Duncan Dine

A very confiding Snow Bunting on Cleeve for its second day Cleeve Common Gloucestershire

So officially we’re In metro logical Autumn as of today , still going strong Painswick Golf Course Gloucestershire , Ladies-tresses @ukorchids.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social

American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis), on my garden Buddleja this morning. St. Mellion, SE Cornwall.

Bookending my first and last UK Orchids of the year in UK from Swifts Hill Gloucestershire this afternoon Autumn - Ladies Tresses, seen in double figures @ukorchids.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social

Can’t believe Jersey Tiger Two years running our Cheltenham Gloucestershire garden

Occasionally Gloucestershire throws up a really special Violet Helleborine

Just lucky Nige

So walking over the Moiry Dam nr Grimentz Switzerland 🇨🇭 out the corner of my saw a giant butterfly in flight turned out to be TWO Wallcreepers , absolute buzzing

Some serious Alpine Vanilla Orchids in High pasture Switzerland 🇨🇭 Alps this morning

So first proper day walking Swiss 🇨🇭 Alps meadows today really pleased to find these Alba Gymnadenia conipsea Fragrant Orchid

Queen os Spain Fritillary from Swiss 🇨🇭 Alps today

Ghost Orchids Epipogium aphyllum in SE France this week. An awesome experience seeking out these enigmatic spirits and finding them in such abundance, in beautiful sub-alpine woods #wildflowerhour

Tough Tough gig , looking for Violet Helleborines at Hailes Abbey Gloucestershire today , eventually found these , but still not in flower @ukorchids.bsky.social

Yup 🥵

A rather special little plant for #wildflowerhour...

A few of the Lindisfarne Helleborines (Epipactis sancta) spotted over the weekend.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I’ve never seen a June flowering BLH. , I haven’t posted but there were a few other orchids I recorded today again never seen in June , very very early Helleborine season 😳😱

Should I be happy or melancholy it’s June29 and Broad -leaved Helleborines are flowering at Painswick Gloucestershire @ukorchids.bsky.social

It was brilliant , think recorded a Bee x late spider hybrid as well

Rather pleased with this Marbled White photo from this morning

Fantastic day out in Kent , looking thru a multitude of Ophrys fuciflora , Late Spider -Orchids over 50 counted @ukorchids.bsky.social

Look what came thru my letter box yesterday 👍

Ouch 😞😞😞

Had friends travel up from Kent to Gloucestershire this morning , a real nervous wait untill this Large Blue preformed beautifully

I just adore the paler end of the spectrum of Chalk Fragrant Orchids , this particular one was on Rodborough Common Gloucestershire yesterday afternoon ( But Boy it was Hot ) @ukorchids.bsky.social

Fantastic to visit this suburban garden in Cheltenham Gloucestershire , nature given a chance ElevenBee Orchids in a pocket handkerchief of a front lawn @ukorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social

Wow 8 th June. The Orchid Season is going to be over by end of July

Was there mid may Absolutely stunning 👍. Got a bonus Swallowtail just down the road

If only the Chalk Fragrant Orchid had been perfect @ukorchids.bsky.social , I would be entering in competitions with a Dark Green Fritillary nectaring , Rodborough Common Gloucestershire this morning

Struggled locally to find any Bee Orchids so this ( first one ) was spectacular , outside Scott House at WWT Slimbridge in heavy rain

Really impressed with the White Common Spotted Orchids at WWT Slimbridge in the rain this morning ( there were three ) @ukorchids.bsky.social