Had another bash at purple emperor spotting on Monday at Dene Park,had a couple of brief sightings in the air and several purple hairstreaks were about but no photo opportunities,had to be content with silver washed fritillaries and white admirals.
SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY
BACKLIT SWF
SWF NECTARING ON BRAMBLE
WHITE ADMIRAL
LARGE WHITE
In the evening I was invited to view some yellow birds nest plants,having never heard of them let alone seen one I did not need asking twice,they are a parasitic plant living among beech leaf litter and are fairly uncommon in Kent,though I have since seen them mentioned on Greenies blog.
YELLOW BIRDS NEST PLANTS,there were three patches that we were shown with over a hundred plants in two of them.
LATTICE HEATH a day flying moth of open grassland was seen nearby along with buzzard and yellowhammer.
Tuesday morning at Samphire Hoe a young black redstart was on the sea wall early on.
JUVENILE BLACK REDSTART
The hot weather also brought the lizards out to sunbathe on the timber rails near the office
EYE OF THE LIZARD.
The Chalk Hill Blues are now out in force at Lydden Downs, it is nigh on impossible to count them as there are so many all on the move at once but there are hundreds of them.
CHB female
CHB male
CHALK HILL BLUE EXTRAVAGANZA
SIX SPOT BURNET
This GATEKEEPER made it to my wildlife garden this week,along with large skipper,marbled white,meadow brown,ringlet,comma and red admiral.
GREENBOTTLE FLY
Trying out a new macro lens,scary stuff.
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