JUST BECAUSE ITS JUNE

 June, most of the summer migrants have arrived and paired up,the need to sing and display is diminished for a while and so become more difficult to see.

SPOTTED IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD -THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

When I started birdwatching back in the late sixties this was a common bird that would turn up regular as clockwork on May 1st now it is increasingly difficult to find, but I understand they are still doing ok further north as other species are doing too.

GOLDFINCH AT SAMPHIRE HOE

RECORD SHOT OF TWO GREY PARTRIDGE- REACH ROAD.

YELLOWHAMMER FOXHILL DOWN

JUVENILE RAVENS FOXHILL DOWN

MALE BLACK REDSTART -SAMPHIRE HOE

SKYLARK WITH NESTING MATERIAL- SAMPHIRE HOE

STONECHATS HAVE HAD A GOOD BREEDING SEASON AT THE HOE AGAIN.

BARN OWL AT STODMARSH

TWO OF THE FIVE YOUNGSTERS.

WAITING PATIENTLY FOR FOOD

VOLES GLORIOUS VOLES

THANKS MUM.

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - ORLESTONE FOREST

FLEDGLING KESTRELS LANGDON CLIFFS

TTFN.

MAY BE MAY BE NOT

 May is usually moving month in the bird world when many of our summer visitors finally arrive and others pass through on their way north.With almost constant cold northerly winds throughout the early weeks there was not much to shout about this year.From the freezing cold to record high temperatures in the mid thirties by the end of the month, the weather is definitely changing

WHIMBREL This bird had a few days rest on the sea wall before continuing its migration north.

WHIMBREL

WHIMBREL

WHIMBREL

BUZZARD The local Samphire Hoe bird is often seen hovering along the cliff edge.

BUZZARD BEING BUZZED BY A CARRION CROW

REED BUNTING AT DUNGENESS

WREN AT STODMARSH Singing its loud distinctive song.

MARSH HARRIER STODMARSH

GREY HERON STODMARSH

HOBBY STODMARSH

COMMON SANDPIPER SAMPHIRE HOE

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CHOUGHS If you want to see them they are usually in the field under the two tall radaar masts.

CHOUGHS

SONG THRUSH LANGDON CLIFFS

FEMALE GREY WAGTAIL DOVER TOWN CENTRE

AT LEAST 3 BREEDING PAIRS BY THE RIVER DOUR IN THE TOWN CENTRE.

MALE GREY WAGTAIL

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HOBBY DUNGENESS

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LAPWING CHICK AT REST HARROW SCRAPE SBBO 13/5

3 LITTLE GULLS SPENT A FEW DAYS AT RESTHARROW SCRAPE

THE WORLDS SMALLEST GULL

LAPWING -PEEWIT OR GREEN PLOVER

TWO OF THE LITTLE GULLS

DWARFED BY THE BLACK HEADED GULLS IN THE BACKGROUND

LITTLE GULL WITH BHG BEHIND.

SWIFTS AT WORTH

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HOLLY BLUE I think this is the first time I have seen a Holly NBlue with its wings fully open.

A RARE BIRD AT SAMPHIRE HOE- THE COLLARED DOVE.

ADONIS BLUE SAMPHIRE HOE

FOR ONCE THE CHOUGHS CAME OVER TO THE CLIFFS NEAR THE COASTGUARD STATION.

JACKDAW

MOTHER SHIPTON MOTH

MALE YELLOW WAGTAIL AT DANS DOCK OARE.

MOORHEN AND CHICK -DANS DOCK

SALSIFY

MARSH FROG CHORUS

FEMALE YELLOW WAGTAIL

THE MALE YELLOW WAGTAIL AGAIN.

THE LAPWING CHICK IS SURVIVING AND GROWING-28/5

BROAD BODIED CHASER -FEMALE

BBC MALE

FEMALE ORANGETIP 

HOLLY BLUE IN NORMAL POSE.

13 CHOUGHS IN THE AIR

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A SINGLE BEE ORCHID ON THE CLIFFS

SMALL HEATH

LARGE RED DAMSELFLY IN MY GARDEN POND.