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Last weekend whilst checking a few sites for orchids, I connected with two new county ticks in the form of Yellow Bird's Nest (Plant tick) and Dark Green Fritillary (Butterfly tick). The Yellow Bird's Nest was at Ketton Quarry LRWT and the Dark Green Fritillary was at a private site in the east of the county. Here is a few record shots of the said two!                    

Over the weekend I took part in the mini bio-blitz at Ketton Quarry LRWT with the Pork Pie posse, Skev, the Llama and Adrian Russell. Flora highlights I saw on and around the reserve included up to thirty Bee Orchids ,and good numbers of Common Spotted Orchids and Common Twayblade . Just before getting to Ketton I also checked out the road verges near South Luffenham and found 289 Pyramidal Orchids spikes, a couple of Common Spotted Orchids and two Knapweed Broomrape spikes.