One of the highlights in Madeira for me was the numbers of Monarch butterflies everywhere, gliding across parks and gardens

Nicest have a hummingbird hawkmoth visit the garden. Even nice to get a video too. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy

A Common Lizard begging to be photographed. A continuous stream of people snapped away while it just posed.

When the expression 'gone to seed' is a positive. Broad-leaved Helleborine, Shropshire. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Not all bad year at this Denbighshire site for S. spiranthes, but i have seen 5 or 10 times as many here on occasion. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Violet Helleborines in Shropshire. Numbers down a bit one site but looking good, virtually absent at another. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Healthy and vigorous Epipactis phyllanthes despite back to back heatwaves. North Wales. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @MarkDowie @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Atten-shun! Nice clump of Epipactis helleborine. As all look similar, makes me think 1 multi-stemmed plant @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @MarkDowie @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Over 50 Frog Orchids seen in a spot new to me. North Wales @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @JohnAcid @lancsgp @MarkDowie @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Dactylorhiza fuchsii var rhodochila North Wales @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @MarkDowie @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

North Wales today. Dune Helleborines in flower, Broad-leaved not far behind, but Green-flowered still in bud @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Hi. I have just updated my orchid blog to the end of June. Plenty to read including my East Anglia stay. https://t.co/RBkqx7bHJf @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

No picture available, but if you drive west on North Wales Expressway, on a bank Just short of J31 is a massive swarm of Common Spotteds. The turn yhe grass pale pink @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy

Sweeney Fen near Oswestry is home to a fantastic display of Marsh Fragrants. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

No Dark Red Helleborines found roadside on Marine Drive, Greater Orme. Just 2 seen high up on rock face. X10 phone pics taken in a gale! @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @DFoyLiv @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @duncan_dine @EuropeanOrchids

Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata in a shade of pink so rich they rival coccinia. RSPB Conway is no sand dune and they live with D. praetermissa. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @DFoyLiv

Swarm of Dactylorhiza x grandis RSPB Conwy. They may be hybrids but they put on a grand display. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

A Dune in June. Can I claim the first Dune Helleborine flower for 2025? Rubbish pic though @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids

Southern Marsh Orchids still doing well at RSPB Burton Mere. More seen than previous years. @Botany2021 @botany_beck @chrishindle @duncan_dine @JohnAcid @lancsgp @smurfett722 @thenewgalaxy @EuropeanOrchids