TW3 IN PICTURES

GREAT BLACK BACK GULL POW PIER.

THATS ENOUGH I`M OFF

LOTS OF RED ADMIRALS TODAY AT THE HOE

AND OVER 100 COMMON BLUES

HOUSE MARTINS STILL FEEDING YOUNG ON THE CLIFFS

COPPER UNDERWING AND

ANGLE SHADES,A SUPERB PAIR OF MOTHS.

WALL BROWNS HAVE HAD A GOOD SECOND GENERATION

 

MEADOW PIPIT AT THE HOE

BLACK REDSTART ON THE ROCKS

 WHINCHAT AT SAMPHIRE HOE TODAY

LADIES, WELCOME TO MY GARDEN

More moths and butterflies for your perusal and this 22 degree halo around the sun last Thursday afternoon.

First a few new moths

PRETTY CHALK CARPET

MARBLED GREEN

CHINESE CHARACTER

AN OLD LADY one of three I`ve had this week,if you`ll excuse the expression.

A second TOAD FLAX BROCADE,the red list one.
Found about a dozen Silver spotted Skippers at Lydden last Friday and they were very lively

this one was happy to be nectaring on thistle,as they do,thankyou very much.
Another lady was waiting for me when I got home:-

PAINTED LADY

RED ADMIRAL

NATURAL BORN COLOURS

Not much to say let the pictures do the talking

WALL BROWN SAMPHIRE HOE

EARLY THORN

PALE PROMINENT

ROESSELS BUSH CRICKET

SMALL TORTOISHELL

YELLOW SHELL

Bumped into Marc Heath on Friday last week ,he kindly gave me precise location for the willow emeralds which I duly found,thanks Marc.

WILLOW EMERALD DAMSEL FLY

SCORCHED CARPET

PAINTED LADY

HOLLY BLUE in garden

POPLAR HAWK MOTH CATERPILLAR in garden

MOTHS TO THE OLYMPIC FLAME

A small selection of moths for your perusal.

GOLD MEDAL WINNER

TOAD FLAX BROCADE A RED DATA BOOK MOTH! in my garden.!!!! 29th July.

SMALL EMERALD

POPLAR HAWK MOTH

PRIVET HAWK MOTH

PHOENIX

DUNBAR

OAK EGGAR

MOTTLED BEAUTY.

LYCHNIS

STRAW UNDERWING

JULY HIGH FLYER ??

LEAST CARPET.

BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN Y

LESSER BROAD BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING

On the cliffs last Sunday morning were Dusky Sallow that was resting on knapweed just like it says in the book and a couple of chalk carpets that I had not noticed up there before, they are quite scarce in  the UK.

DUSKY SALLOW

CHALK CARPET

LARGE SKIPPER Freshly emerged at South Foreland Valley(note the hook tips to the antennae.)