AUGUST FLY THEY MUST.

 Return migration begins in earnest this month and the last of the butterflies appear.Another month with little rain means everywhere is parched and brown,hopefully September will bring relief and fill our depleted ponds and rivers and get the grass growing again.

SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER the final butterfly of the year to appear,unless any migrants turn up later.

PIED FLYCATCHER Foxhill Down

PIED FLYCATCHER Langdon Cliffs.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Foxhill Down.

WHEATEAR with colour ring F09

Evidently ringed on Skokholm off the west coast of Wales.

Record shot of juvenile CUCKOO at Samphire Hoe just before it crosses the channel and heads south to Africa without guidance from its parents or previous experience,an amazing feat,

THE CHOUGHS ARE COMING

THE YOUNG CHOUGHS IN THEIR HOLDING CAGE.

ADONIS BLUE

ADONIS BLUE

ADONIS BLUE

ADONIS BLUE

ADONIS BLUE

45596 BAHAMAS RUNNING THROUGH CHILHAM STATION

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COMMON BLUE

COMMON BLUE

WASP SPIDER AT Samphire Hoe.

YOUNG LINNET Samphire Hoe

LISTEN AND LEARN WITH MOTHER -LINNETS 

GREY SEAL SWIMMING OFF THE SEA WALL Samphire Hoe.

PAINTED LADY at South Foreland

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CHALKHILL BLUE.

KATARA  Another plaything of the super rich.

HMS MERSEY On patrol off Samphire Hoe.

NORTHERN WHEATEARS on migration Langdon Cliffs.

NORTHERN WHEATEAR

KESTREL Langdon Hole

 -BLOODY BEAKED KES

20 WHITE STORKS above Samphire Hoe.

DEUTSCHLAND

A few moths to end with.

GYPSY MOTH

SALLOW KITTEN

ANGLE SHADES

SWALLOW PROMINENT.

A VERY DRY JULY.

A hot dry July peaked on Tuesday the 19th when I recorded 39.7 degrees in my garden phew!

A few birds ,butterflies,moths,dragonflies planes and boats as per usual this month.

Here goes hold on to your hats......................

COMMA

SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY-HamStreet Woods

SOUTHERN HAWKER

SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PEACOCK

WHITE ADMIRAL- Ham Street Woods.

GATEKEEPER aka HEDGE BROWN

DARK GREEN FRITILLARY an unusual sighting in Langdon Hole.

DOVER LIFEBOAT

A BILLIONAIRES PLAYTHING heading down channel.

CORN BUNTING -LANGDON CLIFFS

DINGY SKIPPER -SAMPHIRE HOE

BEE BEETLE-SAMPHIRE HOE

BEE BEETLE REAR END FACETO WARN OFF PREDATORS NO DOUBT.

A pleasant couple of hours at Stodmarsh to see the fledgling Barn Owls.Four youngsters have fledged three around the nest box and one in thr trees behind.

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WATCHING A FOX CUB DOWN BELOW.

WAITING FOR MUM TO BRING FOOD.

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THE BLACK EAGLESTHE SOUTH KOREAN DISPLAY TEAM 

-FLYING OVER THE WHITE CLIFFS

-HEADING FOR FAIRFORD AIRSHOW.

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CARNIVAL PRIDE

VIKING VENUS

LARGE WHITE

CHALKHILL BLUE

SMALL TORTOISHELL

CLOUDED YELLOW

WALL BROWN

COMMON BLUE

BONAPARTES GULL has returned to Oare Marshes once more.

PEREGRINE FALCON with fresh blood on his talons and beak.

PF

SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER.at Temple Ewell.

To finish some photos of the months moths found in the moth trap in the garden.

BLACK ARCHES

COPPER UNDERWING

ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH

BROAD BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

OAK EGGAR

RED TWIN SPOT CARPET

MILLER

BOX MOTH

SWALLOWTAILED MOTH

ROSY FOOTMAN.

JERSEY TIGER

FOUR SPOTTED FOOTMAN

MARBLED GREEN.

LESSER BROAD BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

SMALL PHOENIX

CLOUDED BORDER

CAMPION

GREY DAGGER.

Thats all for now, looking forward to the autumn migration next month and beyond.