The predicted rain is here, with cooler days. I went on a trip with the local Botany group to look for Coral Root Orchid. We found quite a few but they were almost finished flowering. The plants were at the edge of a small lake, in heavy shade.
I had a trip out to the coast to look for Coral Root Orchid at another site. I did not find any orchids but did re-find Curved Sedge, Carex maritima. This is an un-common species in the UK. There were five flowering plants and a number of non-flowering plants. It was thought the species had been lost as it has not been seen for some years.
On the marsh next to the shingle bank were many plants of Marsh Lousewort, Pedicularis palustris.
Also on the marsh were carpets of Creeping Willow, Salix repens, with their fluffy seed heads.
Marsh Cinquefoil was in flower.
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