Thursday 24 April 2014

WHAT A WAY TO SPEND EASTER.

Didn`t stray far from the cliffs over the bank holiday and Easter Sunday was spent indoors waiting for the promised deluge to arrive,it never got to Dover although it rained all around evidently but not in the quantities  forecast.Here are a few bits and pieces for your perusal:-
THE EASTER BUNNY
 NOTTINGHAM CATCHFLY

 FEMALE BRIMSTONE
 JAY
 BLACKCAP
 RING OUZELS Continue to appear at Langdon Hole
 SILVER WINGS OF THE RING OUZEL
 GREEN HAIRSTREAK
 DINGY SKIPPER AT SAMPHIRE HOE
 WALL BROWN AT THE HOE
 FIRST SMALL HEATH AT SAMPHIRE HOE
 LITTLE OWL AT TWILIGHT
 LITTLE OWL AT THE CHEQUERS.
 WHITETHROATS Have now arrived in good numbers
SHOVELLER
Today after a quick stroll around Langdon, where the highlight was a pair of yellow wagtails in the big field near the car, I headed for Sandwich as the BLUE WINGED TEAL was still there,after a walk around with Steve and Ian I eventually got a brief sighting of the female BWT cavorting with her shoveller companion,also heard my first cuckoo of the year and saw my first house and sand martins.Green Veined orchids are also in bloom on the golf course.

YELLOW WAGTAIL @REACH ROAD
GREEN VEINED ORCHID

3 comments:

  1. A nice selection Phil, particularly like the Green Hairstreak and Little Owl shots, there's something soothing about shots like these.

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  2. Lovely shots, esp the greenstreak and the Nottingham catchfly........is it out already?

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    1. a few on the cliffs, these were on the path from nt hq down to lower tramway.

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