I was pleased to discover healthy populations of Musk Orchids flowering at three separate sites in recent weeks. July 5th at Barrow Wake where there were dozens of plants on short grass to both sides of the car park. July 8th, while looking for Frog Orchids at Swift’s Hill there was a reasonable Musk Orchid site with maybe 20 plants on the steep slope where we found just a solitary Frog Orchid that had finished flowering. In addition while walking on Leckhampton Hill there were also reasonable numbers of flowering Musk Orchids on the lower grassy slopes near higher parts of Daisy Bank lane.
