Avez-Vous un Cuppa?

Early Marsh Orchid Bee Orchid Frog Orchid Chalk Fragrant Orchid As we hit mid-summer the birding has been put on the back burner and have been checking a number of orchid sites during the last few days. The highlights I have seen included Frog Orchid, Chalk Fragrant Orchid, Heath Spotted Orchid, Common Twayblade, Southern Marsh Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Early Marsh Orchid,Common Spotted Orchid, and small numbers of Bee Orchids .

In the afternoon I checked out Cloud Wood LRWT and the A50 by-pass at Markfield. The orchids I saw included Greater Butterfly Orchid , Common Spotted Orchid , and a non-flowering Bee Orchid at Cloud Wood. On the way home I checked out the by-pass at Markfield and found hundreds of Southern Marsh Orchids next to the busy road.