…around Burdon Moor at the beginning of the month produced a few canny birds.
Willow Warbler.
Willow Tit feeding chicks.
Reed Bunting.
Goldfinch.
Kestrel.
One of the many Whitethroats I saw.
This is one of a pair I saw nest building.
This is the other one.
This is the other one watching a St. Mark’s Fly.
Blue Tit feeding chicks.
A couple of Brown Hare.
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.
I’m still way behind with my Blogs; this one is from the beginning of May when I had a walk around Burdon Moor with my wife looking for insects.
This is a Syrphus Sp. of Hoverfly hovering near some
Ribwort Plantain.
It landed and shook some of the pollen off.
Another Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.
Platycheirus Sp. Hoverfly?
Red & Black Froghopper.
Gorse Shieldbug.
Orange-tip Butterfly.
Painted Lady Butterfly.
Nettle Tap.
Ancylis badiana Moth.
St Mark’s Fly.
Sawfly.
Mining Bee.
Willow Warbler.
Female Stonechat.
Male Stonechat.
Kestrel.
