8th June: Ox-eye Daisies, Beachy Head

 

Mullein Moth, Hill Road

 The moth that lays on Purple Toadflax.

Pyramidal Orchid and Great Green Bush Cricket, Hill Road

Flowering species #34 is starting to look great. #34

 

7th June: Honey Buzzard, Ashdown Forest

Distant record shots of the Honey Buzzard.

Mistle Thrush, one of at least 6.

 Lovely Oak Tree

6th June: Bee Orchids, Belle Tout

On good years there can be 50+ spikes of Bee Orchid here, but this year we could find 12. All bar 2 of these were without pigmentation. However, I am not sure whether they are Ophrys apifera var. flavescens or  var. chlorantha.

Scabious

5th June: Hedge Woundwort, Hill Road

 

4th June: Pyramidal Orchids, Hill Road

 A sympathetic mowing regime, agreed with neighbours a few years ago, means there is some lovely chalk grassland with Ox-eye Daisies and Pyramidal Orchids.