Flying Ants

Yet another flying-ant day. Swarms were gathering on the turf above Birling Gap at sunset.

Migrant Hawker

Passing through the garden

Common Darter

Common Darter

Possibly a 4th Instar Hawthorn Shieldbug

Chalk Farm

Corn Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

The Wild Marjoram was busy with butterflies

Painted Lady

Peacock

Marbled White

Chalk-hill Blue

Wall

Common Blue, a mating pair

Wayfarer's Tree

Church Farm

Just north of Litlington, in the Cuckmere Valley, is the flooded meadow at Church Farm.

Little Egret

Two Cattle Egrets (left) with Little Egrets

Marsh Mallow

Cuckmere Haven

A family of Shelduck were on the main river

Sea Lavender was flowering extensively

Looking north up the valley.

Black-headed Gull

A roost of Black-headed Gull

Little Egret

Dunlin

Kittiwakes at Seaford Head

An extremely windy afternoon. Most of the adults were roosting, with some juveniles attempting to control their flight in the gusty conditions.

                   

A Beewolf, in the sandy soil near the cliff edge

Slow Worm in Further Plantation

A first in the woodland for this species.

Female Common Blue

Chaffinch

This female has been a regular visitor to the feeders.

Broad-leaved Helleborine

In Friston Forest

Cattle Egrets in the Cuckmere Valley

Five individuals, around the cattle!

Toadflax Brocade Moth

In the bathroom. The caterpillars of this species were in the garden a few months ago, feeding on their eponymous food plant.

West Rise Marsh

The driest I have ever seen the marsh.

The second lake was dry.

Emperor Dragonfly

Canada Geese

Juvenile Sparrows

Cinnabar Moth caterpillars, Hill Road

 

Broadleaved Enchanter's Nightshade, Eastbourne Hospital

 

Ichneumon Wasp

This hunting wasp was in the garden. I think it was a male Ichneumon stramentor

Small Copper

Further Plantation - Fungi and Slime Mould

 Fungi growing among the dead Ash trees, after the recent rain

 One of 3 Red Admirals

Wolf's Milk Slime Mould