RAVENS FOR LUNCH, MONTAGUES FOR TEA.

A few pictures of what has been around this week:-

 MIGRANT HAWKER an annual late summer visitor lots around at present.

 WORLD WAR 1 FLY PAST Finally flew past on Thursday last
.

 MEDITERRANEAN GULL -Juvenile/first winter @Samphire Hoe

 WILLOW WARBLER lots in Langdon Hole last weekend.

  LESSER WHITETHROAT.an autumn favourite in Langdon Hole

 LESSER and COMMON WHITETHROAT-Quite different when seen together.

 LESSER WHITETHROAT

 BRIMSTONE

 SPECKLED WOOD

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER in LANGDON HOLE last weekend.

 MONTAGUES HARRIER seen at Dungeness Monday afternoon, STAYED FOR A FEW DAYS WILL SOON BE RUNNING THE GAUNTLET ACROSS THE MED HOPEFULLY WILL AVOID THE MALTESE KILLING FIELDS.

 BON VOYAGE AND GOOD LUCK.

 WHINCHAT @SAMPHIRE HOE

 ONE of 20 WHEATEARS AT THE HOE on Tuesday

 FEMALE COMMON BLUE

CLOUDED YELLOW ON A DANDELION.
There now follows a sequence of photos showing a Raven family flying along the cliffs on tuesday.

 THEY FLEW BACK AND FORTH FOR AN HOUR

 CALLING TO EACH OTHER CONSTANTLY

 HOUSE MARTIN GOING THE OTHER WAY.

QUITE A SPECTACLE FOR THOSE THAT SAW IT AND HEARD IT.

LIGHTHOUSE DOWN WITH MATTHEW OATES

Matthew Oates the National Trust butterfly expert today led a walk on Lighthouse Down and South Foreland Valley,joined by local volunteers and NT staff,here are a few pics of what was seen:-

 WALL BROWN

 WALL BROWN

 BROWN ARGUS

CHALKHILL BLUE

 SPECKLED WOOD

SPECKLED WOOD

 BROWN ARGUS

 PAINTED LADY

 WASP SPIDER

 RED ADMIRAL

 RED ADMIRAL

 PAINTED LADY

 WASP SPIDER WITH A SILK WRAPPED GRASSHOPPER.

AUTUMN LADIES TRESSES 

On a previous visit to Langdon Hole last thursday I found a silver spotted skipper colony in the same place that a single specimen was seen last year.

 SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER FEASTING ON COMMON CENTAURY

SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER UPPERSIDE.

On the same walk I came across two Clouded Yellows on the Lower Tramway

 CLOUDED YELLOW (helice)

CLOUDED YELLOW.

Samphire Hoe was fairly quiet in between showers with 10 wheatears a whinchat and a black redstart family being the pick.

JUVENILE BLACK REDSTART.

The quiet day was made a whole lot noisier at 1325 when this flew by.

RAF TORNADO