Lady Orchid - Orchis purpurea



Wayfaring Tree - Viburnum lantana





White Helleborine - Cephalanthera damasonium

and

Duke of Burgundy Fritillaries

Tag CloudWhiteHelleborine, WayfaringTree, LadyOrchid

Twayblade - Neottia ovata







Fly Orchid - Ophrys insectifera



Wayfaring Tree - Viburnum lanterna

Tag CloudTwayblade, LadyOrchid, FlyOrchid, WayfaringTree

Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula



Cowslip - Primula veris





Fly Orchid - Ophrys insectifera









Salad Burnet - Sanguisorbia minor

Tag CloudSaladBurnet, FlyOrchid, Cowslip, EarlyPurpleOrchid, Landscape

Lady Orchid - Orchis purpurea










Bugle - Ajuga reptans











Black Bryony - Dioscorea communist





Grasshopper




Twayblade - Neottia ovata

Tag CloudLandscape, LadyOrchid, Bugle, BlackBryony, Twayblade

Early Purple Orchid - Orchis macula




Twayblade - Neottia Ovata





Meadow Sweet - Filependula ulmaria







Rush



Beetle

MeadowSweet

Sweet Vernal Grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum











Herb Paris - Paris quadrifolium

Tag CloudHerbParis, Twayblade, SweetVernalGrass, Meadowsweet

Meadow Buttercup - Ranunculus across














Green-Winged Orchis - Anacamptis morio




Dandelion - Taraxacum official

Tag CloudDandelion, Green-WingedOrchid, FieldButtercup

Crosswort - Cruciata leavipes



Thick Legged Flower Beetle - Oedemara nobilis

Also know as the False Oil Beetle or the Swollen -Thighed Beetle ( Males only show the enlarged thighs)



Germander Speedwell - Veronica chamaedrys

Tag CloudCrosswort, ThickLeggedFlowerBeetle, GermanderSpeedwell

Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs



Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis



Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes





Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos


The highlight of the morning was the singing nightingales and the singing whitethroats across the reserve.

With Blackcap and Garden Warbler as the supporting chorus.

Tag CloudGoldfinch, Chaffinch, Wren, FieldRecording, Nightingale

Tag CloudFieldRecording

Big old Beeches at the back of Felbrigg Park

Tag CloudLandscape

Tag CloudLandscape, RoundLeavedSundew, GreenShieldBug, WoodRush, CuckooFlower, GreaterSundew, MarshValerian, LargeBittercress, WhitethroatSong

Roadside Early Purple Orchid









Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula

Tag CloudEarlyPurpleOrchid

Wild Garlic - Allium ursine





Alderford Common SSSI

Tag CloudLandscape, WildGarlic, WoodRush, GermanderSpeedwell, GardenWarblerSong

Chines Water Deer - Hydrates inermis













Little Egret - Egreta garzetta

2 Knot
1 Curlew Sandpiper
25 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
Avocet
C20 Black Tailed Godwit
4 Ruff 1

Tag CloudChineseWaterDeer, LittleEgret

Bramble - Rubus fructicosus







Creeping Jenny - Lysimachia nummularia



Dog Violet - Viola raviniana












Larch - Larix decidua





Sweet Vernal Grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum

Tag CloudBramble, CreepingJenny, DogViolet, Larch, SweetVernalGrass

Bilberry, Heather groundcover.

Tag CloudLandscape

The home of the Dyfi Osprey Project





Male catkins











Female catkins



Male and female catkins on separate plants.


Also the home of this super little plant.

Bog Myrtle or Sweetgale - Myrica gale

You get a sweet resinous scent if you crush the males catkins.

Stunning male lesser Redpolls and a number of SIskins.

Tag CloudBogMyrtle, Landscape

Tag CloudFieldRecording, GardenWarbler, WillowWarbler

Tag CloudLandscape, PiedFlycatcher, CommonSandpiper, FieldRecording

Tag CloudLandscape, FieldRecording

Fantastic. Roadies motel for Pied Flycatchers

Tag CloudLandscape, PiedFlycatcher

Tag CloudLandscape, WillowWarbler, FieldRecording

Crossword - Cruciata laevipes





Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria holostea

Tag CloudStitchwort, Crosswort

Lesser Redpoll - Acanthis flame

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Primrose - Primula vulgaris







Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa







Wood Sorrell - Oxalis acetosella





Opposite-Leaved Golden Saxifrage - Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Tag CloudLandscape, Song, PiedFlycatcher, Primrose, Anemone, WoodSorrel, GoldenSaxifrage, FieldRecording, YellowArchangel , BlueTit, DogViolet, WildGarlic