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.
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