Wednesday 18 April 2018

APRIL FOOLS

We have now reached the middle of April,so here is an update for the month so far.Migration is still slow but with the fine weather now here things should start to happen quite quickly.
 THE FIRST WHEATEAR AT SAMPHIRE HOE just arrived in March.
 ICELAND GULL-still at Ramsgate Harbour.
 SONG THRUSH at home.
 LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL over the Hoe.
 MEADOW PIPITS AT SAMPHIRE HOE Watch for their parachute song flight along the fence line.
 FULMARS nest on the cliffs either side of the Hoe.
 COLOUR RINGED STONECHATS AT SAMPHIRE HOE-green /black
 Green/Red
 Blue/Red


 TUFTED DUCK
 GARGANEY at Stodmarsh a summer visitor
 MALLARD 
A pair of RED BREASTED MERGANSERS stayed at Ramsgate Harbour for a few days
 The female was less wary than the male bird
 DRAKE RED BREASTED MERGANSER
 RBM
RBM





GREAT CRESTED GREBE

 A BLACK WINGED STILT arrived at Stodmarsh last week and stayed a short while.
 BLACK WINGED STILT
 BWS
 BWS
 BWS
 BWS
 BWS


 BWS


 WATER PIPIT from Marsh Hide Stodmarsh.


 WATER PIPIT


 REDPOLL ALDER WOOD STODMARSH
 REDPOLL
REDPOLL
The moth trap has been out a few times since it got a bit warmer
 STREAMER
 EARLY GREY
NUT TREE TUSSOCK
 BRINDLED BEAUTY
V PUG.
Last Tuesday started off extremely foggy,but when it cleared I found this wonderful Long Eared Owl sunning itself in Woody Gully at the Hoe.It was quite high up and across the railway so the photos have been heavily cropped.
 LEO
 Look at the size of those feet




LEO