More Bees…

…in the garden. I have once again tried to get some Bumblebee flight shots however they are not all in flight there are some Mining Bees and a couple of Bee-fly. 

Bumblebee.

Hoverfly.

Mining Bee.

Bee-fly.

Clara Vale & Far Pastures

 A few images from last month at Clara Vale & Far Pastures (I’m still way behind).

Moorhen with one of its chicks.

Roe Buck.

My first Swallows of the year on Barlow Fell.

Blackcap.

Red Kite.

One of two Little Grebe.

The second Little Grebe.

Gadwall.

Stone-curlew

 It was the middle of last month when a Stone-curlew turned up on Seaton Common so being a first for me I had to go down to try and see it. It had disappeared about 10 mins before I arrive and I though just my luck. I waited around for a while and then drove up to the top of the Zinc Works road in case it had relocated. Just as I was about to leave, I saw a group of birders with their scopes and bins looking at something so I drove back down the road and pulled over. The Stone-curlew was showing but it was too far away to be able to get decent images but at least I had seen it. It was chased off by a couple of Crows and that was the last I saw of it.

Local

 I had a local morning and afternoon walk recently and here are a few of the things I saw.

Goldfinch.

Blackcap eating Greenfly.

And calling from the top of a tree.

This Kestrel sat in the same spot for ages and I thought it would be rude not to take a few shots but as I only had my 300mm lens I tried to get as close as I could using gorse bushes for cover, it seems to have worked.

It did eventually fly off to another twig, where it had a bit of a scratch, so this is a slightly larger crop.

And away

To hover over the field.

Linnet.

I thought at first there was only one 7-spot Ladybird

However, I was wrong.

Dark-edged Bee-fly.

Tawny Mining Bee.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.