30th May..... Green Hairstreak & Bee Orchid.

Thursday morning had a trip over to College Lake where good numbers of the small blue butterflies were seen.

Other butterflies seen included, common blues.

Green hairstreak.

Brimstone and the day flying mother shipton moth.

In front of the octagon hide watched two very young lapwing chicks feeding on the mud and along with adult lapwings were little ringed plovers and redshank.                                                          Bee orchids were in flower.

As were white helleborines.

Also came across common spotted, twayblade and one pyramidal orchid. Only noticed two common terns amongst the breeding black-headed gulls and their well grown chicks.
Stewart.
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