was easily found. What gorgeous plants these are! Also there were plenty of Greater Knapweed, 4 Knapweed Broomrape (obviously parasitic on the knapweed), Yellow-wort, Agrimony, Black Horehound and Bladder Campion.
My wildflower education continues a pace!
Crested Cow-wheat
Greater Knapweed
Knapweed Broomrape
Yellow-wort
Black Horehound
Bladder Campion
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