The weather was still quite cool and cloudy, the drive across the marsh had very little in the way of bird life and the point was even quieter so we decided to go looking for orchids.
Our target was Lady Orchid so we went to Bonsai Bank, stopping for Man Orchids which were only just opening their bottom flowers. The walk out was quiet although we did see quite a few gloworms crossing the path.
At the reserve we split up and walked through to the end.
There were lots of Lady orchids in great drifts, a few White helleborines just coming out and several Great Butterfly orchids just coming up. In the usual spot at the end of the reserve were two fly orchids, how they survive their preferred spot in the middle of the path is amazing.
From here we went to Covert Wood for Bird's nest orchid and a few more Fly orchids before returning home via a quick diversion to Farthing Common for Green Hellebore (well over) and no sign of any Toothwort.
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