Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) and a hybrid of Southern Marsh and Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza x grandis) at Clattinger Farm, Wiltshire
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Burnt-tip Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) at Clattinger Farm, Wiltshire. Burnt-tip is now rare in Britain. It formerly grew around Bath - in 1834 botanist Charles Babington (who referred to it as 'Dwarf Dark-winged Orchis) includes records from Claverton Down and Wick. The last record for it in Bath was 1913.
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Orchids at White Sheet Hill, Wiltshire, yesterday - Bee, Common Spotted and Common Twayblade.
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One of the country's best seed-heads, Goatsbeard. My dragonfly hunting was in the afternoon so the day's flowers had already closed up, but the seed heads from earlier flowering days looked great. #WildflowerHour #Goring #Oxfordshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Close-up of Common Poppy flowers among long grass at the edge of a field near #Goring. #WildflowerHour #Oxfordshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

A field between #Goring and the River Thames with a healthy population of Common Poppy. The gantry structure in the middle distance is the electric wiring for the Great Western Main Line from Reading to Didcot. #WildflowerHour #Oxfordshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

I went dragonfly-hunting at #Goring yesterday and the first few Meadow Cranesbill were just coming out. One of my favourites, this species. #WildflowerHour #Oxfordshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

#wildflowerhour - bluebells, buttercups, speedwell, primroses and bugle in Glanton #Northumberland