It's been a long wait to see my first Small Copper #butterfly this year. I found this one along the #Pegwell clifftop path. 📷🌞🦋💚👍 #summer #wildlife

Some footage of the juvenile Green woodpecker using its long sticky tongue 🙂 🎥🌞💚👍 #Pegwell #summer #wildlife

A beautiful evening along the river Stour. We spotted 2 Cattle egret, Buzzard, Marsh harrier & Kestrel but the highlight of the evening was watching the Barn owl hunting & 1 of the chicks poking its head out of the nest box as it got dark. 🎥🌅🦅🦉💚👍 #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #summer #wildlife

This beautiful Fox is out hunting moths in the garden this evening. 📷🌞🦊🦋💚👍 #Ramsgate #summer #wildlife

Some footage of the Eider duck filmed from the balcony at the Sir Stanley Gray at #pegwellbay. 🙂 🎥🌞🔥🦆💚👍 #summer #wildlife #kentbirding

Highlight of the day for me was spotting this Weasel leaping through the long grass carrying a mouse at #Pegwell. 🙂 🎥🌞🔥🐁💚👍 #summer #wildlife

An absolutely scorching guided wildlife walk from #Ramsgate to #Pegwell with Bronwen & Nigel. Highlights were young Kestrels being fed, a newly fledged female Blackcap at the hoverport & an Eider duck just offshore on the incoming tide. 🙂 📷🌞🔥🦅🦋💚👍 #summer #wildlife

In between the rain showers we got to the Bee Orchids & Marbled white butterfly at St Augustines :-)

A few pics from Gazen Salts nature reserve :-)

A very warm and humid day out before the rains came. We visited Sandwich Lakes and Gazen Salts before stopping off at St Augustines to see the Bee Orchids 🙂 📷🌦️🔥💚👍 #Sandwich #Thanet #summer #wildlife

I found a few Pyramidial orchids along with another 2 Bee orchids the other day 🙂 #Thanet #summer #orchids

I had a feeling the young Kestrels might be fledging soon. Only two of the four were still on the nest when I arrived 🙂 #thanet #summer #wildlife

Some nice views of the Skylarks in the #Pegwell horse paddocks 🙂 #summer #wildlife

Great to see a few families of Long-tailed tits out feeding today 🙂 #Ramsgate #Pegwell #summer #wildlife

A good few Norfolk Hawker #Dragonfly have colonised the Minster drains 🙂 #Saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #summer #wildlife

One of last years Fox cubs has been trying to get inside the Hedgehog feeding station!. So far the only visitors have been slugs and mice, the Hedgehog is less curious and crawls past the entrance without going in. 🎥🦊🦔💚👍 #Ramsgate #summer #wildlife #springwatch

I got a great view of the male Kestrel hunting as it briefly hovered at almost eye level 🙂 📷⛅️💨🦅💚👍 #Ramsgate #summer #wildlife

The male Kestrel was hunting along the #Ramsgate westcliff this afternoon. I don't think the dog walker even noticed just how close he was! 😉 📷⛅️💨🦅💚👍 #summer #wildlife

I found this Red-veined darter #dragonfly being buffeted by the wind in one of the Lavender bushes outside the Rose garden on #Ramsgate westcliff this afternoon 🙂 📷⛅️💨🦋💚👍 #summer #wildlife

A group photo of the young Kestrels hiding out in the dark 🙂 📷🦅💚👍 #Thanet #summer #wildlife

Fox relaxing in the garden when I arrived home yesterday evening 🙂 📷🌦️🦊💚👍 #Ramsgate #summer #wildlife

A lovely day out at Grove Ferry with Sharon. We had 2 sightings of the Bittern. At one point it landed behind the reeds facing the Marsh hide but sadly never came out while we were there. Also Hobbies, Marsh Harriers, Common Tern, Cattle Egret, Swifts & a Cuckoo. 📷🌥️🦅💚👍 #GroveFerry #summer #wildlife

I went to check on the Kestrel nest yesterday. Interesting to see the adult male bring in not a mouse or vole but what looks like a young bird! 🎥⛅️🦅🐥💚👍 #Thanet #spring #wildlife

