purple and green winged orchid. silverdale.

**andy b** · 16-05-2008, 11:05 PM

a small patch of purple orchids, mixed in with green winged orchids can be found growing in pasture at silverdale. ( not too far from leighton moss rspb.)
they used to grow abundantly in limestone soil. alas they are not too common now. a small, national trust, signpost is located near to the site to tell you about them. the rest of the land was filled with daisies and buttercups. it was quite pretty. the meadow overlooks morecame bay.

**rolf** · 17-05-2008, 10:57 AM

Nice shots Andy, I have a renewed interest in wild flowers, since seeing the Military Orchids over in France, so will be keeping an eye out from now on for interesting ones.

**andy b** · 17-05-2008, 11:28 AM

last week i was shown a site, on my very doostep, where bee orchids grow. so i will watch for them. i was told they appear in early june so i will snap them when they bloom

***Chocky*** · 17-05-2008, 12:09 PM

Very nice captures Andy .
I'm not much on Flower Power but the gardens look nice

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andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	purple and green winged orchid. silverdale. a small patch of purple orchids, mixed in with green winged orchids can be found growing in pasture at silverdale. ( not too far from leighton moss rspb.) they used to grow abundantly in limestone soil. alas they are not too common now. a small, national trust, signpost is located near to the site to tell you about them. the rest of the land was filled with daisies and buttercups. it was quite pretty. the meadow overlooks morecame bay. Attached Thumbnails

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17-05-2008, 11:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	last week i was shown a site, on my very doostep, where bee orchids grow. so i will watch for them. i was told they appear in early june so i will snap them when they bloom

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