In habitat site visit 2011 - Orchis mascula

[Maggi Young]

Hi There,
   Last week I back-packed round The Yorkshire Dales Centurion Walk. It’s roughly a 100mile circuit, so not much time for botanising, composing photos, waiting for light. However, I thought you might like to see some hastily taken photos of Early Purple from a variety of sites/habitats. Sadly it was missing from a few sites I remember. High sheep stocking rates appears to be the problem.

Tim DH

 You thought right, Tim... it is lovely to see the orchids... and their companions- thank you. 

Pity about the sheep pressures.

[Maren]

Hi Tim,
what a lovely series of pictures. Did you walk all the way? seems the weather was kind to you.

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Maren,
    The weather was very kind. A cloud spat at us on the first day, and also on the last(7th) day, but it never really rained. The visibility was fantastic, and YES we walked the whole way, about 100 miles.

Tim DH

[David Nicholson]

Nice set of images from God's own acres Tim.

[Tim Harberd]

Correct David!

[Tim Harberd]

Only since the walk was first drafted, the boundary commission have moved some of it out of Yorkshire!!

[David Nicholson]

OK, we'll need to pinch a bit more of Lancashire to make up for it

[ranunculus]

OK, we'll need to pinch a bit more of Lancashire to make up for it

You can have the L and the A twice .... LA-LA Land!!!   

[David Nicholson]

Lancashie is La La land isn't it