I counted sixteen Bee Orchid spikes around one area yesterday! 🙂 📷⛅️🐝🪻💚👍 #Thanet #summer #orchids

A very strange sight. A Green Woodpecker on St Augustines cross yesterday morning 🙂 📷🌤️💚👍 #Thanet #summer #wildlife

Five new Ravens for #Thanet. They fledged a week or so ago :-)

Just the one Common Lizard seen yesterday. I expect it was too hot even for them! 📷🌞🔥🦎💚👍 #Thanet #heatwave #spring #wildlife

A handsome male Blackcap eating insects on the old #Pegwell hoverport 🙂 🎥🌞🐦🐜💚👍 #spring #wildlife

Very challenging light for filming but great to see four well fed growing Kestrel chicks. They have moved from what was their old nest site. 🎥🌞🦅🐁🐥🐥🐥🐥💚👍 #Thanet #spring #wildlife

Pegwell Bay was sparkling like silver yesterday morning 🙂 🎥🌞💚👍 #pegwellbay

The Swan family🙂🎥🌞🦢🦢🦢🦢💚👍 #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #spring #wildlife

I don't think I've seen a Norfolk Hawker on Minster Marshes before. There was a few of them. Added to iRecord. 🙂 📷🌞💚👍 #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #spring #wildlife

Red Kite over Richborough Energy Park yesterday morning. 🎥🌞🦅💚👍 #Thanet #spring #wildlife

A pretty good 18 Lizard Orchids seen today as well as 5 Bee Orchids. 📷🌞🦎🐝🪻💚👍 #Thanet #spring #orchids

I found this beautiful Fox sitting out in the garden when I got home 🙂 📷🌤️🦊💚👍 #Ramsgate #heatwave #spring #wildlife

A scorching day at Samphire Hoe watching the returning House Martins collecting mud to repair their nests 🙂 🎥🌞🔥🐦‍⬛💦🪹 #samphirehoe #spring #wildlife

A Hummingbird Hawk moth feeding on the Red valerian at the Ramsgate Boating Pool 📷🌤️🦋🌸 #Ramsgate #heatwave #spring #wildlife

Five Med gulls over Cliffsend, #Pegwell this afternoon. #KentBirding

Nice to find two Broad-bodied chasers while out and about 🙂 🎥🌞💚👍 #Pegwell #spring #wildlife

A very distant Spoonbill in the heat haze on an incoming tide at #Pegwell this afternoon. A Cuckoo was calling in the country Park around 1pm before flying over to Stonelees and beyond. 🙂 🎥🌞🔥💚👍 #spring #heatwave #wildlife

Lovely to find a family of newly fledged Wrens on #Ramsgate Westcliff this morning 🙂 📷🌞🐦🐥🐥🐥💚👍 #spring #wildlife

I found this young Fox taking it easy on the garden compost heap 🙂 📷🌞🦊💚👍 #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife

Always nice to find a great big bunch of Spiderlings and a few Painted Lady #Butterfly feeding on Red valerian along #Ramsgate Westcliff on my way home. Still waiting to see a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. 🙂 📷🌞🕷️🕷️🕷️🦋💚👍 #spring #wildlife

Great to see the Swift nest boxes on #Ramsgate Eastcliff being used again this year. I watched a flock of about 10 around the San Clu 🙂 🎥🌞🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛💚👍 #spring #wildlife

It was buzzing down at #Ramsgate harbour today! 📷🌞#visitramsgate #OperationDynamo #LittleShips #standingwithgiants

It was beautiful, sunny and calm the other evening at the #Ramsgate boating pool. The Swallows were feeding and it looked like the Goldfinch were looking for nest material. 🎥🌤️🐦🐦🐦🦆💚👍 #spring #wildlife

I refound the Spotted flycatcher in the garden this evening 🙂 🎥🌅🐦🕷️🦊🥚💚👍 #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife

I managed to get some footage of this mornings Spotted flycatcher 🙂 🎥☀️🐦🪰💚👍 #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife

A new garden tick this morning. Great to see a Spotted Flycatcher! 📷☀️🐦🪰💚👍 #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife

A Rabbit in the Buttercups. 🎥⛅️🐇🌼🌼🌼 #Pegwell #spring #wildlife