I Love Arnside and Silverdale: 19th June 2020 - Snippets of Wealth - Carline Thistle, Dark Red Helleborine, Squinancywort, Lily of the Valley etc

Saturday 20 June 2020

19th June 2020 - Snippets of Wealth - Carline Thistle, Dark Red Helleborine, Squinancywort, Lily of the Valley etc

Asperula cynanchica - Squinancywort

Photo: Burton Fell (CWT) on 20th June 2020

It was great to see my first Squinancywort of the year and more so to see something I have never seen before. Whenever I have seen this species over the years it tends to be matt forming and spread out to the ground. But today this plant you can see in the photo was actually vertical to about 3" high. Another first!

Carline Thistle
Burton Fell on 17th June 2020

Lily of the Valley
Photo: Burton Fell on 19th June 2020

Lily of the Valley
Photo: Burton Fell on 19th June 2020

Below: I found this hawkweed whilst on my way up to the Orchid grounds and it just looked unusual, but never so sure so took these photos, if there is anyone out there who knows what it is I would appreciate.

Had my first Meadow Brown Butterfly today
on Hutton Roof 19th June 2020

And now todays orchids:

(Below) The first up today was 33C which is a bicolor from the
33 population, in fact it is about 4ft to the SE of 33.
The epichile is pink, so totally different to 33 which is white.

Above is Specimen 33C Atrorubens - bicolor
Photo: Hutton Roof on 19th June 2020

Above is Specimen 33C Atrorubens - bicolor
Photo: Hutton Roof on 19th June 2020

(below) Next up was a beauty I have just found and within 10ft N of 55, and this one is coming up through some established Juniper, the specimen takes on the slot of 55n (bicolor)