The Environs of Menwith Hill

I Spy Dactylorhiza at the US Base at Menwith Hill

Orchid at Menwith Hill

“I took half an hour off from this week’s Tuseday Night Demo at the Menwith Hill Spy Base (www.archive.themhac.uk) to look at the dactylorhiza on Willow Carr Corner. The site has a wide range of forms in colour and shape. The shapes vary from strongly tri-lobed (Dact 5) (the local name for these is Crow’s Foot Orchid.) To ones where the lobes are hard to see (Dact 3). My favourite of the colour forms is Dact 2.

“Sadly the light was rather poor for photography… but I’ll be back on Monday (July 4th… Independance FROM America demo) and if Dact 2 still looks as good I’ll mark it for seed collection.” …

Menwith Hill orchids

Tim Harberd

See Tim Harberd’s full size photos here: www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=7516.0

The Environs of USAF Menwith Hill