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I got rather excited when I saw this Green Hairstreak, as it's the first one I've seen in Cornwall in the nearly 5 years I've been here. Lizard heathlands today. Callophrys rubi

Trailing St. John's-wort in a car park and road verge, Lizard heathlands today. #wildflowerhour Hypericum humifusum

Bristle Club-Rush flowering on the Lizard heathlands today. #wildflowerhour Isolepis setacea

Something tells me I was too late to see Pygmy Rush this year, all gone over and dried up! Lizard heathlands today. Juncus pygmaeus

I wasn't expecting to find Fairy Flax on The Lizard heathlands, but here's one (and only one) from a car park by the heath. #wildflowerhour Linum catharticum

Marbled White Spot moth and a Clouded Buff moth I believe. Lizard heathlands Cornwall today.

Meadowsweet Rust Fungus on a Lizard road verge today. Triphragmium ulmariae

The rather small Pale Butterwort in a damp area on the Lizard heaths today, it's usually wellies only here, but trainers would have been ok today! #wildflowerhour Pinguicula lusitanica

Common Butterwort, so common it's only found in one place in the whole of Cornwall! Lizard heathlands today. #wildflowerhour Pinguicula vulgaris

Narrow-leaved Pondweed in flower. Exciting stuff, get some for your garden! Lizard heathlands today in a small pond. #wildflowerhour Potamogeton polygonifolius

The closest I could find of a Great Burnet about to open its flower on the Lizard heathlands today. There are anthers exserted, so it's ok to tag #wildflowerhour Sanguisorba officinalis

The best shot I could get of a Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, a male I think, Lizard heathlands today.

There were a few small Heath Fragrant Orchids out on the Lizard heathlands today. #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge Gymnadenia borealis

The hybrid between Heath Spotted and Southern Marsh orchids by a roundabout on the A39 today near Devoran today. Around 5 times taller than nearby Southern Marsh. #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge D. x hallii

Early Marsh Orchids on The Lizard heathlands today looking splendid. #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp pulchella

I probably saw several hundred Heath Spotted Orchids today dotted all over the Lizard heathlands, a lovely sight, the 1st photo has a bonus Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris). #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge Dactylorhiza maculata subsp ericetorum

My final offering today is of some Southern Marsh Orchids. I stopped counting at 50 spikes by the A39 at Devoran Cornwall, today. #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge Dactylorhiza praetermissa

Please be aware of ticks. I got 7 on me yesterday visiting the Lizard heathlands. 3 on my arms and 4 that climbed up my jeans and attached themselves to my waist. Read how to prevent being bitten & about Lymes Disease at webmedpharmacy.co.uk/blog/2018/05/d… and I credit the image to them.

Musk Mallow and a white Herb Robert in a retail park car park, Saltash.

I counted 53 Southern Marsh orchids near Saltash Services, Cornwall, today on a main road verge. Dactylorhiza praetermissa