An early start arriving at Holy Island
a couple of hours before crossing was possible. Targets were shorebirds on the
retreating tide then plants on the island. The waders did not materialise
(although hundreds were seen on the distant shore).
So target plant was Lindisfarne Heleborine. Several photos
were published on ‘Twitter’ this week so I tried to find them. It took three
hours of criss-crossing the island. Finally I found a few spikes, past their best
in terms of flowers. They were smaller and less obvious than I had expected,
but I was really pleased to find them without help.
The morning on the Island
was exhausting but the plants and butterflies were well worth the trip.
- Musk Thistle Carduus nutans
- …
with Dark Green Fritillary Mesoacidalia
aglaja
- Marsh Helleborine
- Camera Bug (Frog Hopper)
- Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
- Roe Deer
- Goat’s Beard Tragopogon pratensis
- Cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium
- Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris
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- Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
- Round-leaved Wintergreen Pyrola rotundiflora
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