A DAYS HOEING

RED ADMIRALCOMMON BLUEGREEN WOODPECKER(juv female)THE GOOD LOOKING ONEWALL BROWNESSEX SKIPPERCINNABAR MOTH CATERPILLARLARGE WHITE ON TEASLEHOLLY BLUECOMMAPAINTED LADY

After the weekend in Yorkshire it was back to the volunteering at Samphire Hoe, it was pretty quiet on the bird front,but there were hundreds of silver Y moths and large white butterflies arriving and quite a few red admirals and painted ladies in evidence,  presumably immigrants too. As well as the immigrants second generation common blues and wall browns were emerging, a holly blue, several peacocks, a comma and a single small tortoishell were feeding on the masses of buddleia blooms there.The 18 sheep had become 39 and four black cows have arrived to give the place a light summer trim. The first autumn wheatear was seen last week so the rarity will not be long in coming ho hum.