A small over grown footpath alongside a railway embankment near where we live is a good local spot for Common Spotted orchids. I took a mosquito filled walk along it one night last week. Its very overgrown in parts but on the more open areas its filled with these beautiful flowers.
We seem to have lost our local colony of Bee Orchids though as this is the 2nd consecutive year I haven't found any. It may have something to do with the farmer continuing to spray herbicide on the field margin where they're usually found.............
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