Devon SSSI nature reserve and eco lodges - Maggie's Blog

21 June



Orchids abound on Popehouse Moor...
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There are orchids blooming everywhere now on Popehouse Moor - both southern marsh orchids and heath spotted orchids. This wonderful piece of culm grassland is coming into its height of summer growth. The rest of the farm is lovely, but the reserve is a class apart. Immediately you step out of the trees from across the stream dragonflies and chasers zoom by and butterflies flutter in the sunshine. There's a carpet of heath spotted orchids at your feet and the taller southern marsh orchids are here and there amongst the higher grass.

This is the time to see it - before the flowers go over and we have to put the cows in to munch the grass.