WILDFLOWERS YOU HAVE SEEN WHILE OUT WALKING

@Balc I have only seen 15 species of wild Orchids, all in Dorset but there are 57 nationally!!

 

Common Yarrow

 

Cow Parsley


Rose


I have no idea of the names of either of these orchids. There were quite a few in bloom yesterday while out walking.




Foxglove

 

@Michael Hewett Thanks for your answer, they grow all over the place here & there must be 100s of 1,000s of them within a couple of minutes walk radius of our flat!

 

There are lots of these around here as well!

 

Except for the Orchids we see lots & lots of these wild flowers here as well. I've never seen a wild Orchid here in the UK!

 

@Balc it's good to know that there are still wild plants to be seen despite never ending building of housing estates. I live rurally and am surrounded by nature in all it's guises and the orchids are a bonus.

 

@Sheal You are very lucky then! All the open spaces around here are now fast becoming "closed" spaces with the house building going on & we have now lost the sense of spaciousness we once had! :(
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The older villages are being spoilt here by mass building of identical housing @Balc. It wouldn't be so bad if they were to mix the styles of them but they all look the same.

 

@Sheal, the Orchids are Common Spotted which come in many shades of pink and purple and occasionally, white.

 

Thank you for the id @strongylodon.

 

Pyramidal Orchid, 100's at Portland Bill yesterday.

 

Ragged Robin in the local forest, at the sides of the track, see so few of them these days, also some Eye Bright.

 

I took this of the Eyebright some years ago, tiny flower but looks nice in close up
BM1K7632 by tigerburnie, on Flickr

 

Considered to be one of the gardeners banes, I quite like a Bindweed, especially this colour.