A male Sparrowhawk caught a Starling in the garden. He then spent over 40 minutes sat by the fence consuming his meal.
18th April – Sparrowhawk
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He’s back.
The Green Woodpecker who has been visiting our garden off and on for several weeks was back again today.
Hello again
This is a replacement for my old blog which I will move here over time.
Waxwings
A large flock of Waxwings has taken up residence on a Folkestone Retail Park..This tree contains a large part of the flock.
The birds are stripping berries from the trees on the park.
23rd July – Eastwell
On our regular walks to Eastwell Church we have seen 2 adult Spotted Flycatchers – increasingly hard to find these days..
We have not seen any young birds – yet.
Dungeness 19th July
The White-tailed Lapwing is still present but decided to stay sat on the shingle. We saw a Purple Heron flying to and from the nest site.
We saw a small group of Tree Sparrows at the reserve entrance
and a Corn Bunting sang from the wires nearby. A Black-tailed Skimmer basked on the reeds at Dengemarsh.
Butterflies etc.
Hamstreet Woods and King’s Wood and good for butterflies at this time of year. We saw White Admiral at both sites and Silver-washed Fritillary at Hamstreet, although both did not want to pose for the camera.
Here is a selection.
Peacock,
White-tailed Lapwing
A White-tailed Lapwing arrived at Dungeness on 11th July via Lancashire, Essex and Gloucestershire. It was still present this morning when I went to see it.
This is a first for Kent (and me!)
Rather too far away for photography but here is a record shot.
