Orchids in Norfolk

Went with Michelle  to Norfolk on a gloriously sunny day to look for Orchids. First stop was just just Santon Downham just on the Norfolk side of the border in Thetford Forest for Broad-leaved Helleborine. Just here by the railway underpass...





Then on to Holkham for Creeping Lady's Tresses. Managed to find it this year, thanks to a six figure grid reference and the plants being roped off!



Near by were Southern Marsh-orchids and (going over) Marsh Helleborines...



Then a quick look in at Titchwell where two Spotted Redshanks, a summer-plumaged Little Stint and five summer-plumaged Curlew Sandpipers were the  highlights among the numerous summer-plumaged Black-tailed Godwits and other waders. Five Bearded Tits and a Peregrine were also seen.

Santon Downham
24 July 2016 09:53 - 12:09
Sunny 27C 4S
Green Woodpecker, Blue Tit (heard), Great Tit (heard), Chiffchaff (heard), Blackcap (heard), Treecreeper, Chaffinch (heard), Greenfinch (heard), Linnet, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Peacock, Comma, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Broad-leaved Helleborine

Holkham
24 July 2016 14:20 - 17:16
Sunny 27 4S
Cormorant, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Coal Tit (heard), Swallow, House Martin, Large White, Meadow Brown, Marsh Helleborine, Creeping Lady's-tresses, Southern Marsh-orchid

Titchwell
24 July 2016 17:52 - 19:15
Overcast 19C 4S
Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Moorhen, Coot, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Bearded Tit, Skylark, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit (heard), Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit (heard), Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Red Admiral, Canada Goose

Edit (25/07/2016): I think the Marsh Orchids (at least the one I photographed) is Early Marsh, not Southern.