Friday, 17 June 2011

Pyramidal Orchids at Etton Maxey

We had a good Langdyke walk around the reserve on Wednesday night - 12 visitors in total and a nice, if breezy evening.

The highlights of the walk were the discovery of a colony of 50 or so pyramidal orchids in the north west corner along the road side. Last year there were a couple of spikes here so to see such an increase over 12 months is pretty impressive.

We also saw a pair of red crested pochard, 2 little ringed plover and were serenaded throughout by skylark over head!

Yesterday Richard Keymer and Carry Akroyd found a peregrine falcon sitting on the mud in the mid-afternoon on the reserve!

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