The spring migration is now just about over so attention will turn more to butterflies for the summer until the return autumn migration begins in late July.I had a gloomy walk around Oare on Monday morning,Samphire Hoe on Tuesday,an hour at Bonsai Bank on Wednesday afternoon and a brief visit to SBBO yesterday morning.
SMALL COPPER
YELLOW WAGTAIL
TURTLE DOVE
ADDER @SAMPHIRE HOE
DEW MOTH
DUKE OF BURGUNDY @BONSAI BANK
MALES HAVE FOUR LEGS,FEMALES SIX.
LADY ORCHID
GREEN HAIRSTREAK
SPECKLED YELLOW - A day flying moth.
BRIMSTONE
TUFTED DUCK @REST HARROW
SWALLOW COLLECTING MUD AT THE SCRAPE.
I was asked about Kittiwakes at Langdon Hole recently so I did a little research and was amazed to find that it was 7 years ago in 2010 when the last chick was seen there,they continued to breed at South Foreland a little longer but have gone from there too now. So from a peak of 2822 nests in 1995 to zero in twenty years is quite disturbing.
THE LAST KITTIWAKE CHICK AT LANGDON CLIFFS.
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