AUGUST- FLY THEY MUST

It has taken a month or more to sort out my download problems,however I have been out and about with the camera, this may be my longest blog yet,but will then be up to date,here goes.

SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER AT TEMPLE EWELL the last of Kents butterflies to appear.

MAKING NEXT YEARS SILVER SPOTS.

 WALL BROWN 2nd GENERATION.

 WILLOW WARBLER @SAMPHIRE HOE

 RED ADMIRAL

 WALL BROWN

 BLACK REDSTART One of this years youngsters judging by the gape.

 WALL BROWNS ON THE SEA WALL

 WHEATEARS AT SAMPHIRE HOE-Regular spring and autumn migrants.

 PAINTED LADY ON ROCK SAMPHIRE

 WILLOW WARBLERS AT LYDDEN SPOUT.

RED ADMIRAL.

 CURLEW SANDPIPER AND DUNLIN

 CURLEW SANDPIPER Still sporting some summer plumage.

 GOLDEN PLOVER Slightly bigger than the starlings much bigger than the dunlins in the foreground.

 THAMES BARGE IN THE SWALE.

 BLACK HEADED GULL 2FPX

 BONAPARTES GULL-The one laying down an American Gull that has turned up at Oare for the last four autumns.

 BLACK TAILED GODWIT

 DUNLIN

 PAINTED LADY

 SMALL TORTOISHELL

 LESSER WHITETHROAT

 SOUTHERN HAWKER @ST MARGARETS

LOTS OF ROCK PIPITS AT THE HOE.

 GREY HERON REST HARROW SCRAPE

 GREEN SANDPIPER

 WHINCHAT AT SAMPHIRE HOE

 A RARE SIGHT AT THE HOE A REDSHANK

 CURLEW SANDPIPER SHOWING ITS WHITE RUMP.

 JUVENILE RINGED PLOVERS CAN BE CONFUSING.

 MORE CURLEW SANDPIPERS AT OARE,Now in winter plumage.

CURLEW SANDPIPER

A note on the office door saying a wryneck had been seen on Monday afternoon near the back car park gave me hope that it might still be around,however it didn`t show first thing and it wasnt until midday when doing the butterfly transect that it flew up into the buddleia,had to nip back for my camera and luckily it was still sitting up nicely..........

 SNIPE AT REST RESTHARROW

 GREENSHANK

 LAPWING

CORMORANT FISHING IN REST HARROW SCRAPE.

 News of a BAIRDS SANDPIPER AT RECULVER came through on Friday and as it was still there on Saturday afternoon I went to see it,the last one in Kent was in 1988 at Dungeness,my last one was seen at Tierra del Fuego after the Antarctic trip.

 LITTLE STINT was also there at Coldharbour Lagoon.

 The STINT is about half the size of the Dunlin in the background.

 LITTLE STINT AT RECULVER

 BACK TO THE BAIRDS....

ANOTHER HOE ROCK PIPIT

 COMMON SANDPIPER AT RESTHARROW

 RUFF ALSO AT RESTHARROW

RUFF

 RUFF

 COMMON SANDPIPER....

Thats all for the moment,hopefully back on track with the blog now.