Images from a few days ago

I seem to be getting out less often than I used too but I don’t know why that is, however here are some images I took a few days ago.

Yellowhammer

Grey Wagtail (high ISO light was rubbish)

Dipper

Mute Swan

Little Grebe

Heron

Wren

GSW

Ruddy Shelduck

Migrant Hawker. There were still quite a few around a few days ago however, when you want them in flight they will not fly.

 

Sunday was probably…

…the last time I will get to Cragside for the Dragons this season. Black and Common Darter were around in good numbers and there were still a few Southern Hawkers. It was a different matter on Monday at Shibdon Ponds where a strong wind must have been keeping the Dragons down as I saw only one briefly. I did however get a Ruddy Shelduck but the only bird of note at Far Pastures was a Kestrel.

Southern Hawker Ovipositing

In flight

Sitting nice (as an old friend of mine used to say)

Black Darter. This is the only one I managed to get sitting nice most of them liked sitting on the picnic tables.

Big Toad

Little Toad

Mallard

Ruddy Shelduck at Shibdon

Kestrel at Far Pastures

 

My two pennies worth…

…from Whitburn and South Gare last week (I have just finished going through all of the images). Three lifers in one day and not one of them found by me but do I care NO!!!!!!

Red-backed Shrike at Whitburn. Always too far away for decent pictures but my first lifer of the day.

Roseate Tern at South Gare. Again too far away but my second lifer of the day.



My third lifer a superb Pomarine Skua.

Having a stretch

Having a snooze. It wasn’t at all bothered by all the birders/photographers and while I was there everyone behaved impeccably.

Ready to take off because the only thing that bothered it was dog walkers

And this is what it thought of said dog walkers

Preening

Who do you think you are looking at?

Another dog walker on the beach got too close

Flying toward me

A fly past

Dunlin in flight

Just landed

Playing with the seaweed

Just like the colours of the bird

Sandwich Tern

Juvenile Arctic Tern

Bar-tailed Godwit

Having a good scratch