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Early Marsh Orchid ssp. ochroleuca

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Early Marsh Orchid ssp. ochroleuca, Undisclosed site, Suffolk

Posted by Connor D. Rand at 08:39 0 comments

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Early Marsh Orchid

Early Marsh Orchid is widespread but seldom abundant (apart from in dune populations) in the U.K. It can be split into several highly distinctive subspecies of which ssp. ochroleuca is by far the rarest - indeed it is now critically endangered, being found at just one site in the whole of the U.K., in Suffolk (and some years very few plants flower even there). Although 2008 was quite a poor year for this subspecies I managed to photograph several examples.

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Connor D. Rand: I'm an 18-year old birder, with an interest other aspects of nature, such as orchids, butterflies and moths. My BOU British list is 332 and some of the best species on it include Eastern Crowned Warbler, Trumpeter Finch, Audouins Gull, White Crowned Sparrow, Greater Sandplover and American Robin. My local patch is Holme where my best birds have been Snow Goose, Ross' Goose (2), American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Black-eared Kite, Pallid Harrier, White-tailed Eagle, Lesser Yellowlegs, Caspian Tern, Alpine Swift, Black-throated Thrush, Arctic Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail, Greenish Warbler, Sardinian Warbler and Collared Flycatcher. I always enjoy finding my own birds and some of my best finds have PALLID HARRIER (ID), BEE-EATER, Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Honey Buzzard, Sabine's Gull, Long-tailed Skua, Temminck's Stint,Siberian Chiffchaff, Wryneck, Barred Warbler, Pallas' Warbler and Grey-headed Wagtail. My favourite bird is Little Auk, with Firecrest a close second. As well as local patch-working and the odd twitch, I very much enjoy survey work.

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