This post focusses on insects at Seaford Head; but there some birds too, particularly at Cuckmere Haven.
I walked this route from 15.00 to 19.00
Seaford Head
Vineyard Snail, Cernuella virgata, on Wild Carrot, Daucus Carota
Knaoweed
Fly. Genus Winthermia
Sphegina genus of Hoverfly, probably Sphegina elegans
The darker flower in the middle of Wild Carrot blossom that imitates an insect to attract pollinators (flies and hoverflies)
Yellow Dung Fly, Scathophaga stercoraria eating a small fly
Two Hoverflies, probably genus Prosena on Spear Thistle
Fly, probably family Anthomyiidae on Wild Carrot
Crane Fly. Tipula paludosa
Red Clover
Possibly Lasioglossum calceatum (Common Furrow Bee) on Knapweed
Small Heath Butterfly, Coenonympha pamphilus on Knapweed
A Small Heath on Ragwort.
A Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus
Viper's-Bugloss
Common Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
A species of the Bell Flower, Camoalula genus.
A juvenile Kestrel in Hope Bottom
Rosebay Willowherb, Chamaenerion angustifolium
Hlea-All, Prunella vulgaris
Comma Butterfly, Polygonia c-album
Cuckmere Haven
Bar Tailed Godwit
Knot Calidris canutus (juvenile plumage)
Bar Tailed Godwit
Knots
The knot is a dumpy, short-legged, stocky wading bird. In winter, it is grey above and white below - in summer the chest, belly and face are brick-red. In flight, it shows a pale rump and a faint wing-stripe. It forms huge flocks in winter which wheel and turn in flight, flashing their pale underwings as they twist and turn.
Many knots use UK estuaries as feeding grounds, both on migration and in winter, and therefore the population is vulnerable to any changes such as barrages, sea-level rises and human disturbance. Large numbers of birds visit the UK in winter from their Arctic breeding grounds. Knot Bird Facts | Calidris Canutus - The RSPB
Redshanks
Sea Aster
A House Sparrow at dusk
