Local part 2

 A local Barn Owl.

Rainton Meadows

 A drive to Rainton Meadows for the Temminck’s Stint which is a lifer for me. And if that wasn’t enough a Wood Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover showed very well just outside the hide. All in all a canny morning out.

A lifer for me Temminck’s Stint.

Wood Sandpiper.

Little Ringed Plover with four eggs.

It was replaced on the nest by its mate and landed right outside the hide.

Male Shoveler.

Male Shelduck.

A pair of Oystercatcher with four chicks.

Local part 1

 A local walk with the camera recently produced some canny wildlife. A pair of Roe Deer came very close to me after a dog barking startled them. In fact, even though I felt guilty, I had to startled them myself by coughing to get them to turn away from me, the female was that close I thought I was going to get jumped on. A Grasshopper warbler (I’m not sure if it was the same bird I had seen before) put on a good show as I was walking back.

A pair of Roe Deer.

This image might have been taken with an 800mm lens but this is full frame no cropping involved. She was coming very close. 

After I had to startle them they both ran off.

Grasshopper Warbler.

Back to Bugs

 Burdon Moor recently on another bug hunt.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Bronze Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug and 7-spot Ladybird.

Gorse Shieldbug.

Hawthorn Leaf Beetle.

Common Leaf Weevil.

Weevil.

7-spot Ladybirds.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Neoascia Sp. Hoverfly.

Hovering Drone Fly.

Hovering Bee Fly.

A type of parasitic Tachinid Fly.

Orange Tip Butterfly.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.

Fruitlet Mining Tortrix Moth?

Tortricidae Sp. Moth.

Possibly Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella Moths.

Linnet.

Whitethroat.

Willow Warbler.