I saw a post on Aidan’s Wessex Wildlife page that showed Lesser butterfly Orchids in flower at Holmsley.  I emailed Aidan, and got a response late last night, so I decided to go out and search for them today.

We found them easily enough (well its easy when you’ve been told exactly where they are), and there are a good number making an impressive show.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen the lesser butterflies, and after the failed search at Fletchwood Meadows, it was nice to see them.  We also found the Southern Marsh Orchids which are about 100m further down the track, but they were past their best, and going to seed.

Anyway, here are a couple of the shots I managed to get.