Thursday, June 11 2015.
Below, are a few words from an e-mail I received today from a botanist friend visiting the Seven Sisters Country Park at Exceat in East Sussex. I had written only recently to the East Sussex CC, who supposedly manage the Park concerning a number of issues about its declining condition. The reply from their Director of Communities… was rather dismissive of the points I raised.
Here is independent proof if ever more were needed!
“Hello,
Am at SSCP…
Orchid bank devoid of flowers and still grazed, it’s almost mid June!”
This area of the Park used to be fantastic in June for orchids including the scarce early spider orchid and dwarf/burnt-tip and of course, countless butterflies. Management has simply got to change!
Early Spider Orchid, Ophrys sphegodes photographed at SSCP a few years ago.