A REAL ROYAL VISITOR.

August was off to a flying start with lots of Painted Ladies Wall Browns and Red Admirals on the wing and the last of the local butterflies of the year emerging at Temple Ewell,the Silver Spotted Skipper.

 WALL BROWN

 RED ADMIRAL

 WALL BROWN

 BROWN ARGUS

 BA

 BA

 SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER at Temple Ewell the last of Kents 40 resident breeding butterflies to appear.

 SSS

 SSS

 SSS

 SSS

 SSS

 COLOUR RINGED STONECHAT - SAMPHIRE HOE.

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 PAINTED LADY the offspring of the earlier immigrants are now emerging in profusion.

 FEMALE STONECHAT AT THE HOE

 JUVENILE WHITETHROAT

 MALE STONECHAT green/yellow the partner of blue/yellow.

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 RED VEINED DARTER proof of breeding at Samphire Hoe.

 CHALKHILL BLUE a third male seen at the Hoe.

 MORE LADIES ON THE CLIFFS,

 SMALL HEATHS appear to be having a poor summer.

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 UPON A SILVER SEA

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 SMALL BLUES ON THE CLIFFS

 SB

 FEMALE ADONIS BLUE

 SMALL BLUE


News of a rare migrant butterfly at South Foreland reached me through the airwaves on Thursday last

 THE QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY

 QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY,I was lucky to see it as after a few minutes it chased another butterfly off and didn`t return.

 HORNET ROBBERFLY
Friday afternoon I returned to the valley for a second helping of the QoS and eventually it was located by Marc Heath and we were treated to a REAL royal performance.

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JULY FLYS BY

The month of July has flown by too quickly to keep up,but here`s a taste of what`s gone on.

 SMALL COPPER

 SMALL SKIPPER

 MARBLED WHITES

 SPITFIRES

 REACH FOR THE SKY

 RINGLET

 ESSEX SKIPPER

 ESSEX SKIPPER

 ESSEX SKIPPER

 WHITE ADMIRAL

 GATEKEEPER

 MARBLED WHITE

 MW

SAM HOE STARLINGS


A firework display for the maiden voyage of Sagas SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.

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 SPOTTED REDSHANK - OARE MARSHES

 LESSER YELLOWLEGS AT OARE

 COMMON SANDPIPER

 LY

 LY

 NAPOLEON SOLO THE OARE BONAPARTES GULL,back for its 7th year.

 LY

 LY

 LY

 LY

 LY

 LY/ BTG

 LY

 PEREGRINE on the rocks look carefully a green ring on right leg.

 ROCK PIPIT

 PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON

 DC

 DC

 DC

 BLACK TAILED GODWIT

 ODD MAN OUT -
 TEACHING A YOUNG OYSTERCATCHER TO FEED ITSELF

 REST HARROW SCRAPE

 STILL COURTING IN JULY

 AND MATING.....

COMMON TERNS DUNGENESS

 CHALKHILL BLUE

 WALL BROWN

 WALL BROWN

 SMALL TORTOISHELL

 A RARE SIGHTING THIS YEAR OF THIS ONCE COMMON BUTTERFLY

 A MICKEY MOUSE CRUISE LINER-DISNEY MAGIC CALLS AT DOVER

 PEACOCK

 COMMA

 RAMPION A FLOWER THAT GROWS ON THE CHALK HILLS OF THE SOUTH DOWNS BUT STRANGELY NOT THE NORTH DOWNS

 HONEY BUZZARD AT SAMPHIRE HOE

 ALERTED BY THE GULLS I WATCHED

 THE HONEY BUZZARD CIRCLE OVER MY HEAD BEFORE FLYING OFF TOWARDS FOLKESTONE

 LUCKILY I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME.

 CHALKHILL BLUES

 CORN BUNTING ON THE CLIFFS

 THIS ONE HAS A DISTINCTIVE WHITE TAIL.

 ONE OF THOUSANDS OF SWIFTS LEAVING FOR AFRICA

 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER AND WOOD SANDPIPER AT RESTHARROW SCRAPE.

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 TRAINBOW PASSING THROUGH THE HOE

 US NAVY BI PLANE IS A REGULAR FLYOVER AT THE HOE

 THE FIRST CHALKHILL BLUE AT SAMPHIRE HOE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS

 COLOUR RINGED STONECHAT - GREEN/YELLOW

 JUVENILE CUCKOO ON THE RAILWAY FENCE...

 PAINTED LADY - NOW EMERGING IN GOOD NUMBERS

 HOE ROCK PIPIT

 ANOTHER CHB AT THE HOE

 RED ADMIRAL

 RED ADMIRAL

 WOOD SANDPIPER

 WOOD SANDPIPER
AND NOW A COUPLE TO PUT YOU OFF YOUR TEA

 A YOUNG HEDGEHOG KILLED BY??? AT SAMPHIRE HOE

CHALKHILL POOS....