A very hot day albeit a bit blustery saw me visit a number of sites in the New Forest and finished off at Martin Down. It was a very successful day. I visited:
- Boundway
- Burley Mill Lawn
- Stoney Cross
- Martin Down
Although most of the orchids at Boundway were nearly over I did manage to see Heath Fragrant Orchid, Heath Spotted Orchid and a hybrid between them both. A nice Silver-washed Fritillary was also seen.
Onto Burley Mill Lawn where I wandered around with Andy Appleton (Twitter) and we had some good views of Bog Orchid (which I've never seen here before - although not really looked that hard), a few Southern (Mercury) Damselflies, Small Red Damselfly, lots of Keeled Skimmers and Oblong-leaved Sundew.
At Stoney Cross there were a couple more Bog Orchids.
At Martin Down there was 3 Frog Orchids and my first Chalk-hill Blue of the year.
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