Took a visit down to the Burren two weeks back to look for Dark Red Helleborines, a species of orchid that I haven't seen previously. They are solely restricted to limestone pavement located in Clare, Galway and Mayo. I managed to find several exactly halfway to the North side of Cappanawalla. Also growing in the area were O'Kelly's Orchid which is an all white variation of the Common Spotted Orchid again only found in limestone areas like the Burren
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| View from Black Head with Inis Oírr on the left, Inis Meáin in the middle and Árainn on the right. |
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| The Rine in the middle and Finvarra Point in the background. |
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| O'Kelly's Orchid |
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| O'Kelly's Orchid |
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| Dark Red Helleborine |
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| Dark Red Helleborine |
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| Dark Red Helleborine |
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| Fragrant Orchid, not sure of the subspecies but don't think it's densiflora. |
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| Raven |
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| Dunnock |
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