{"id":947,"date":"2017-05-13T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2017-05-13T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T16:13:00","slug":"news-update-13th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/news-update-13th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"News update &#8211; 13th May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visited the site today and it&#8217;s bone dry up there but there are plenty of orchids flowering. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>hybrids<\/strong> &#8211; about 100+ plants if full flower, looking very good indeed and they seem to have avoided the effects of the drought<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lady Orchid<\/strong> &#8211; just 1 in flower this year but it&#8217;s looking very good<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monkey Orchids<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0I counted 15-20 but most were very small indeed and showing signs of aborting due to the prolonged drought this year &#8211; especially those on the southern face. That said, there are some very nice plants over on the western side.<\/li>\n<li><strong>White Helleborines<\/strong> &#8211; plenty of plants up in the woods but none seen on the grassland this year &#8211; too dry, I suspect. Most are in bud.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chalk Milkwort<\/strong> &#8211; flowering well and plenty across the slope<\/li>\n<li><strong>Downy-fruited Sedge<\/strong> &#8211; plenty of flowering plants this year but very difficult to find<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pasque Flower<\/strong> &#8211; about 10 in full flower in slope 4. These seem to be\u00a0flowering for a long time this year but all plants are very small.<\/li>\n<li>No <strong>Grizzled Skippers<\/strong> seen but plenty of <strong>Dingy Skippers<\/strong>, 1 <strong>Small Heath<\/strong> and <strong>Green Hairstreaks<\/strong> were seen a few weeks ago. Also 1 <strong>Common Blue<\/strong> was seen today.<\/li>\n<li>Two pairs of <strong>Hobby<\/strong> seen flying across the tops of the trees and the river.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-947 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/news-update-13th-may\/img_1312\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1312-e1494691860379-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hartslock.org.uk\/blog\/news-update-13th-may\/img_1311\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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