THE JUNE LULL

June is the month when migrants are here, nesting and keeping a relatively low profile,so other things have to fill the void until the return migration begins in mid July.
Here are a few photos of my month so far.

 CANADIAN FRIGATE ST JOHNS PASSING SAMPHIRE HOE

 THE FIRST LARGE SKIPPER OF THE YEAR AT THE HOE 1st JUNE.

 LOTS OF SOUTHERN MARSH ORCHIDS AT REST HARROW SCRAPE.

 SPECKLED WOODS -WORTH MARSHES

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 REED WARBLER -WORTH MARSHES

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 SCARCE CHASER - WORTH MARSHES

 STONECHAT GREEN/YELLOW WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG.

 GREY PLOVER IN SUMMER PLUMES DUNGENESS

 IT WAS POURING DOWN

 SO LOOKS A BIT BEDRAGGLED

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 BROWN ARGUS -SOUTH FORELAND VALLEY

 THE FIGURE OF 8 ON THE HINDWING IS DIAGNOSTIC.

 THE FIRST PAINTED LADIES ARE ARRIVING ,COULD BE A GOOD YEAR FOR THEM.


A trip to Challock to see the Nightjars was successful,at 9.32 the first" churring" started up ,it was the loudest and longest churr I had heard I followed the sound in the coppice  and saw the bird silhouetted against the gloaming,it was pretty dark by now so these photos don't really reflect reality as they have been lightened considerably.

 NIGHTJAR

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 BACK TO SAMPHIRE HOE WREN SINGING OUT LOUD..

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 PYRAMIDAL ORCHID.

 HOUSE MARTINS COLLECTING CHALKY MUD FOR THEIR NESTS ON THE CLIFF FACE.

 THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMES BEFORE HUMANS PROVIDED HOUSES.

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 BEE BEETLES ON AN OX EYE DAISY,THESE ARE A RECENT COLONISER TO BRITAIN.

 FEMALE EMPEROR DRAGONFLY[Immature]

SHOULD SHE BE AN EMPRESS?

 RED VEINED DARTER

 ANOTHER MIGRANT THAT IS NOW BREEDING HERE.

 BROAD BODIED CHASER

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 COMMON SPOTTED ORCID ,yesterday I counted over 5000 at Samphire Hoe.

 SOLANDJE a rich mans plaything passing the Varne lightship

 LARGE SKIPPER.

 THE FIRST MARBLED WHITE OF THE YEAR ON THE CLIFFS 12th June.

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 YELLOW SHELL

 MAYFLOWER approaching Keaesney Station,good job the down train went through when it did and didn`t stop.

 61306 MAYFLOWER - built in1948 for LNER operated mainly out of Hull.

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 HOBBY perched behind the Marsh Hide at Stodmarsh

 patiently waiting for dragonflies.

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 HEATH FRITILLARIES AT BLEAN.

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That's all for now, more at the end of the month.

MAY HAS GONE

After the excitement of the Spanish trip it took a little while to get going again, what with computer problems,and allotment work to catch up with.Anyway here`s a few bits and pieces that have crossed my path over the last 3 weeks.

 FEMALE ADONIS BLUE

 RACING RANGE BOATS

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 MALE ADONIS BLUE

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 HUNTER

 ANOTHER ADONIS BLUE

 SAILING BY

 YANKEE FLYPAST SAMPHIRE HOE

 BONSAI BANK DUKES.

 -MALES HAVE ONLY FOUR LEGS,FEMALES SIX.
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 DINGY SKIPPER BONSAI BANK

 MALE ORANGETIP

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 A LATE RING OUZEL AT THE HOE.

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 COMMON BLUE

 PALE GLIDER-COMMON BUZZARD

 HOVERING LIKE A KESTREL OVER THE HOE

 SCARLET PIMPERNEL

 DEW MOTH

 THE LITTLESTONE SERIN

 SINGING FOR A MATE

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 SEDGE WARBLER

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 PEGWELL SPOONBILLS

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 RINGED BIRD EVIDENTLY OF GERMAN ORIGIN

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 WHISKERED TERN AT DUNGENESS

 GROUNDED WITH COMMON TERN

 THE SAMPHIRE HOE RAVENS HAVE FLEDGED AND HAVE NOW LEFT THE SCENE.

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 COMMON BLUES

 MOTHER SHIPTON MOTH

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER AT THE HOE

 GREEN HAIRSTREAK-HANGING OUT AT LANGDON CLIFFS

 SMALL BLUE

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 COMMON BLUE FEMALE ON BIRDS FOOT TREFOIL.

 GRIZZLED SKIPPER DUNGENESS

 BROWN ARGUS

 BROWN ARGUS

 CUCKOO ARC PIT

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FOUR SPOTTED CHASER

 AIDABELLA IN DOVER HARBOUR

 RED ADMIRAL ON THE CLIFFS ,A NEW ARRIVAL PROBABLY.

 SONG THRUSH IN LANGDON HOLE

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 HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH PASSING DOVER

 SHE`D LOOK GREAT WITH SOME AIRCRAFT ON THE DECK.

 BURNT TIP ORCHID

 BURNT TIP ORCHID

 SMALL COPPER TEMPLE EWELL

 LOOPING THE LOOP AT SAMPHIRE HOE

ACHTUNG SPITFIRE...….

 APPALON HIGHWAY,full of cars,not the prettiest vessel afloat by any standards.

 BEE BEETLE ON OX EYE DAISY AT SAMPHIRE HOE

 BEE BEETLE

 A RODING WOODCOCK AT BLEAN WOODS

 SEDGIE SINGING OUT LOUD

SKYLARK AT OARE

 TURTLE DOVE ALWAYS A DELIGHT.

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-So May has been and gone in a flash,what delights will June offer up.