Monday, 12 May 2025

Burdon Moor with…

 …no Owls in sight. Here are (quite) a few images from Burdon Moor from the end of last month.

A cracking Grasshopper Warbler posed very nicely for me.










Whitethroat were everywhere.





Willow Warbler were in nearly every bush (just a slight exaggeration).




Meadow Pipit.

Kestrel on one of the telegraph poles.

At one point it was hovering just above my car.






There were loads of Orange-tip Butterflies




Also loads of Green-veined White Butterflies.

Platycheirus species of Hoverfly.

Cheilosia pagana Hoverfly?


Friday, 9 May 2025

More Bees…

…in the garden. I have once again tried to get some Bumblebee flight shots however they are not all in flight there are some Mining Bees and a couple of Bee-fly. 

Bumblebee.










Hoverfly.

Mining Bee.



Bee-fly.