Friday 24 June 2022

Orchids, Crossbills & garden purple patch continues

On Thursday another Bee Orchid came up at the Paget by Southside and on Thursday evening I cycled to a very local area, 25 Bee orchids, 150 Spotted, 2 Pyramidal Orchids seen and over by Corton woods, an adult Green woodpecker & Song thrush, both feeding, plus 7 fantastic Crossbills by the western side of Corton woods, chip chipping away and settling in Pines just Sw of the wood, seen perched with crossbills and then they flew west. Nearby 4 Bee Orchids, 2 Hybrid (Spotted X Southern Marsh) & 12 Spotted Orchids seen when I arrived home later in the evening, a Hummingbird Hawk Moth seen briefly on the fuschia bush & Hairy Hawker Dragonfly did 4 clockwise circuits of the garden before it too was off, a wildlife bonanza.

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