For a few days Napoleons bird has been hanging out on Oare Marshes,the Bonapartes Gull is a smaller North American cousin of our own black headed gull.It took a while to locate but it eventually showed well at a distance on the mud near the slipway.
BONAPARTES GULL
BONAPARTES GULL could it be the same individual that turned up last year?
Another new bird for the year was a Spotted Redshank
SPOTTED REDSHANK
Wader numbers are building as autumn migration gets under way with black tailed godwits as usual, top of the league,avocets,ruff ,whimbrel,curlew, oystercatcher,lapwing ,dunlin and common sandpiper also seen.
Other things of interest seen:-
SMALL TORTOISHELL.I have not been lucky enough to find the immigrant YELLOW LEGGED variety that has appeared at various places on the east coast including Sandwich.
AN INTERESTING MUSHROOM
RUDDY DARTER
A few pictures from the last week
MARBLED WHITE Still sleeping.
SMALL SKIPPER
These should really be tiger moth caterpillars but they are in fact those of the CINNABAR MOTH which feed on Ragwort.
GATEKEEPERs are enjoying a good summer.
A male BROWN ARGUS,they are extremely territorial and aggressive to other small butterflies.
FEMALE COMMON BLUE,this is obviously not the normal brown variety
PURPLE HAIRSTREAK
This was a real surprise when it appeared in the South Foreland Valley near the Pines Garden.Another surprise was a Silver Washed Fritillary seen near the lighthouse.
BLACK REDSTART at Samphire Hoe.
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