Dungeness

As l saw Matt Eade was heading to Dungeness
l gave him a call then we meet up at the ARC pit.

Red-necked Phalarope was their distant and Little stint
then went to see the Melodious Warbler mist the wryneck
then to Rye for Curlew Sandpiper.
A nice Afternoon birding...


Little Stint

 Both Red-necked Phal & Little Stint

 Phalarope

 Melodious Warbler

Thursday morning at Seaford Head

A short walk
around the Dung heep down to Hope gap
5 yellow wags 8 Wheatears 1 Whinchat
a few Whitethroats and Blackcaps
not a lot around this morning
but nice to get out for a walk with great Veiws
of Birling gap..

Whitethroat

 Whinchat

 Male Wheatear

 meadow pipit

 Linnet

 Hope Gap looking to Birling Gap

Ashdown Old Lodge

I went to Old lodge looking for birds of prey
first seeing 4 Hobby's go through then a Common Buzzard
up a Sparrow Hawk come through and a Kestrel over head
other bird where 2 Ravens 16 Stonechat Redstart's tree Pipit
moved on to the Black pool for some macro shots.

 Redstart

 Sparrow Hawk

 Common Darter

 Mother shitpton Catapillar

 Buff-tip catapillars

 Jumping spider

 Cross spider

 Forest bug

Morning down the Cuckmere

Cuckmere birds

Meet Matt Eade & Marc Read
We Walked the Cuckmere down to the scrap and Back
Wheatear Whinchat Stonechat Meadow pipit Green finch Goldfinch
House Sparrow Linnet starling Blackbird Reed Warbler Whitethroat
Dunlin Ringed Plover Grey Heron Little Egret Skylark Raven Redshank
Oystercatcher Cormorant Magpie Willow Warbler Carrion Crow some Gulls.

 Wheatear

 Redshank

 Dunlin

 Whinchat

 Ringed Plover

 Little Egret fight

 High Kick

 Up Close

Old Lodge

 A Two Hour walk at the old lodge Ashdown
3 Ravens over head 8 Redstart 2 Stonechat 2 Goldcrest
Willow Warblers Chiffchaff Robin Swallow

 Raven's

 Stonechat

 Juv Redstart

Southwater area Hornet

When l was looking for Dragonfly's
I watched this Hornet going up and down the path looking
for food then it got hold of a Median Wasp the battle was one sided.

 Hornet with a Median Wasp

Seaford Head

A early Patch walk with Matt Eade
Around Seaford Head starting with 2 Snipe 8 Wheatears at dung heap
then 8 Yellow wags 2 Sparrow hawks loads of Whitethroats lesser Whitethroats
Reed Warblers Willow Warblers Sand &House Martins Swallows a Swift
Common Buzzard Stonechat and Juv and a lovely Humming-Bird Hawkmoth.
and much more.

Wheatear

 Snipe

 Sparrow Hawk

 Willow Warbler

 Lesser Whitethroat

 Reed Warbler

 Buzzard

 Southern Hawker

 Humming-Bird Hawkmoth