Common Spotted Orchid
Introduction
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Common Spotted Orchid
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 8 Jun 2008
This Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) was in Grays Chalk Pit (now rather ostentatiously renamed Grays Gorge). The worked out quarry is part of the Chafford Gorges Nature reserve owned by Essex Wildlife Trust See http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/chafford_gorges/
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Image Location
Latitude
51.485294
Longitude
0.314514