Far Pastures

 Yesterday was the first time I have been out with the camera since my knee operation seven weeks ago. I chose Far Pastures because I wouldn’t have to walk far from the carpark to the hide and if I did fancy a short walk there was always the lane plus, I thought there would be something to take pictures of. Unfortunately, there wasn’t. There was a Heron sunning itself but it was hidden from my view by reeds. The only thing I managed to get shots of on the pond were dragonfly in particular Migrant Hawker. It wasn’t much better along the lane I only managed to get two images a Shieldbug and a fly. However, I’m not complaining it was still great to be out once more. All the images of the Migrant Hawker and Common Darter were taken with a Nikon Z9 and 500mm f4 + 2x convertor.

It may be hard to make out but this is a pair of Migrant Hawker.

There were a few Migrant Hawker around.

Common Darter.

Common Green Shieldbug instar.

Tachinid Fly.

Stonechats

 A walk around Burdon Moor on the 2^nd produced not one pair of Stonechats but two pairs both pairs catching insects in the same area. There were a few Wrens singing and it was nice to see a Willow Tit looking for insects. I only saw one Shieldbug which was not surprising as it was shaded along the line.

Stonechat

Wren

Common Green Shieldbug

Willow Tit

Shieldbugs

I have seen more Shieldbugs in the past week or so than I did in the whole of Spring and Summer. It’s great to see them on the autumnal colours of the brambles and other leaves. These images were all taken in the Burdon Moor area and once again I am quite happy to be corrected on the identification of any of them.

Hairy/Sloe Shieldbug.

Spiked Shieldbug (there were more of these around than anything else).

Green Shieldbug.

Gorse Shieldbug.

Spider waiting for something to come along,