Medmerry RSPB

Saturday morning
I went to see if I could find the Black-Winged Stilt chicks
at Medmerry.
Hot & sticky day for a long walk and so worth it
my last time was a month ago when the three chicks crossed the road
to go into the larger area.
Watching mum & dad walked the chicks over the road and up the path
amazing to see.
Today Saturday morning that is, a slow walk to the east end of the
beach from Medmerry I now where to go as I spoke to Andrew House
& Sam Hill the Chicks were on flying lessons with mum & dad nearby
Leggy was easy to find ( Colin& Mich ) he flow out of a ditch and
behind the other two chicks.
then they had ago with a wing stretch first & mum showing them how to fly.
AMAZING one month on and flying now.19th July 2014 watched two fly...
all so Juv LRP & Juv Avocet Juv Moorhen 2 Common sand 1 Green sand in ditches.


Two Black-winged Stilt chicks

 mum's flying lessons

 Leggy flying at the back left

 chick flying

 Common sandpiper

 Juv LRP

 Green sandpiper

Minsmere rspb

Me & john
headed to Minsmere for the Collared Pratincole
passing people on the way saying its not their.
as we arrived in to east hide it was flying around then
landed on the back of a island out of view we waited over a hour and
it took off and flow around then up high and out of sight again.
lovely bird to see.

 Collared Pratincole

Norfolk Great Knot

Monday
headed to Strumpshaw fen as tide was high with a two hour look around for swallowtail
butterfly's no luck but found a caterpillar.
So back to the car park had a sandwich then started out the car park
as l reversed a butterfly came in and landed for a second on the bonnet
a Swallowtail getting out the car we watched it go up and over to the train line the other side of the tree what luck we headed of to see the Great knot that was seen all day Gary bagnell had said then left us. Before we got to our car telling us to get there.
Great Knot, at the rugby club we walked the two miles to the crowd and got it pointed to us on the far bank
it flow twice as we watched but not far not getting closer so headed home.

Red Admiral

 Peacock

 Small White

 Green-veined

 Ringlet

 Swallowtail Caterpillar

 Common Hawker

 Great Knot

Morning in Kent

Headed to Kent
looking at Damselfly's
John spotted a Juv Cuckoo on the walk
not the weather for any Dragonfly's
or Damselfly's home by lunch time.

 Juv Cuckoo

 Ruddy Darter

 Blue-tailed Damselflie

 Scarce Emerald Damselfly

 Scaeva Pyrastri

Buckham park & Warnham res

A quick walk around Buckhan Park
then 45min's at Warnham
around the meadow Looking for Damselflies

Blue-tailed Damselfly

 Red-eyed Damselfly

 White-legged Damselfly

 White-Legged

 Blue-tailed

 Blue-tailed

 Azure

 Soldier Beetle

 Essex Skipper

 Potato Capsid

Old Lodge Ashdown forest

Great to have a afternoon on a slow walk
 around the ponds at old lodge.

looking at the Damselflies & Dragonflies

some juv birds around that are mostly Stonechats

Large Red Damselflie

 Small Red Damselflie's

 Azure Damselflie

 Emerald Damselflie

 Keeled Skimmer

Four-spotted chaser

 Juv Redstart

 Juv Stonechat's

 Juv Whitethroat