Thursday 21st September 2006 Kingsgate
Very little in the way of Butterflies in the morning, a few Speckled
Woods, Red Admirals, Whites and worn Common Blues and Meadow
Browns. Returned in the afternoon in baking conditions to find at
least 50 Peacocks - the first here this month, a late date for such
a number here and presumably immigrants. (F Solly)
Wednesday 20th September 2006 Worth track sbbot
There were 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Common Darter
on the worth track this morning. (Gadget)
Sunday 17th September 2006 Plum Pudding
A Stoat in a pipe on the sea wall by the
riding stables at Plum Pudding today. (Tim Hodge)
Thursday 14th September 2006 King George VI
Park
Several Migrant Hawkers were hunting insects in the lea of
the Sycamores by the Cafe whilst butterflies were represented by a
few Red Admirals, Speckled Wood along with the odd
"White". Pick of the sightings was provided by a young Brown
Rat feeding on Blackberries on the cliff-top. (Dylan)
Wednesday 13th September Minnis Bay
Migrant Hawker taking the sun at Minnis Bay
today. (Tim Hodge)
Wednesday 13th September 2006 Newington
Thanet
Opposite are three examples of Harlequin Ladybird
I've taken in my moth’s traps this past 2 nights. (Phil M)
Friday 8th September 2006 Lydden Kent
Trust Reserve
Dave and I popped over to Lydden on a spur of the moment short trip. Lots
of Great Green Bush-crickets plus still quite a few Long-winged
Coneheads and Dark Bush Crickets kicking about. Star of the
show was a female Wart-biter Dave found after following the call of
an unseen male. Unfortunately I was taking photos of a Great Green
a few hundred yards away and by the time I got to the area it had buried
itself in the long grass beneath a bush. Still a few Butterflies on the
wing including Common Blue, some tatty Chalkhill Blues, 1- 2
Clouded Yellow's etc. Moths included a few
Treble-bar and singles of Pyruasta despicata and a
late Straw Belle. The only identifiable Grasshopper we found were Field
Grasshoppers and amongst the bird life we stumbled across quite a few Phylosc's
and Sylvia Warblers plus a single Hobby. (Phil M and Dave
Coppen)
Thursday 7th September 2006 Sericol Factory, Pyson's Rd Industrial
Estate
There aren't many days when you can say you've had a "great"
day at work when you're a factory worker, something that I've been for
over 27 years. Today was one! At just after 12.00hrs, Darren Burgess
shouted to me to "have a look at this ***** huge
butterfly" that was flying around an ink production unit inside the
factory. I walked in, expecting a Red Admiral or a Peacock only to be
confronted with my first ever UK sighting of a Monarch.
It was a stunning insect and had attracted the attention of several of the
other members of the "cell 70" crew. We watched as it fluttered
around the machinery, before it flew out through the roller door
and continued to put on an excellent show as it inspected several of the
solvent drums, on pallets in the yard. Why had it come into the factory? I
don't think that we will ever know the exact reason, but it is noticeable
that some of the solvents do attract other insect species during the
course of a year. Bumble Bees are particularly prone to this
behaviour! Quite frankly, I don't care for an explanation - I now have Monarch
on my UK butterfly list and that'll do for me! (Dylan)
Monday 4th September 2006 Old Hoverpad at
Cliffsend Thanet
At about 12:30 James and saw a Monarch
sailing west along the base of the cliffs heading towards Pegwell Country
Park. In spite of much searching thereafter we were unable to relocate
this impressive butterfly. This is our second sighting here this autumn.
In addition there appeared to be large numbers of Cabbage White and
a single Clouded Yellow moving in a westerly direction.
Also of interest was a Brown Argus on the beach to the
north of the hoverpad. On the dragonfly front there was a marked increase
in the numbers of both Common Darter and Migrant
Hawker, many of which were also moving in a westerly direction. (Dave
B)
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