Friday 21 June 2013

ORCHIDS galore

Checked out several local ORCHID sites today and was amazed at the number of individual spikes - well over 15,000 - incredible. The majority were COMMON SPOTTED...







With far fewer FRAGRANT




Just 9 FLY ORCHIDS....





Perhaps 175 GREATER BUTTERFLY...





And 27 WHITE HELLEBORINES







The odd butterfly - BRIMSTONE and COMMON BLUE




And the odd bird....



A Little Bit of Bread and No Cheeeeeze........YELLOWHAMMER


And SPOTTED FLYCATCHER surrounded by flies




SPOT FLIES in local churchyard

A pair of SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS feeding young in Weston Turville Churchyard today - just what is this affinity between this species and churchyards - weird !