
Looking for plants, I went over to the sailing lake, which is awash with ragged robins. I didn't find any orchids for a long time, then stumbled upon a single twayblades, that I think is the first found on the site. It's quite a tall (40cm) green orchid with two, broad, basal leaves.

My best butterfly so far was a common blue which I photographed on the Meadow Trail.
If you are new to digital photography, give macro a go. Check out your camera manual to see how to access macro/close up settings. Even the cheapest cameras have it. Mine was under £100.
On a totally different topic; I have just heard from our bird ringers, Ian and Rosemary. They made their 2nd Constant Effort Sight visit on the 10th and caught 51 birds which was pretty good. Interesting birds included a lesser whitethroat from 2007 (so it has gone to Kenya and back at least twice!), garden warbler retraps from last year, 3 nightingales, a control (ie ringed elsewhere reed warbler) and best of all, a Spanish ringed garden warbler! The BTO tell us that this is the 6th ever Spanish ringed garden warbler to be found in the UK, and all have been caught by ringers in central England in the last five years. Ian is not sure if this means the Spanish have only started ringing garden warblers (which is possible) or that there has been a subtle shift in migration route.
