OrchidRéserve de la Grande Noé near Val de Reuil, 9-June-2005

On the way to the ornithological hide at the East end of the reserve, I noticed an isolated bright spot in the grass growing on the sand and gravel by the path. Black Terns and other special Gulls were wheeling around the island in the middle of the lake, Nightingales and Willow Warblers were singing in the undergrowth.

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This orchid was growing, on its own, in an area that is apparently never mown and not frequently visited, except by bird-watchers.
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