Wagtail & Dipper.

Still behind (I always am) these images are from the end of last month at the Causey Burn. 

Mayfly.

This is a cloud of Midges I had to shoot through to get the images of both the Wagtail & Dipper. The little yellow dot in the centre of the shot is a Wagtail.

Grey Wagtail.

Dipper.

Scotland part five

The final part of our Scottish holiday and it was back to Loch of the Lowes to watch the Ospreys in action and this is also where we celebrated our wedding anniversary (we did go out for a meal later). There was quite a bit of action with another Osprey coming too close to the nest and a Buzzard doing the same. 

Osprey busy sitting.

Then another Osprey comes too close (you can see it bottom right of the image)

They both left the nest to see it off.

A little later a Buzzard came a bit close too the nest. Here it is attacking the Osprey.

One of the resident birds diving back toward the nest.

Landing on the nest.

Coming to the nest with a twig.

The other took off

And landed on the camera pole

And stayed there for a while having a good shake.

Burdon Moor

 Once again towards the end of last month I had a walk around Burdon Moor looking for insects.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Brown Silver Line Moth.

A well-worn one.

Timothy Tortrix Moth?

Micro Moth from the family Totricidae.

Northern Crescent Piercer Moth?

Cocoon of a Burnet Moth.

Lace Wing.

Soldier Beetle.

7-spot Ladybird.

The only shot I got of a Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle.

Garden Spider.

Ant.

Twizell Woods

I seem to be way behind again because these images were taken towards the end of last month at Twizell Woods. 

Anchomenus dorsalis Ground Beetle.

Common Green Shieldbug.

A pair of Nettle Weevil.

Nettle Weevil.

Ground Beetle.

Willow Leaf Beetle?

Froghopper.

Soldier Beetle.

Common Red Soldier Beetle.

Large Red Damselfly.

Large Red in tandem.

Azure Damselfly.

Small Yellow Underwing Moth.

Silver-ground Carpet Moth.

Epiblema or Pammene Sp. of Moth.

Common Clothes Moth.

Green Longhorn Moth.

Green Looper Caterpillar?

Caterpillar of the Mottled Umber Moth.

Possibly Larva/Case of a Leaf Miner.

Speckled Wood Butterfly.

Downlooker Snipe Fly.

Clusiidae?

Yellow Swarming Fly.

Alder Fly.

Female German Scorpionfly.

Spider.

22-spot Ladybird (looks like I will have to wash the car).