Sunday 11 August 2019

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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Monday 5 August 2019

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
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 LY
 LY/ BTG
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 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....