Sunday 21 June 2020

Ringlet & Pale Spotted Orchid

On Sunday 21st June still recovering from tiredness, at least I was able to enjoy a very brief Ringlet butterfly in the back garden central flower bed at 2.40pm although it sadly flew over to Fallowfields. The 2 Spotted Orchids flowering at the wooded back of the garden included a fine pure pale Spotted Orchid, which has naturally sprung up in the garden, I will do all I can to encourage them to flourish. The other 5 Southern Marsh Orchids naturally flowering in the garden (the last of the Fallowfields thousands of Orchids, which were destroyed in the name of "progress") continue to thrive, although I am awaiting 3 plants to flower. Really weird that 4 of them have sprung up in large pots when Jenny took soil from the central flowerbed, a few years ago. Old faithful has sprung up again for its sixth year. Again 15 Frogs seen around the fishpond today.

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