SEPTEMBER SONG

September is almost over already, butterfly season coming to a close the autumn migration is also past its peak for summer departures with a mass evacuation of swallows and house martins a week ago with literally thousands of birds flooding out of the country quite a spectacle a mass brexit you could say.However October can be the best month for rareties so keep your eyes peeled,and your ears dewaxed,or in my case your batteries charged.

 ROCK PIPIT numbers rise through the winter at Samphire Hoe when the resident birds are joined by continental visitors.

 PEREGRINE FALCON this young bird has been chasing the local house martins.

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER AT DUNGENESS

 SANDERLING GREATSTONE BEACH

 DUNLIN

 DUNLIN AND SANDERLING IN FLIGHT

 SANDERLING

 SMALL COPPER an AUTUMNAL BUTTERFLY

 HOVERING AT THE HOE

 HOW NOW BROWN COW ONE OF OUR NEW RESIDENTS AT SAMPHIRE HOE.

 A BUMPER YEAR FOR HOUSE SPARROWS AT DOVER HARBOUR.

 YOUNG MALE STONECHAT SAMPHIRE HOE,Its been a good breeding year for them.

 UFO OVER THE CLIFFS

 ADONIS BLUE A LATE SECOND BROOD.

 WHEATEAR migration continues but has slowed to a trickle now.

 HMS ALBION Heading down channel.

 WASP SPIDER.

 SPITFIRES pass over the Hoe on a regular basis throughout the summer.

 35028 CLAN LINE hauling the Golden Arrow through Samphire Hoe in the pouring rain.

 PILLARS OF CLOUD IN THE CHANNEL.

 PAINTED LADIES THE LAST AT DUNGENESS

 YOUNG LITTLE GULL AT THE PATCH.

 GREY PHALAROPE AT DUNGENESS BEACH-You may remember I saw the adult Grey Phalaropes in Svalbaard back in June looking splendid in their brick red plumage.

GREY PHALAROPE

 RED ADMIRALS love ivy blossom in the autumn.

 KESTREL  AT BOCKHILL.

 STALKING THE STORK,A WHITE STORK of uncertain origin appeared on the fields at Bockhill last week.

 AUTUMN WEBS

 JUVENILE GREEN WOODPECKER LANGDON HOLE

 WHEATEAR AT FAN BAY

 COMMON REDSTART SAMPHIRE HOE

 ROBIN IN FULL SONG

 FEMALE TEAL SAMPHIRE HOE

 WHINCHAT AT THE HOE

 SHAGGY INKCAP

 SANDWICH TERN DUNGENESS

 A SINISTER LOOKING ARCTIC SKUA

 GOLDEN PLOVER FLOCK AT OARE

 BALMORAL OFF RECULVER

 SLEEPY SANDERLING RECULVER

 CATERPILLAR OF THE VAPOURER MOTH

 CATERPILLAR OF THE SYCAMORE MOTH.

Hope you like it there will be more soon.