AUTUMN EQUINOX

 Highlight of the month so far was finding three spotted flycatchers in one tree on Foxhill Down up on the cliffs.The good weather has continued  through the month meaning that not many birds have had to stop off locally on their travels south,but butterflies have still been seen in good numbers.

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER One of three in dead ash tree at Foxhill Down.

2 SPOONBILLS AT PEGWELL BAY AMONGST THE LITTLE EGRETS.

 GREAT WHITE EGRET Dungeness.

LESSER WHITETHROAT

 WALL BROWN-Female

 WALL BROWN- Male

 WHINCHAT -The Freedown Bockhill.

COSTA FAVOLOSA

 PAINTED LADY

 ADONIS BLUE

FEMALE ADONIS.

COMMA

MEADOW PIPIT Samphire Hoe.

DOVERS CROWNING GLORY.

GRAND SHAFT -DOVER.Lived in Dover all my life first visit an amazing structure.

 DUCHESS OF HAMILTON National Railway Museum York.

 MALLARD Fastest steam locomotive-126MPH.

 YORK MINSTER

YORK MINSTER.

Someone who reads my blog said recently he didn`t like the moths in the blog,well look away now my friend, here are a few lovely autumnal moths.

ANGLE SHADES

FROSTED ORANGE

FEATHERED GOTHIC

TWO TOGETHER

FEATHERED GOTHICS One was small hardly anything at all the other was big and won prizes.

OAK HOOK TIP

THE VAPOURER

CENTRE BARRED SALLOW

CHEQUERED FRUIT TREE TORTRIX.

 MONSTER IN THE MOTH TRAP..

 BURNISHED BRASS

 AUTUMNAL RUSTIC

 UNIDENTIFIED TORTRIX?

LUNAR (LOONY)UNDERWING

L ALBUM WAINSCOT
So,not all moths are nasty, some are quite exquisitely marked and extraordinary creatures with the most imaginative of names,I rest my case.
The butterfly season draws to a close gradually now but keep an eye out on ivy blossom a particular favourite of the red admiral.
TTFN.

AUGUST- FLY THEY MUST

It has taken a month or more to sort out my download problems,however I have been out and about with the camera, this may be my longest blog yet,but will then be up to date,here goes.

SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER AT TEMPLE EWELL the last of Kents butterflies to appear.

MAKING NEXT YEARS SILVER SPOTS.

 WALL BROWN 2nd GENERATION.

 WILLOW WARBLER @SAMPHIRE HOE

 RED ADMIRAL

 WALL BROWN

 BLACK REDSTART One of this years youngsters judging by the gape.

 WALL BROWNS ON THE SEA WALL

 WHEATEARS AT SAMPHIRE HOE-Regular spring and autumn migrants.

 PAINTED LADY ON ROCK SAMPHIRE

 WILLOW WARBLERS AT LYDDEN SPOUT.

RED ADMIRAL.

 CURLEW SANDPIPER AND DUNLIN

 CURLEW SANDPIPER Still sporting some summer plumage.

 GOLDEN PLOVER Slightly bigger than the starlings much bigger than the dunlins in the foreground.

 THAMES BARGE IN THE SWALE.

 BLACK HEADED GULL 2FPX

 BONAPARTES GULL-The one laying down an American Gull that has turned up at Oare for the last four autumns.

 BLACK TAILED GODWIT

 DUNLIN

 PAINTED LADY

 SMALL TORTOISHELL

 LESSER WHITETHROAT

 SOUTHERN HAWKER @ST MARGARETS

LOTS OF ROCK PIPITS AT THE HOE.

 GREY HERON REST HARROW SCRAPE

 GREEN SANDPIPER

 WHINCHAT AT SAMPHIRE HOE

 A RARE SIGHT AT THE HOE A REDSHANK

 CURLEW SANDPIPER SHOWING ITS WHITE RUMP.

 JUVENILE RINGED PLOVERS CAN BE CONFUSING.

 MORE CURLEW SANDPIPERS AT OARE,Now in winter plumage.

CURLEW SANDPIPER

A note on the office door saying a wryneck had been seen on Monday afternoon near the back car park gave me hope that it might still be around,however it didn`t show first thing and it wasnt until midday when doing the butterfly transect that it flew up into the buddleia,had to nip back for my camera and luckily it was still sitting up nicely..........

 SNIPE AT REST RESTHARROW

 GREENSHANK

 LAPWING

CORMORANT FISHING IN REST HARROW SCRAPE.

 News of a BAIRDS SANDPIPER AT RECULVER came through on Friday and as it was still there on Saturday afternoon I went to see it,the last one in Kent was in 1988 at Dungeness,my last one was seen at Tierra del Fuego after the Antarctic trip.

 LITTLE STINT was also there at Coldharbour Lagoon.

 The STINT is about half the size of the Dunlin in the background.

 LITTLE STINT AT RECULVER

 BACK TO THE BAIRDS....

ANOTHER HOE ROCK PIPIT

 COMMON SANDPIPER AT RESTHARROW

 RUFF ALSO AT RESTHARROW

RUFF

 RUFF

 COMMON SANDPIPER....

Thats all for the moment,hopefully back on track with the blog now.