Thursday, 14 May 2026

Barn Owl

  I have finally caught up on the processing of the images I have taken recently (apart of the ones taken at work over the last few weeks) so here are a few more images of a local Barn Owl.

This Gull was harassing the Barn Owl.

Barn Owl on the hunt.






It was even harassed by a Magpie.


A canny walk…

…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.


Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Twizell Woods

 Looking around Twizell Woods recently for Large Red Damselflies which unfortunately I didn’t find. I did however find loads of other wildlife.

Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Epistrophe eligans Hoverfly.

Flower Fly?

Platycheirus Sp. Hoverfly.

Platycheirus Sp. Hoverfly hovering.

Flower Fly?

Shaerophoria Sp. Hoverfly.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly hovering.

Baccha Sp. Hoverfly.

Yellow Swarming Fly.

Leaf Beetle.


Leaf Beetle.


Flea Beetle.

Reed Beetle.

Weevil.

Leaf Hopper.

Nymph of a Planthopper.

Another Nymph.

14-spot Ladybird.

Anthomyia genus.

Crane Fly.

St Mark’s Fly in water.

A not very good picture of a Lace Hopper.

Tree Bumblebee.

Buzzards.