Waking up to a nice day instead of the wet cloudy day I expected I decided to go over to Eastbourne to look for Frog orchids, one I haven't seen for several years. The moth trap had a nice surprise with a Privet Hawkmoth as well as the usual moths but at least the numbers are rising.
PB and PS decided to come too so after raiding the fridge we set off with PB driving. The route took us through some lovely kent and Sussex countryside with flower filled verges and following the sat nav we arrived at Pashley rd. the wall up took us through some ash woodland and then a levelish path along the side of chalk downland, with common spotted orchids just showing in the grassy gaps.
Following our detailed instructions we turned up the holland found at least 30 plants growing along the bankside. A lovely spot with other downland flowers dotted about.
We returned to the car and ate our lunch overlooking a 'wild meadow' which held
Marguerite. Yellow rattle, an allium and some common spotted orchids among others. There were also quite a few Burnet companions.
We returned via the Bee and Lizard orchids at Rye finishing off with a quick look from Scott's Float. A really lovely day.
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