Nature observations from country walks in the south east of England
South East, England
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A big surprise yesterday while I was out hunting for pearl-bordered fritillaries (second photo) in the New Forest near Brockenhurst yesterday was this very fresh painted lady. It was VERY hungry, so perhaps had just been on a long journey….
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Herring gulls don’t just eat chips. Lots of small silver fish had washed up on the shoreline at Seaford, Sussex today and the local juveniles were making the most of it…
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Having tea at @RSPBPulborough on a warm spring day, listening to a cuckoo, and being subjected to merciless intimidation by sparrows (just kidding: they are actually very patient and polite…). What could be nicer?
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White-tailed sea eagle (I was told by a passing staff member - “pretty special, that”) at @RSPBPulborough in Sussex
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A shy green hairstreak, doing its best not to be noticed - “lying flat” as the youth say in China…. On Ranmore Common near Dorking.
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Such a relief to finally see some butterflies after all the cold and grey!! These are all near Dorking: peacock, green-veined white male, and my first grizzled skipper of the year. 10 species seen in all, including orange tip, comma, small white and brimstone.
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And a cuckoo! Definite and nearby, albeit quite a short burst.
Every year I think “Will this be the year I don’t hear a cuckoo”. Well this year is not that year!
(Now if it would kindly call again, that would be nice…..)
Swallows over Bough Beech Reservoir in Kent. OK, I don’t have the kit to actually photograph them, so you have to take my word for it, but there were at least a dozen low over the water. First ones I have seen this year!
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Swallows over Bough Beech Reservoir in Kent. OK, I don’t have the kit to actually photograph them, so you have to take my word for it, but there were at least a dozen low over the water. First ones I have seen this year!
