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Isn't Nature Brilliant!
A Photographic Record of Wildlife in Folkestone & Hythe
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Birds
Bitterns & Herons
Bittern
Great White Egret
Green Heron
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Night Heron
Purple Heron
Cattle Egret
Buntings
Corn Bunting
Reed Bunting
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Chats & Thrushes
Black Redstart
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Mistle Thrush
Robin
Song Thrush
Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Whinchat
Ring Ouzel
Redwing
Redstart
Cormorants & Shags
Cormorant
Shag
Crows
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Jay
Magpie
Rook
Cuckoo
Divers
Great Northern Diver
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Ducks
Eider
Gadwall
Goldeneye
Goosander
Mallard
Pochard
Ruddy Duck
Scaup
Shelduck
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Teal
Mandarin
Red-breasted Merganser
Scoters
Bufflehead
Dunnock
Falcons
Hobby
Kestrel
Finches
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Siskin
Flycatchers
Fulmar
Gannet
Grebes
Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Gulls
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Kittiwake
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Hawks
Common Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
Rough-legged Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Red Kite
Hen Harrier
Hoopoe
Kingfisher
Skyarks
Nuthatch
Owls
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Partridge & Pheasant
Pheasants
Partridges
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pigeons & Doves
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Wood Pigeon
Stock Dove
Pipits & Wagtails
Pipits
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Tree Pipit
Wagtails
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Plovers & Lapwings
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Little Ringed Plover
Rails
Coot
Moorhen
Water Rail
Shrikes
Skuas
Sparrows
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Starlings
Swallows & Martins
Barn Swallow
House Martin
Sand Martin
Swans
Bewicks Swan
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Terns
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Little Tern
Forster's Tern
Tits
Bearded Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Treecreepers
Waders
Common Sandpiper
Curlew
Dunlin
Green Sandpiper
Grey Phalarope
Oystercatcher
Purple Sandpiper
Redshank
Sanderling
Common Snipe
Turnstone
Whimbrel
Black-winged Stilt
Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
Warblers
Blackcap
Cetti's Warbler
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat
Firecrest
Garden Warbler
Goldcrest
Lesser Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Pallas's Warbler
Wood Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Waxwing
Woodpeckers
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Wrens
Geese
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Barnacle Goose
Greylag Goose
Egyptian Goose
White-fronted Goose
Auks
Razorbill
Insects & Spiders
Damselflies & Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Black-tailed Skimmer
Broad-bodied Chaser
Common Darter
Emperor Dragonfly
Hairy Dragonfly
Migrant Hawker
Southern Hawker
Ruddy Darter
Damselflies
Banded Demoiselle
Emerald Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Small Insects
Drone-fly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Helophilus trivittatus
Lacewings
Common Green Lacewing
Chrysopa perla
Liparus glabrirostris
Hoppers
Red-and-black Froghopper
Issus coleoptratus
Aphrodes makarovi
Roesels Bush-cricket
Scorpion Fly
Speckled Bush-cricket
Spotted Cranefly
Tenthredo arcuata
Xanthogramma pedissequum
Bugs
Boat Bug
Common Green Capsid
Dock Bug
Pied Shieldbug
Leptopterna dolabrata
Cabbage Bug
Woundwort Shieldbug
Hairy Shieldbug
Forest Shieldbug
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Spiked Shieldbug
