JUNE MIDSUMMER BUT NO MURDERS

 June is usually a quiet time birdwise so our attention turns to other things.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER -GODMERSHAM CHURCH

SMALL BLUE

DRINKER MOTH -SAMPHIRE HOE

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BORDERED SALLOW -SAMPHIRE HOE

SMALL SKIPPER

HEATH  FRITILLARIES- BLEAN WOODS

SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY- BLEAN WOODS

SILVER WASHED FRITILLARY -BLEAN WOODS

MARBLED WHITE -LANGDON CLIFFS

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LARGE SKIPPER ON VIPERS BUGLOSS

GREEN WOODPECKER -LANGDON HOLE

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BROAD BODIED CHASER

DISTANT CHOUGHS FROM FOXHILL DOWN.

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CARNIVAL MIRACLE

YELLOWHAMMER STILL SINGING

LITTLE BIT OF BREAD AND NO CHEESE.

CLOUDED YELLOW AT SAMPHIRE HOE

COMMA

BROAD BODIED CHASER

MEADOW BROWN

ESSEX SKIPPER -TEMPLE EWELL

HOLLY BLUE

A few days in Norfolk to see family.

HEAVILY CROPPED STONE CURLEWS

AT WEETING HEATH NEAR THE SUFFOLK/NORFOLK BORDER

WE SAW AT LEAST 3 

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RINGLET.

SMALL SKIPPER ON SCABIOUS

SCARCE CHASER -STRUMPSHAW FEN

SOUTHERN HAWKER {IMM} STRUMPSHAW

SOUTHERN MARSH ORCHID STRUMPSHAW 

Unfortunately the Swallowtails proved elusive so heres a few from several years ago at the same place.

We are now half way through the year I wonder what surprises await us -time will tell no doubt.