Sunday 27th June 2010 Foreness & Captain Digby area
A walk around the area was enlivened by a single male Red-veined
Darter which whizzed along the fence by the Captain Digby pub. A few
butterflies included Small Blue, Small Heath, Common Blue, Red Admiral,
Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, and my first Marbled Whites
and Small Skippers of the year. (Barry Hunt)
Saturday 26th June 2010 Kingsgate Area
25/6. I checked the Kingsgate reservoir for Dragonflies in the
afternoon. 70+ Black-tailed Skimmers and a Hobby taking one
every 2-3 minutes. (F Solly)
Wednesday 23rd June 2010 Folkestone Area
Having been told of another very good site for Late Spider Orchids I
went there today, and all I will say is that you get a very good view of
Cheriton Channel tunnel station. I know that a group from the British Hardy
Orchid Society visited this site a week ago. There were at least 30 Late
Spiders Orchids and a few Bee Orchids and some Man Orchids.
I was quite disgusted to see that at least five Late Spider and a couple of
Man Orchids had been squashed and broken by over enthusiastic photographers.
As flowers are pretty static check the area around before you lie down to
photograph the flower. If we call ourselves wildlife photographers put the
flower, bird, animal first. End of rant. (Don Wilks)
Monday 21st June 2010 Kingsgate area
Kingsgate area. A Red-veined Darter - presumably a migrant was
briefly present on the Golf Course this morning (F Solly)
Wednesday 9th June 2010 Undisclosed Site
Out and about looking for Late Spider Orchid, which was found,
also at the same site Bee Orchid and Fragrant Orchid,
Butterflies Noted: Brown Argus, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Small Heath,
Small White, Large White, Brimstone and a female Clouded Yellow.
(Gadget)
Saturday 5th June 2010 Foreness Area
A brief look around the area this morning, apparently to look for some
late migrants bird-wise, which as I'm sure to those of you in the know, is
bordering on insanity in the extreme, was not without it's highlight which
was a single male Small Blue near the Fayreness Hotel on the clifftop
scrub, a remnant of the colony which has, very sadly, been recently
decimated. (Barry Hunt)
Saturday 5th June 2010 Westbere Area
Popped down to Westbere to do some Dragonfly watching early afternoon
and the target species was quickly located, as several Scarce Chasers
were on the wing, most were around the cross path were it joins the River
Stour. Other species included Banded Demoiselle, Azure, Common
Blue, Blue-tailed and Variable Damselfly along with a couple of
Hairy Dragonfly too. (Barry Hunt)
Wednesday 2nd June 2010 Pegwell Bay
While waiting for the tide, a walk
around the bushes & Stonelees produced a good number of butterflies
including c30 Common Blues, 4 Orange Tip, 5 Red Admiral
with varying numbers of Green-veined & Large Whites. The
remaining water to the right on entering Stonelees held a Broad-bodied
Chaser. (Craig Sammels)
Wednesday 2nd June 2010 Dumpton Thanet
A dog Fox trying to hide in the corn field behind my house early
this morning as the Crows were bombing it, (Gadget)
Tuesday 1st June 2010 North Foreland
Rather shockingly, given that I had raised the issue in the previous two
years, virtually all of the rough on North Foreland Golf Course was once
again sprayed with a selective herbicide during May (a far greater area than
in the previous two years). 3/4 of the c200 Man Orchids were sprayed
and lost last year, the survivors were all sprayed this year along with the
only Lizard Orchid on the Golf Course. Flowering plants are now
something of a rarity in much of the rough which of course has a knock on
effect with insects; a number of moths no longer occur - their food plants
having been eradicated. The same fate has occurred to the nationally scarce
and declining Small Blue - a once healthy colony and know been lost
solely due to the spraying. Other butterflies are also struggling including
Common Blue, whilst the 'grass' species are suffering from the lack
of nectaring plants. A photo of what the remaining dying Man Orchids
now look like is attached. (F Solly)