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Bishops Mitre Shieldbug
Wasps
Amblyteles armatorius
Common Wasp
Hornet
Ichneumon stramentarius
Nomada flava
Flies
Bee-flies
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dotted Bee-fly
Dance Flies
Dung Fly
Flesh Fly
Green Bottle
Horseflies
Large Marsh Horsefly
Twin-lobed Deerfly
Notch-horned Cleg
Phasia hemiptera
Rhingia campestris
Coremacera marginata
Spiders
Xysticus cristatus
Cucumber Green Spider
Four Spot-Orbweaver
Misumena vatia
Beetles
Green Tiger Beetle
Swollen-thighed Beetle
Psilothrix viridicoeruleus
Rutpela maculata
Wasp Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Ladybirds
14-spot Ladybird
Cantharis livida
Pill Beetle
Longhorn Beetles
Great Capricorn Beetle
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn
Great Diving Beetle
Flutterbies
Adonis Blue
Brown Argus
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue
Dingy Skipper
Gatekeeper
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White
Holly Blue
Large Skipper
Large White
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Orange-tip
Painted Lady
Peacock
Purple Hairstreak
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood
Wall Brown
White Admiral
White-letter Hairstreak
Chalk-hill Blue
Essex Skipper
Brimstone
Moths
Micro Moths
Crambidae
63.006 - Pyrausta aurata
63.025 - Anania hortulata
63.116 - Cataclysta lemnata
63.031 - Udea ferrugalis
63.038 - Pleuroptya ruralis
63.018 - Anania coronata
63.115 - Acentria ephemerella
63.048 - Palpita vitrealis
63.121 - Donacaula forficella
63.088 - Crambus perlella
63.054 - Cydalima perspectalis
63.047 - Spoladea recurvalis
63.120 - Schoenobius gigantella
63.112 - Platytes alpinella
63.059 - Evergestis limbata
63.103 - Catoptria verellus
63.005 - Pyrausta despicata
63.095 - Agriphila geniculea
63.089 - Agriphila tristella
Tortricidae
49.031 - Aphelia paleana
49.069 - Acleris sparsana
49.138 - Cochylis molliculana
49.343 - Cydia amplana
49.087 - Acleris literana
49.094 - Phtheochroa sodaliana
49.013 - Archips podana
49.180 - Piniphila bifasciana
49.004 - Ditula angustiorana
49.200 - Enarmonia formosana
49.269 - Eucosma campoliliana
49.254 - Epinotia bilunana
49.341 - Cydia splendana
Oecophoridae
28.019 - Esperia sulphurella
28.001 - Bisigna procerella
28.022 - Alabonia geoffrella
28.014 - Crassa unitella
Gracillariidae
15.012 - Caloptilia semifascia
15.006 - Caloptilia rufipennella
15.013a - Caloptilia honoratella
Pyralidae
62.032 - Nephopterix angustella
62.047 - Assara terebrella
62.021 - Oncocera semirubella
62.033 - Acrobasis tumidana
Plutellidae
18.001 - Plutella xylostella
Micropterigidae
1.004 - Micropterix aruncella
Momphidae
40.015 - Mompha raschkiella
40.002 - Mompha ochraceella
Ypsolophidae
17.003 - Ypsolopha dentella
17.001 - Ypsolopha mucronella
17.012 - Ypsolopha sequella
17.005 - Ypsolopha scabrella
17.002 - Ypsolopha nemorella
17.006 - Ypsolopha horridella
Argyresthiidae
Peleopodidae
31.001 - Carcina quercana
Pterophoridae
45.030 - Pterophorus pentadactyla
45.010 - Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
Ethmiidae
33.002 - Ethmia quadrillella
Gelechiidae
35.160 - Stenolechia gemmella
Macro Moths
Geometridae
70.061 - Common Carpet
70.277 - Common White Wave
70.100 - Green Carpet
70.054 - Silver-ground Carpet
70.192 - Treble-bar
70.029 - Blood-vein
70.083 - Cypress Carpet
70.188 - Bordered Pug
70.235 - Dusky Thorn
70.031 - Mocha
70.106 - Winter Moth
70.247 - Pale Brindled Beauty
70.251 - Oak Beauty
70.155 - Netted Pug
70.224 - Scorched Wing
70.020 - Sub-angled Wave
70.173 - Lime-speck Pug
70.008 - Small Dusty Wave
70.038 - The Vestal
70.095 - Red-green Carpet
70.252 - Peppered Moth
70.160 - White-spotted Pug
70.133 - Small Rivulet
70.023 - Mullein Wave
70.152 - Channel Islands Pug
70.059 - Yellow Shell
70.067 - The Streamer
70.112 - Dingy Shell
70.036 - Maiden's Blush
70.137 - Grass Rivulet
70.144 - Green Pug
70.280 - Clouded Silver
70.227 - Bordered Beauty
70.016 - Riband Wave
70.114 - Small Yellow Wave
