Marsh Orchids by Ferring Rife

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Marsh Orchids by Ferring Rife

Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 31 May 2003

In low-lying old brick earth diggings west of Ferring Rife is an enormous population of marsh orchids. The houses are on the other side of the Rife which is a local name for watercourses on the Sussex coastal plain. The rife is confined by river walls here.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.80563
Longitude
-0.456522