Friday 21 June 2024

Waitby Greenriggs Orchids

Our first trip of the year down to Waitby and Smardale - to be fair - our first chance on a decent sunny day! We caught the end of the fly Orchids, Fragrants were just coming out, as were the Common Spotted. The Marsh Helleborines, all but a couple, are still in bud.

Ox-eye Daisies along the railway.

Fly Orchid.

Yellow Shell  Moth.

Large Skippers.

An assortment of Fragrant Orchids (Common Spotted in the background).

Marsh Helleborines.

Northern Marsh x Common Spotted; Common Spotted and Lesser Butterfly Orchids.

Lesser Butterfly Orchids. 

....and more Ox-eye Daisies.


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