Common Spotted Orchid

[familne]

Saw this cracking common spotted orchid on a site I was surveying today!

 

[stuart f]

where abouts were you when you took the photo, I was up at Mallaig last weekend and spotted quite a few myself.

 

[familne]

I was at Loch of Lumgair SSSI in Aberdeenshire - you don't usually see them as big as this!

 

[Kath]

Wow! That's a beaut!

Way to go! :-D

 

[bushwacker bob]

Not that COMMON but well SPOTTED, OURKID :wave:

 

[familne]

Not that COMMON but well SPOTTED, OURKID :wave:

:-D very good, I like it!

 

[Roving Rich]

Wow thats spectacular ! :-D
Rich

 

[Jack]

Outstanding.

Would be very interested to know what soil type it's on and if the surrounding area is farm land.

 

[familne]

Hi jack

It's on a site with fairly base-rich fen peats and willow woodland (bay willow and grey willow) and yes, it's totally enclosed by farmland, mainly arable. There were also quite a few northern marsh orchids.

Cheers

Fraser

Outstanding.

Would be very interested to know what soil type it's on and if the surrounding area is farm land.

 

[Jack]

Thanks Fraser and I am amazed that beautiful example exists while the environment around it is down to modern agriculture. We do get the Common Spotted down here in Dorset, but of course it is the grassland equivalent and certainly not so strong........we are mainly chalk!

Thursday just gone, I was in a meadow, with over 207 species of wild flower growing, how our fields used to be. You can find over thirty species of wildlife in one square meter of 'unimproved' meadowland.

When we look across our fields now with mono-culture layes of Rye grass it makes you wonder how the hell the NFU can honestly justify using the slogan ' Farmers, guardians of the countryside'..........do they really think we are that stupid.


Jack.

 

[Stuart]

beautiful :biggthump