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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Allewes" data-source="post: 3558181" data-attributes="member: 131624">East Sussex specialitiesI've visited two special sites near Lewes this week with mixed experiences. At Caburn Bottom, just one Burnt Orchid fully out - they're small here so three inches is a good size - in beautiful condition. Three others just half an inch high emerging from grass. It feels early for the other flora up there, so it may be that more will emerge but after a thorough search there, it feels like it could be another very thin year. In contrast at Castle Hill NNR earlier in the week, Early Spiders out in good numbers in beautiful afternoon sun. Again they are mainly up to two inches so patience and care are required. Two to three hundred out with many still in bud and those in flower still extending. Lovely to be able to get multiple flowers in the same photo - quite a few decent size spikes close together which doesn't always happen for me, at least in numbers I saw this week. Beautiful location and well worth a visit. I'd guess good for at least two more weeks. Early purples more abundant here than in recent  years too. Will revisit Caburn in ten days and hope my pessimism is unfounded!</blockquote>