700

 My 700^th Blog and one of my favourite birds the Kingfisher (and supporting cast).

Female Kingfisher

GSW

Long-tailed Tit

Robin

Goldfinch

I haven’t been…

…to Clara Vale for a long while so in the last couple of weeks I have put that right. Here are some of the images. I still like to have a walk around Burdon Moor and a week or so ago I did just that. I must warn you that one of the images is not for the squeamish. 

Tree Sparrow

Heron fishing

Coal Tit

Great Tit

Male Chaffinch

Female Chaffinch

GSW

Jackdaw

Shieldbug

Another Shieldbug in its winter colouring

Stonechat

Magpie eating a dead Rat (I was hoping for a Stoat to come along when I saw the Rat but I’ll make do with the Magpie).

For some reason…

…and I don’t know why, I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for going out and taking pictures. It could be that I just can’t be bothered to go through them on the computer once I have taken them, I don’t know. Anyway, these images were taken on the 4^th at Langdon Beck and Burdon Moor.

This young Hare crossed the road in front of the car. I kept an eye on where it had hunkered down in the grass I took a couple of shots then left it alone.

This is why I went to Langdon Beck, Black Grouse. Unfortunately, I didn’t see many however I did manage to get one distant shot.

I don’t know what they are doing on the moors but this helicopter was ferrying loads of something to where big mechanical diggers were working.

Back to Burdon Moor and I only saw one Stonechat this time.

A flock of what look like Linnets were feeding in one of the fields.

 

Stonechats

 A walk around Burdon Moor on the 2^nd produced not one pair of Stonechats but two pairs both pairs catching insects in the same area. There were a few Wrens singing and it was nice to see a Willow Tit looking for insects. I only saw one Shieldbug which was not surprising as it was shaded along the line.

Stonechat

Wren

Common Green Shieldbug

Willow Tit