SOUTHERN MARSH ORCHID - (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)

Somewhat late appearing, being 27th May, and curiously bunched together and with no appearance of the Early Marsh Orchid, or Bee Orchids for that matter, here are a neatly bunched group of the British Orchid the ...

Southern Marsh Orchid ...

A selection of the surrounding flora ...

Ah now if you can see it, or them rather, in the pictures above and below those dots, or green blobs, you can see everywhere...those are the Primrose seed heads.

Those peculiar few orange and red flowered ones have a few bunches on the far right, on the line of bushes. Plus a couple not far off the centre, just a little to the right and towards the camera lens.

THE COWSLIP CONUNDRUM PART ONE (Primula veris)

This post is part of a four part series that will all be posted over the following 24 hours.

It will also be a cross-over with another blog and the area in question, which will remain secret, has been revealing some very, VERY curious secrets eve since I first visited the place 5 years ago.

Now before you study these photographs as well as the following posts you need to understand that I am up here a hell of a lot which includes 3 or 4 times a week in warmer months as well as in Winter when the lakes and ponds are frozen over.