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 Cold North Easterlies have been dominant throughout the month with very little rain, out of the wind with plenty of sunshine it could be pleasantly warm and 22 species of butterfly in April is unusual to say the least.

Birding has been hard going though some good birds have turned up notably a Hoopoe found on Lighthouse Down St Margarets Bay by Jamie Partridge was probably the pick.

ROOK with a full crop on my old bird table.

PATRICIA of Trinity House off Samphire Hoe.

SPECKLED WOOD.

KESTREL at the Cliffs.

KESTREL.

YELLOWHAMMER singing "little bit of bread and no cheese."

COMMON HEATH - Dover Cliffs.

DRAKE GARGANEY at Stodmarsh.

GARGANEY leading the Shovellers.

GARGANEY aka the SPRING TEAL.

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CETTIS WARBLER Often heard seldom seen.

EARLY SPIDER ORCHIDS AT SAMPHIRE HOE.

GREEN WOODPECKER in the Ash Grove Langdon Hole.

HOOPOE 

HOOPOE at St Margarets 

Male WHEATEAR at Foxhill Down.

ROBIN in song Langdon Hole

BLACKBIRD Singing Langdon Hole.

RAVEN - LANGDON CLIFFS.

GREAT TIT on the Cliffs

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COMMON WHITETHROAT  LANGDON HOLE.

GREEN VEINED WHITE

SMALL BLUE

HMS TYNE a Royal Navy patrol vessel off the Hoe.

SMALL HEATH

DINGY SKIPPER

SMALL COPPER

SHOVELLER having a wash and brush up Stodmarsh.

CHAFFINCH Male feeding on the cliffs.

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BAR TAILED GODWITS Stodmarsh

BAR TAILED GODWIT showing off his barred tail.

ORANGETIP

AIR AMBULANCE 

GREEN HAIRSTREAK

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PEREGRINE with breakfast for the chicks.

Female WHEATEAR also with breakfast...

but for herself.

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The first COMMON BLUE at the Hoe 3 Weeks ahead of the normal date.

The first ADONIS BLUES also early.

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They waste no time in getting down to making the next generation.

ADONIS BLUE

COTE DE DUNES

TUIs MEIN SCHIFF 3 at the DOVER CRUISE TERMINAL .The name means simply MY SHIP in German.

BITTERN -record shot of a bittern in flight at Dungeness,they have been "BOOMING " well at Dungeness and Stodmarsh.

REED WARBLER chattering away in the reeds at Stodmarsh.

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REED WARBLER

A trip to Denge Wood to end the month

ANANIA FUNEBRIS a scarce day flying moth

PYRAUSTA NIGRATA another tiny day flying moth.

NIGHTINGALE AT BONSAI BANK.

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY my 22nd butterfly of the yearon the 30thApril.