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Leicestershire Orchids: Frog Orchids

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Frog Orchid Here is a couple of photos of the six Frog Orchids I found last Friday at Merry's Meadows LRWT. Frog Orchid

Another go for the Cattle Egret, also Green-winged Orchids and a Wood Warbler in the city.

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Adder's Tongue Fern at Merry's Meadow LRWT. Green winged Orchids at Merry's Meadow LRWT. Cattle Egret on Lagoon 1 at Rutland Water. Although I had seen the Cattle Egret at Rutland Water briefly the previously day, I nipped over to Rutland again to see if I could get some digishots of the Cattle Egret and take some photos of the local Green winged Orchids at the nearby Merry's Meadow LRWT. Arriving at the Egleton reserve I was soon taking some record shots of the Cattle Egret as it feed around the cattle opposite mallard hide. Pleased with the record shots of the Egret I then drove over to Greetham to check out Merry's Meadow. At this site I counted at least 500+ Green winged Orchids in the surrounding meadowland and small numbers of the cute looking Adder's Tongue Fern . Whilst at this site I received a message from Andy Mackay of a possible Wood Warbler at Victoria park in the centre of Leicester, and could I possible check it out? As I was driving home that...