I haven't been to the Witchwood for almost 2 months. I was traveling in the Balkans, orchid hunting in Switzerland and Slovenia. What an experience! 17 new orchid species in 3 weeks!
The brook is running low now, as expected in summer. But it looks like there was a big flood at some point - the absurdly heavy bridge was washed off the boulders where it has sat for several years undisturbed.
The non-native broad-leaved helleborine orchid is blooming (left) - I saw it in Croatia where it belongs, along with its cousins small-leaved helleborine (middle) and dark-red helleborine (right), which don't occur here:
It seems to be white flower time here. We've got ghost pipes, meadow-rue, dewdrop, white meadowsweet, and pearly everlasting:
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This entry was written after the fact and back-dated to the date of the visit to preserve the flow of the blog.