Dublin Branch held its annual Bull Island wildflower walk led by Niall Mac Coitir of IWT Dublin Branch. This was a particularly good year, with an amazing variety of wildflowers to be seen, including six species of orchid! The six species were early purple orchid, common spotted orchid, pyramidal orchid, marsh helleborine, twayblade, and the elusive bee orchid. Other wild flowers seen were lady's bedstraw, restharrow, wild violets, hares foot clover, bird's foot trefoil, centaury and eyebright. It is not an exaggeration to say that the display rivals anything that can be seen in the Burren.
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| Common Spotted Orchid |
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Another common spotted
- they come in a variety of colours
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| Twayblade orchid with its green flowers |
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| Wild Violet or pansy |
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| Marsh Helleborine |
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| Pyramidal orchid |
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