Orchids @ 28th May

For some forgotten reason I always note the number of Common Spotted Orchids found by 28 May. This year it is a all-time high of 507 orchids. However I am not feeling that we are going to get anywhere near the 945 orchids (includes other species) found in 2023. We shall see. In that year there were only 369 Common Spotteds by 28 May but I think the season is a lot earlier this year. In 2023 we reached 529 orchids total by the 6 June so if we are ten days ahead of 2023 climate/weather wise that would make a lot of difference.