August is the month when serious migration begins with returning waders leading the way and wheatears,whinchats ,flycatchers and warblers trickling southward.Second generation butterflies are also appearing this month.
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| BROWN ARGUS |
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| BRIMSTONE |
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| COCK LINNET in LANGDON HOLE |
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| SOUTHERN HAWKER AT SOUTH FORELAND |
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| WALL BROWN |
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| WALL BROWN |
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| WALL BROWN |
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| GARGANEY REST HARROW SCRAPE |
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| PIED FLYCATCHER REST HARROW DUNES |
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| PIED FLYCATCHER |
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| PIED FLYCATCHER |
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| SPOTTED FLYCATCHER |
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| LAPWING RH SCRAPE |
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| LESSER WHITETHROAT at SAMPHIRE HOE |
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| JUVENILE MEDITERRANEAN GULL |
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| CLOUDED YELLOW |
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| BLACK REDSTART |
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| BLACK REDSTART |
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| COMMON BLUES A RECORD COUNT OF 439 ON THE SAMPHIRE HOE TRANSECT EARLY IN THE MONTH. |
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| MAKING NEXT SPRINGS COMMON BLUES. |
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| PAINTED LADIES |
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| AT SAMPHIRE HOE |
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| PEREGRINE FALCON ON THE CLIFFS |
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| WOOD PIGEON |
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| COMMON SANDPIPER ON THE ROCKS AT THE HOE |
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| HOLLY BLUE |
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| SPECKLED BUSH CRICKET |
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| SBC |
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| WHINCHAT AT SBBO |
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| COLOUR RINGED STONECHATS |
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| AT SAMPHIRE HOE. |
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| WHEATEARS AT SAMPHIRE HOE |
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| ON THEIR WAY SOUTH |
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| TO AFRICA |
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| BEFORE RETURNING IN MARCH. |
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| LESSER BLACK BACKED GULLS |
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| HAVE BRED AGAIN AT THE HOE |
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| THIS SUMMER |
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| WASP SPIDERS |
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| BLACK TERNS |
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| AT DUNGENESS RSPB. |
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| BROWN ARGUS |
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| GREAT WHITE EGRET ARC PIT |
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| DUNGENESS |
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| HANSON HIDE |
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| PACIFIC PRINCESS |
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| HMS DIAMOND |
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| AT THE CRUISE TERMINAL |
VIKING SKY
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| MIGRANT HAWKER |
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| MIGRANT HAWKER SAMPHIRE HOE. |
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| WOOD SANDPIPER AND SNIPE |
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AT REST HARROW SCRAPE.
WARNING THIS NEXT BIT CONTAINS WOOD SANDPIPER PICS |
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| YOU CAN WAKE UP NOW. |
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| MALE BLACK REDSTART ON THE ROCKS AT SAMPHIRE HOE. |
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| YELLOW LEGGED GULL DENGEMARSH BEACH. |
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| THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING |
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| STOAT |
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| DENGEMARSH ROAD. |
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| BLACK TERN SHOUTING |
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| BLACK TERN FIRTH HIDE DUNGENESS |
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| BLACK TERNS |
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| CHIFF CHAFF |
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| MOVING THROUGH |
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| ON MIGRATION |
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| A HIGH SPEED RAINBOW |
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| DARK BUSH CRICKET |
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| WHIMBREL PASSING BY THE HOE |
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| AMERIGO VESPUCCI AN ITALIAN TRAINING VESSEL IN THE CHANNEL. |
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| A GOOD CROP OF SEA BUCKTHORN BERRIES |
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| ANOTHER WHEATEAR HEADING SOUTH |
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VIKING SUN
ADONIS BLUE AT THE HOE
ADONIS BLUE
THE FIRST WHINCHATS AT THE HOE
ON THEIR WAY SOUTH
FOR THE WINTER
PAINTED LADY
And to finish off the months blog a few moths from my garden moth trap
THE RARE BEDSTRAW HAWKMOTH
JERSEY TIGER
A GARDEN TIGER
GARDEN TIGER
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.
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