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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lorne" data-source="post: 1874794" data-attributes="member: 3425">Les is now abroad but has talked to Bill Temple the Conservation Officer of HOS about asking Weymouth RSPB about protecting these bee orchids.I have to say that even as old friends with the Radipole RSPM management they do not necessarily agree with some of us over any sort of orchid protection. I have the same problem with the NT & Natural England, myself & a friend from Portsmouth have been fighting the NT for years now over the destruction of orchids along the Purbeck coast but at last this year they are finally doing something about it.I resigned from the RSPB about a year ago because of their continued orchid destruction particularly in Radipole but the worst of all was destroying E.leptochila the Narrow-lipped Helleborine, an extreme rarity in Dorset, & my problems with Natural England are now history in the Rare Bird Forum.A friend of mine has also been having serious problems with the Radipole RSPB, and had a discussion with Dee Stephens, Dorset Coast Team Leader for Natural England about the; ”'grubbing out' of the well established colony of Southern Marsh Orchids” apparently she just said;  "There are plenty of these all over the reserve, and anyway they are not protected (named) under the schedule designed for an SSSI"!</blockquote>