JUNE MIDSUMMER BUT NO MURDERS

 June is usually a quiet time birdwise so our attention turns to other things.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER -GODMERSHAM CHURCH

SMALL BLUE

DRINKER MOTH -SAMPHIRE HOE

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BORDERED SALLOW -SAMPHIRE HOE

SMALL SKIPPER

HEATH  FRITILLARIES- BLEAN WOODS

SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY- BLEAN WOODS

SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY -BLEAN WOODS

MARBLED WHITE -LANGDON CLIFFS

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LARGE SKIPPER ON VIPERS BUGLOSS

GREEN WOODPECKER -LANGDON HOLE

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BROAD BODIED CHASER

DISTANT CHOUGHS FROM FOXHILL DOWN.

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CARNIVAL MIRACLE

YELLOWHAMMER STILL SINGING

LITTLE BIT OF BREAD AND NO CHEESE.

CLOUDED YELLOW AT SAMPHIRE HOE

COMMA

BROAD BODIED CHASER

MEADOW BROWN

ESSEX SKIPPER -TEMPLE EWELL

HOLLY BLUE

A few days in Norfolk to see family.

HEAVILY CROPPED STONE CURLEWS

AT WEETING HEATH NEAR THE SUFFOLK/NORFOLK BORDER

WE SAW AT LEAST 3 

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RINGLET.

SMALL SKIPPER ON SCABIOUS

SCARCE CHASER -STRUMPSHAW FEN

SOUTHERN HAWKER {IMM} STRUMPSHAW

SOUTHERN MARSH ORCHID STRUMPSHAW 

Unfortunately the Swallowtails proved elusive so heres a few from several years ago at the same place.

We are now half way through the year I wonder what surprises await us -time will tell no doubt.

SPRINGTIME BUTTERFLIES OF EAST KENT.

 The dry warm spring has meant a better year for our resident butterflies than of late and most have been seen a little earlier than normal.

BRIMSTONE

COMMA

PEACOCK

BRIMSTONE

SPECKLED WOOD

SMALL TORTOISHELL THIS ONE AT WORTH WILL HAVE OVERWINTERED

ORANGETIP

GREEN HAIRSTREAK

GREEN HAIRSTREAK

SMALL COPPER

DINGY SKIPPER

LARGE WHITE

WALL BROWN

RED ADMIRAL

SPECKLED WOOD

ORANGE TIP

COMMON BLUE

COMMON HEATH MOTH

SMALL WHITE

SMALL HEATH.

GRIZZLED SKIPPER

GRIZZLED SKIPPER

ADONIS BLUE

ADONIS BLUE

DUKE OF BURGUNDY

GREEN VEINED WHITE.

SMALL BLUE

HOLLY BLUE

WE ARE NOW INTO MAY

BROWN ARGUS AT DUNGENESS RSPB

BROWN ARGUS

BROWN ARGUS U/S

PAINTED LADY 

PAINTED LADY U/S

A FRESH SMALL TORTOISHELL ONE OF SEVERAL SEEN AT WORTH,

BURNET COMPANION MOTH

ANOTHER PAINTED LADY.

LARGE SKIPPER.