A few trips out following the lockdown restrictions being eased but tempered by the cold north east winds which plagued us all month.Here are a few photos of this months highlights.
EARLY MORNING SUNDOG AT SAMPHIRE HOE
YELLOW LEGGED GULLS ON THE SEA WALL.
BLACK TAILED GODWITS AT OARE
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BTG IN BREEDING PLUMAGE
RUFF AT OARE.
BUZZARD SOARING OVER BLERIOT`S MEMORIAL.
WHIMBREL AT SEASALTER
RING OUZELS AT THE HOE.
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FEMALE WHEATEAR SAMPHIRE HOE.
DRAKE EIDER AT CASTLE COOTE SOUTH SWALE
EATING A CRAB AFTER SHAKING THE LEGS OFF
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REDSHANK AT SEASALTER.
SEDGE WARBLERS ARE BACK
BAR TAILED GODWIT IN BREEDING PLUMAGE DUNGENESS RSPB
EARLY SPIDER ORCHIDS ARE OUT AT SAMPHIRE HOE
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KEARSNEY SUNSET
SO CALLED PINK MOON
CLOUDED YELLOW AT SAMPHIRE HOE
AND A SECOND- SPOT THE DIFFERENCES.
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DINGY SKIPPER
SMALL COPPER
RECORD SHOT OF MY FIRST CUCKOO OF THE SEASON.
REED WARBLER WARBLING IN THE REEDS
THIS BIRD HAS A METAL RING ON THE RIGHT LEG
CLOSE UP OF RING ANY CLUES THERE?
SEDGE WARBLERS TEND TO SING MORE IN THE OPEN AND HAVE A DISTINCTIVE SONG FLIGHT'
NEWS OF A HOOPOE AT STELLING MINNIS WAS A PERFECT WAY TO END THE MONTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH MORE COMMON IN SOUTHERN EUROPE A FEW WANDER NORTH EACH YEAR
MY FRIENDS IN THE VERY NORTH OF SCOTLAND HAVE EVEN HAD ONE IN THEIR VILLAGE
THE STRIKING PLUMAGE IS UNMISTAKEABLE
ESPECIALLY IN FLIGHT.
MOTH OF THE MONTH
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