Spotted on the roundabout outside Blandford. A common spotted, I think (Dactylorhiza fuchsia) I believe that this area was seeded with wild flowers a few years ago, unlike the previous roadside orchid spot on the Isle of Harris(http://punkrockecology.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/more-orchids-morchids.html), which was a genuine wild flower in an actual wilderness!
Wildflowers by roadside seems to be the new thing and, although I used to be one of the people who's job it was to mow roadside verges a few years ago, I believe that this is very much a good thing.
More here: http://www.plantlife.org.uk/our_work/campaigns/flowersontheedge/roadvergeexamples
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