70.288 - Brussels Lace
70.127 - The Fern
70.015 - Small Scallop
70.226 - Brimstone Moth
70.087 - Purple Bar
70.254 - Scarce Umber
70.248 - Brindled Beauty
70.157 - Oak-tree Pug
Sphingidae
69.016 - Elephant Hawk-moth
69.002 - Eyed Hawk-moth
69.010 - Hummingbird Hawk-moth
69.001 - Lime Hawk-moth
69.003 - Poplar Hawk-moth
69.017 - Small Elephant Hawk-moth
69.006 - Privet Hawk-moth
69.007 - Pine Hawk-moth
Erebidae
72.083 - Burnet Companion
72.015 - Pale Tussock
72.031 - Cinnabar
72.017 - Vapourer
72.044 - Dingy Footman
72.026 - Garden Tiger
72.001 - The Herald
72.024 - Ruby Tiger
72.042 - Red-necked Footman
72.084 - Mother Shipton
72.066 - Waved Black
72.041 - Four-spotted Footman
72.011 - Gypsy Moth
72.063 - Blackneck
72.029 - Scarlet Tiger
72.067 - Small Purple-barred
72.039 - Dotted Footman
72.081 - Dark Crimson Underwing
72.046 - Scarce Footman
72.010 - Black Arches
72.003 - The Snout
72.006 - Bloxworth Snout
72.078 - Red Underwing
Noctuidae
73.113 - Angle Shades
73.120 - Dusky Sallow
73.015 - Silver Y
73.058 - Mullein
73.342 - Large Yellow Underwing
73.270 - Dot Moth
73.045 - Knot Grass
73.357 - Square-spot Rustic
73.359 - Setaceous Hebrew Character
73.012 - Burnished Brass
73.001 - The Spectacle
73.085 - Marbled Green
73.233 - Black Rustic
73.068 - Green-brindled Crescent
73.242 - Clouded Drab
73.032 - Nut-tree Tussock
73.241 - Pine Beauty
73.112 - Pale-shouldered Cloud
73.076 - Scarce Bordered Straw
73.182 - The Sallow
73.187 - Brown-spot Pinion
73.031 - Four-spotted
73.224 - Merveille du Jour
73.200 - Tawny Pinion
73.087 - Small Mottled Willow
73.134 - Large Wainscot
73.284 - White Spot
73.300 - L-album Wainscot
73.036 - Alder Moth
73.093 - Clancy's Rustic
73.105 - Bird's Wing
73.320 - Heart and Club
73.059 - Toadflax Brocade
73.298 - The Clay
73.295 - The Delicate
73.052 - The Shark
73.213 - The Olive
73.136 - Bulrush Wainscot
73.291 - Common Wainscot
73.253 - Feathered Gothic
73.223 - Oak Rustic
73.247 - Powdered Quaker
73.022 - Gold Spot
73.125 - Marsh Mallow Moth
73.002 - Dark Spectacle
73.186 - Beaded Chestnut
Lasiocampidae
66.007 - Oak Eggar
66.010 - Drinker
66.008 - Fox Moth
Zygaenidae
54.008 - Six-spot Burnet
Notodontidae
71.020 - Pale Prominent
71.012 - Iron Prominent
71.003 - Puss Moth
71.022 - Maple Prominent
71.025 - Buff-tip
71.029 - Scarce Chocolate-tip
71.011 - Lunar Marbled Brown
Hepialidae
3.001- Orange Swift
Drepanidae
65.004 - Dusky Hook-tip
65.009 - Buff Arches
65.010 - Figure Of Eighty
65.003 - Barred Hook-tip
Nolidae
74.008 - Green Silver-lines
74.009 - Oak Nycteoline
Cream-bordered Green Pea
Wild Flowers
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil
Campion
Bladder Campion
Red Campion
White Campion
Common Toadflax
Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Eyebright
Greater Knapweed
Lesser Celandine
Orchids
Bee Orchid
Common Twayblade
Early Purple Orchid
Pyramidal Orchid
Common Spotted Orchid
Rose-bay Willowherb
Sweet Violet
Vipers Bugloss
Yellow Iris
Marsh Mallow
Fungi
Coprinus plicatilis
Parasol Mushroom
Shaggy Ink Cap
The Witch's Hat
Chicken of the Woods
Egghead Mottlegill
Fly Agaric
Common Puffball
Not Forgetting
Amphibians
Common Frog
Common Toad
Marsh Frog
Smooth Newt
Mammals
Soprano Pipistrelle
Brown Hare
Common Seal
Wood Mouse
Grey Squirrel
Hedgehog
Mink
Rabbit
Red Fox
Weasel
Stoat
Reptiles
Adder
Grass Snake
Common Lizard
Further Afield
France
Damselflies
Beautiful Demoiselle
Copper Demoiselle
Willow Emerald Damselfly
Butterflies
Brown Hairstreak
Clouded Yellow
Dryad
Fritillaries
Meadow Fritillary
Spotted Fritilliary
Weavers Fritillary
Silver-washed Fritillary
Geranium Bronze
Large Copper
Large White
Map Butterfly
Purple-shot Copper
Short-tailed Blue
Southern Speckled Wood
Swallowtails
Scarce Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Moths
Burnet Companion
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Jersey Tiger
Latticed Heath
White Plume Moth
Madeira
Fea's Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Berthelot's Pipit
Beside The Seaside
Jellyfish