Beautiful meadows and orchids

 

Southern Marsh Orchid

Pyramidal Orchid - there were hundreds in the meadow

Dianthus in the wild !

Pasque Flower meadow - just the seeding heads remain

Stunning views x

Lots of orchids and quite a few marbled white butterflies, just had to wait for the sun to shine !

Bee Orchids in the meadows

Some stunning meadows, covered in flowers and insects

Heath Spotted Orchid

Common Spotted in a beautiful meadow

Bee Orchid

and our verges literally covered in Twayblade this year, they look spectacular !

Pasque Flowers, Lincs

We went to this Lincs reserve for Dingy Skippers, eventually finding many. The reserve looked stunning as usual and we were very lucky to find the last pasque flower that was hanging on. We didn't expect to see any as their flowering period had long passed. Lucky us !!

Dingy Skippers galore !

Seeding heads of the pasque flower

A pasque flower, the rest having long finished. Simon spotted this and what a find !!

Pasque Flowers, Lincolnshire

A first for us and they were simply stunning.  They were only just in flower so will return to this site next week. Thanks for the tip off from an RSPB warden !