These were short visits mainly to catch the blooming of Northern Marsh Orchids (Dactylorchis purpurella). These produced a fine show in 2009 but in 2010 they were badly grazed by deer. The photograph accompanying this posting shows that we did catch them in June 2011 when we counted about 140. They were not fully open on this date so we made a further visit in July 2011 but found them deer-grazed. In fact we disturbed one of the culprits, a young red deer stag, as we entered the quarry.
Some minor additions were made to the species list and the amended version is in the associated Picasa album (click the orchid picture to see).
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