 The discovery of a population of Military Orchids at this site occurred in 1955.Prior to this the species had never been recorded in East Anglia, having previously been recorded only in Southeast England.The population then was at least 500 plants, with over 100 flowering spikes; by 1958 the population had reached 2,854 plants, with about 10% flowering, a population level and flowering proportion that were maintained throughout the 1960s.