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Pembrey Burrows LNR Orchids...and more With an overcast morning the light was less harsh so hopefully my attempts to capture the vista of the Green Winged Orchids will be an improvement on Thursday's attempt. The orchid comes in several colour forms, from the standard deep purple through pink and then white, this is common in flowers which have blue or purple flowers. Green winged Orchid with white form The buttercup in the photographs is Bulbous Buttercup, quite a dainty variety compared to, say Creeping Buttercup. Green winged orchid with Bulbous Buttercup Green winged Orchid There are plenty of other flowers coming into bloom including  Common Vetch, Rue leaved Saxifrage and the Early Dog Violet below. The next few weeks will see the reserve burst into bloom..

Pembrey Burrows guided walk... Spring Migrants! Today was the second of the summer series of guided walks at the Pembrey Burrows & Saltings Local Nature Reserve; there wasn't a great turnout but nevertheless we had a really interesting walk. Starting at the entrance to the reserve, well you would wouldn't you, we ambled through the first grazing fields, now devoid of the bullocks who have been munching away for five months, they seem to have made an impression as we found swarms of Green Winged Orchid, in amongst Bulbous Buttercup and Cowslips. My photos do not do the image any justice at all. My photo doesn't do justice to the incredible vista of the Green-Winged Orchids We continued on out onto the edge of the salt marsh where a change of vegetation was very noticeable with Thrift, Scurvy Grass, and the first signs of one of the site specialities Rock Sea Lavender, (not yet in flower so photo to follow) found at a selected few sites across the coun

Back to the routine... Well not yet I have been back a day, which has been all about getting a new car for myself, that's sorted with a Suzuki Jimny sitting on the drive.... My project on Starlings, called a RAS, (resighting adults for survival) has at last started, after difficulty in getting the correct plastic rings then the disappearance of the Starlings from the area I finally got started this morning with four adult birds ringed and colour ringed (darvics), I would like to ring 50+ this season So keep your eyes peeled you never know where they may turn up. Starling KAA keep an eye out for her...