Orchid update

I think the orchid season here is coming to a close - I haven't spotted any new ones today or yesterday. The total is 723 orchids which is a huge increase of 132% on last year's meagre 312. However it is fewer than the totals in 2021,2022 and our best year 2023 when we had 945 orchids. One good aspect is that @othyer' orchids (ie those that are not Common Spotted) increased from just 8 last year to 21 this year. Again this is fewer that the Other Orchid totals for 2019 onwards. The big change is in the number of Broad-leaved Helleborines over those years - we had 42 of that species alone in 2021. The good news in this category is the 5 Bee Orchids, the 4 Heath-spotted Orchids and the reappearance of a single Butterfly Orchid and a single Twayblade. Six species of Orchid is brilliant.