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| Painted Lady at Samphire Hoe |
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| Orb Web Spider |
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| Some of the Lichens on my garden bench |
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| Peacock |
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| Red Admiral |
Sunday, 27 July 2014
July 27th
A few more pics mainly from my garden.
Saturday, 19 July 2014
July 19th
Sitting at home watching the golf.......yawn! Made myself sort out a few photos and post on here.
I am trying to get to grips with dragonflies and damselflies, so if I have labelled any wrong, please correct me.
I am trying to get to grips with dragonflies and damselflies, so if I have labelled any wrong, please correct me.
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| Crossbill female |
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| Crossbill Male |
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| Slavonian Grebe |
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| Small Copper |
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| Howletts latest....2 weeks old |
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| 4 Spot Chaser |
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| Blacktailed skimmer female ? |
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| Bluetail Damselfly |
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| Cinnibar Moth |
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| Common Blue Damselfly |
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| Ruddy Darter |
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| Drinker Moth Caterpillar |
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| Emporer dragonfly female |
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| Great Crested Grebe with Chicks |
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| Marbled White |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Ruddy Darter Female? |
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| Small Skipper |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Weird fly front view |
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| Same weird fly rear view |
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| No my lens wont zoom that far, I really do go places other than Dungeness! |
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| Avocet with egg |
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| Pheasant |
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| Pheasant |
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
May 12th
Please do not adjust your sets, this is a real blog not a computer glitch! Yes, I've finally got around to writing an up to date post.
I apologise for not updating everyone on sightings etc. but I hope that this posting will be a start of returning to some normality (if I ever was normal!)
I'm now back on the road with an adapted vehicle which I can get my wheelchair in and I can currently drive, so I have been enjoying myself down at Dungeness volunteering again.
I have updated the list on the right for 2014 which includes a life tick for the Black Winged Stilt and the count so far is 121.
Below are a few pics I've managed to get this year, 3 bearded tit, 3 purple heron and a small copper.
I apologise for not updating everyone on sightings etc. but I hope that this posting will be a start of returning to some normality (if I ever was normal!)
I'm now back on the road with an adapted vehicle which I can get my wheelchair in and I can currently drive, so I have been enjoying myself down at Dungeness volunteering again.
I have updated the list on the right for 2014 which includes a life tick for the Black Winged Stilt and the count so far is 121.
Below are a few pics I've managed to get this year, 3 bearded tit, 3 purple heron and a small copper.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
4th Jan 2014
Missing out on my new year list...cant get out yet. Im now unable to drive, my legs are not strong enough to operate the pedals. I'm hoping when i finally have my assessment at the end of Jan after 6 months wait, i will be allowed to get a mobility car.
There probably wont be many updates to the blog until i can get out again, i hope to see all my friends again very soon, until then I wish you all a happy new year.
There probably wont be many updates to the blog until i can get out again, i hope to see all my friends again very soon, until then I wish you all a happy new year.
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
20th November
Two weeks in and thoroughly bored, 4 weeks to go....jeeez....at least I'm nice and warm indoors while the temperature is dropping outside. I am feeling a lot better in myself now, although my mobility is deteriorating, I am now unable to manage indoors on the crutches, so i have to use the wheelchair all the time.
Our resident sparrow-hawk has been showing itself most days, scaring the high numbers of starlings off the pylon. Two goldcrests have been on the conifer at the bottom of the garden, but the garden is particularly quiet and the feeders are hardly used, probably due to a neighbours cat spending most of its time hunting there...grrrr.
Our resident sparrow-hawk has been showing itself most days, scaring the high numbers of starlings off the pylon. Two goldcrests have been on the conifer at the bottom of the garden, but the garden is particularly quiet and the feeders are hardly used, probably due to a neighbours cat spending most of its time hunting there...grrrr.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
7th November
Well where do i start?! So much has happened since my last blog, but ive not really had the motivation to update here....so here goes.......
First job today was to remove the semi p from the year list, the distant views we had were inconclusive so i will not count it.
I now have my new electric wheelchair, so once i get a more practical vehicle, ill be able to get out and about as the chair is able to go offroad/all terrain. As nice as it is the jag wont take it!
My working career is now officially over, i have been discharged from my old job, so i am now a state scrounger! I have my disabled badge for the car, disabled pass for the buses, and awaiting confirmation to order a motability vehicle.
I am now volunteering for the rspb at dungeness as a 'Guide in a Hide' although lately the hide has been the visitor centre.
I am currently in Canterbury hospital awaiting transport home, where I have been ordered to have complete bedrest for 6 weeks......OH MY GOD!!!!
More to come...
First job today was to remove the semi p from the year list, the distant views we had were inconclusive so i will not count it.
I now have my new electric wheelchair, so once i get a more practical vehicle, ill be able to get out and about as the chair is able to go offroad/all terrain. As nice as it is the jag wont take it!
