Weymouth Relief Road Walk.

A walk today down the bridleway alongside the Weymouth Relief Road  currently covered in Oxeye Daisy and Kidney Vetch ,and towards the bottom of the slope, a magnificent display of Bee Orchids.

 Weymouth Relief Road bridleway     Click to enlarge.

The first Bee Orchids to arrive here were two that were seen a couple of years ago and they have now increased in number to 198.

                                                                       Bee Orchid     Click to enlarge

 Among the Bee Orchids there was a single Pyramidal Orchid.  The rather cold, unseasonal weather meant that there were few butterflies in evidence,  two Small Blue and two Adonis Blue were seen, and one day flying moth, a Burnet Companion