While my parents are down in south Wales, they stopped off and saw Tom in Swansea and went walking on the Gower- a great day at Oxwich Burrows NNR.
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| Photographing pyramidal and bee orchids in the dunes. |
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| Small blue, common blue, and small heath. |
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| Pyramidal orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis). |
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| Left: early marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza incarnata coccinea), middle: marsh helleborines (Epipactis palustris), in bud, with some plants being a few days from blooming. Right: common twayblade (Neottia ovata). |
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| Bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) flowers. Some individuals (left and middle) had up to 5 flowers. |
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| Bee orchids in the dune slacks surrounded by yellow rattle. |
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| Possible pale variant of the bee orchid (or a faded specimen). |
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| Oxwich Bay: on the way back. |
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