Heath-spotted Orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) well into flower today on the Lizard, Cornwall @ukorchids.bsky.social

It should be a good year for the endemic Western Ramping-fumitory Fumaria occidentalis with Lots of plants visible on Lizard Green and already starting to flower.

A Christmas Star and berries. Growing under a Hawthorn with fallen berries, Geastrum triplex - Collared Earthstar

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...