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