Marsh orchids on waste ground between Warrington Road and Marlborough Avenue

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Marsh orchids on waste ground between Warrington Road and Marlborough Avenue

Image: © David Long Taken: 30 May 2003

Common orchids, they say, but this is a former clay pit in a mining area in Wigan. The show has ended - the site is being built on.

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