Monday, 11 May 2009

Monday 11th May

An extremley windy day with a cold NE wind blowing across the orchards. Not much to report except a couple of Swifts sliding through the wind over the strawberry plot on the Research Station land.

After work I was press ganged into collecting an Ebay purchase from Sittingbourne. Trying to make the most of a loathsome journey I picked up Mike Easterbrook to check out an orchid site on the way. I'm glad I did as we saw 25+ Lady Orchids, 6 Fly Orchids, 1 Birds Nest Orchid and a Lesser Butterfly Orchid.
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2 comments:

  1. Greenie12 May 2009 at 19:16

    Adam ,
    That shot says it all .
    Nice one with the Lesser Butterfly Orchid , I'm still waiting for my first one .

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  2. Greenie13 May 2009 at 07:57

    Adam ,
    As you well know , always a difficult ID , especially without seeing the underwing and size .
    But on balance , I would say it was a male Brown Argus , not any real blueing of the base of the wings which the female Common Blue usually shows .

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