Great to see these really rare orchids - there are only a few populations in Cumbria and they are just coming into flower at the moment. Lots of broad-leaved helleborines too and some common spotted orchids together with an old bird's-nest orchid spike. Sadly, there is more to this story than a nice walk ...the Woodland Trust, who own the site, have strimmed the edges of what are very wide paths decapitating many orchids before they have chance to set seed. There has been some social media coverage of this and we can only hope that this will have ensured that it will not happen again.
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| Green-flowered helleborines. |
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| Green-flowered detail... |
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| Broad-leaved helleborines. |
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| Strimmed orchid....either a green-flowered or broad-leaved - it's hard to tell when in bud! |
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| Common spotted and bird's nest orchid. |
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| The woodland ... |
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| Stink horn egg and fruiting body. |
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