At the end of last month my wife and I had a walk around Burdon Moor as Whinchats had been seen. There was a family group of Stonechats flying around and as one bird was silhouetted against the sky it wasn’t until I got the images on the computer that I realised I had photographed a Whinchat.
Whinchat.
Stonechat.
Kestrel.
A few images from Bowes Valley Nature Reserve (Kibblesworth Brick Works) toward the end of last month. For all the weather was dry and bright while we were there, there weren’t many dragonflies around which was a bit of a disappointment but other things made up for it.
Southern Hawker.
Small Red-eyed Damselfly.
Male Common Darter.
Female Common Darter.
Emerald Damselfly.
Common Green Shieldbug.
Hairy Shieldbug.
Final instar Bronze Shieldbug.
Birch Catkin Bugs.
Alder Leaf Beetle.
Common Blue Butterfly.
Robin’s Pincushion Gall.
Sphaerophoria Sp. Hoverfly.
As I have said in the past, I take my camera to work on most days that I’m there. Here are a few more images from last month (I’m still a little behind in going through all of the images I have taken).
Over the last few months I have looked all over for
Shieldbugs and I have found more Common Green Shieldbugs (in all stages of
development) at work than anywhere else.
Bronze Shieldbug.
Beetle.
Plant Bug.
Aphid.
Eupeodes luniger Hoverfly.
Sphaerophoria Sp. Hoverfly.
Ichneumonidae Wasp.
Nursery Web Spider.
Ant.
Migrant Hawker.
Common Hawker.
Instar of a Bronze Shieldbug.
Instar of a Common Green Shieldbug.
Birch Catkin Bug.
Birch Catkin Bug nymph.
Alder Beetle.
Batman Hoverfly.
Eristalis Sp. Hoverfly.
Meadow Brown Butterfly.
Garden Spider.