My working career is now officially over, i have been discharged from my old job, so i am now a state scrounger! I have my disabled badge for the car, disabled pass for the buses, and awaiting confirmation to order a motability vehicle.
I am now volunteering for the rspb at dungeness as a 'Guide in a Hide' although lately the hide has been the visitor centre.
I am currently in Canterbury hospital awaiting transport home, where I have been ordered to have complete bedrest for 6 weeks......OH MY GOD!!!!
More to come...
Monday, 16 September 2013
Friday 13th
The way my luck has been the last 18 mnths, i was definately going to to be carefull and stay at home today seeing as it is friday 13th!
Phone call.....semi palmated sandpiper on burrows.....i just had to do it. Arrived at makepeace, was pointed in the right direction and found it tagging along with2 little stints....life tick! Thanks Wendy for the phone call.
It did stay at distance so i was unable to get any pics. Apparently it has been spending a bit of time in front of firth hide, so after a while i relocated to there hoping it would come and join me for a photo session, but not to be. Other birds of note at firth, were ringed plovers, 7 ruff, bartailed godwit, greenshank, 3 snipe, a few dunlin and the juvenile black tern. After a while i made my way back to the visitor centre, for a coffee and a chat.
Getting used to the wheelchair now, especially since ive got a nice new comfy cushion. I need to put my engineering skills to the test to set up a scope support on it.
My mobile phone died recently, and i havent been able to get any of my numbers off, so anyone who knows me, please ring me or text me so that i can get your number back.
I will post a few pics later from my recent trips out.
Phone call.....semi palmated sandpiper on burrows.....i just had to do it. Arrived at makepeace, was pointed in the right direction and found it tagging along with2 little stints....life tick! Thanks Wendy for the phone call.
It did stay at distance so i was unable to get any pics. Apparently it has been spending a bit of time in front of firth hide, so after a while i relocated to there hoping it would come and join me for a photo session, but not to be. Other birds of note at firth, were ringed plovers, 7 ruff, bartailed godwit, greenshank, 3 snipe, a few dunlin and the juvenile black tern. After a while i made my way back to the visitor centre, for a coffee and a chat.
Getting used to the wheelchair now, especially since ive got a nice new comfy cushion. I need to put my engineering skills to the test to set up a scope support on it.
My mobile phone died recently, and i havent been able to get any of my numbers off, so anyone who knows me, please ring me or text me so that i can get your number back.
I will post a few pics later from my recent trips out.
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
13th August
Managed a few hrs today, started at ARC with 3 greenshank, 4 little egret, 2 common sandpipers, 2 ringed plover, 1 redshank, 6 blacktail godwits didn't last long though, Lucy and the crew turned up to give the landscape in front of the screen a much needed haircut. Over to main reserve where I sat in Firth hide for a while watching 2 wood sandpipers keep their distance so that I couldn't get a good shot of them! another redshank noted, the 6 blackwits settled there from ARC as well. Ringed plover, juv pied wagtails, linnets and oystercatcher and a female Garganey also in view. 2 Black neck grebes still hanging around, a little gull and 2 Egyptian geese also dropped in. A splendid summer plumage grey plover was also in front of Makepeace.
Just watching my garden while typing this up just as a sparrowhawk slammed into a bush and grabbed a house sparrow! Finally saw the green woodpecker which has been very vocal over the last few days fly over.
Just watching my garden while typing this up just as a sparrowhawk slammed into a bush and grabbed a house sparrow! Finally saw the green woodpecker which has been very vocal over the last few days fly over.
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| Egyptian Goose |
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| Little Egret |
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| Redshank |
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| Wood Sandpiper with 2 Blacktailed Godwits |
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| Wood Sandpiper |
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| Greenshank |
Thursday, 8 August 2013
6th August
Managed a trip down to Dungy today. The first thing I noticed was the abundance of butterflies today, inc red admiral, peacock, small copper, small heath, gatekeeper, speckled wood, brown argus just to name a few. 2 black necked grebes were showing well in front of Dennis's hide, and from there I drove up to the viewing ramp but very quiet except for a few bearded tits pinging in the reeds but keeping out of sight, 1 juvenile marsh harrier quartering at a distant and not much else really. Moved on to Denge hide where the juv harrier was a bit closer getting mobbed by common terns. Still a few juv terns around, nice to see that they have been more successful this year in raising many young on the rafts. The great white egret was visible from the track just before the hide and as I came out of the hide a bittern flew straight towards and then over me from Christmas dell area. Back to the visitor centre to try and find the swallowtail butterfly that was first seen by Dennis's hide about 5 mins after I left there earlier!!!!! Typical!! but to no avail.
Sitting back at home I noticed a young song thrush in the garden, and managed a quick shot of it.
Sitting back at home I noticed a young song thrush in the garden, and managed a quick shot of it.
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| Brown Argus |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Juvenile Common Tern |
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| Peacock |
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| Juvenile Song Thrush |
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