#AnOrchidADay
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A wasp on Broad-leaved helleborine #Orchid
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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A pair of Lizard #Orchids
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Marsh helleborines.
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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Southern March #Orchids
January 18, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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Spider on Violet Helleborine #Orchid.

#insect
January 17, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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One or two Green wing #Orchids
January 16, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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A pretty in pink Pyramidal #Orchid
January 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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Chalk fragrant #Orchid
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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More unfurling, this time a Bee #Orchid.
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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Lizard #Orchid with the unfurling taking place.
January 12, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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A coterie of Common fragrant #Orchids
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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A Common spotted #Orchid that sprung up in a planter on Dover promenade for three years.

This from 2019.
January 10, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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Another fly, this time on a Musk #Orchid
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Two different flies on a Violet Helleborine #Orchid.
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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A male Green Thick thighed beetle on a Musk #Orchid

#insect
January 7, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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A small fly on a Heath Spotted #Orchid.

First a small series featuring insects on orchids from 2019.
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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Another heavily patterned Lady #Orchid.

I start each season trying to photograph every Lady Orchid. Usually after two or three weeks I have snapped hundreds.
January 5, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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A seaside Bee #Orchid.

A decade ago this site had over 100 Bee spikes, but a series of dry springs meant the colony faded and now there are none.
January 4, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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The smallest Kentish Burnt (Tip) #Orchid.
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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A backlit Fly #Orchid
January 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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A Late Spider #Orchid.

From the 2019 season.

This series will continue until the 27th February, when the 2026 season will begin on Cyprus.

It will pause then until September.
January 1, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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Looking down on a Lady #Orchid.
December 31, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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A downland Fly #Orchid

from the 2019 Kent orchid season
December 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Southern Marsh #Orchid
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Early Marsh #Orchid, now found at just one site in Kent. Struggling due to low water levels, and invasion by CSOs.
December 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM