29.06.22 A great night out last night with three Little Owl a Barn Owl and loads of Brown Hare.
Little Owl looking for something.
This one was happy to pose for the camera.
As was this one.
I was hidden by a wall so this Brown Hare came quite
close.
This Barn Owl landed on the post right in front of me unfortunately
I had all the wrong settings on the camera at the time.
It was always distant while it was hunting.
23.06.22 Two quarries Bishop Middleham and Wingate. The former for Northern and Brown Argus butterflies and of course Orchids I’m not sure I managed to find the Northern variety though. The latter for Marbled White butterflies. The sun was shining so it was difficult to get the butterflies at rest however I did manage a few shots.
Dark Green Fritillary a nice surprise at Bishop
Middleham.
Brown Argus butterfly.
Another Brown Argus.
A couple of Brown Argus.
The nearest I may have come to a Northern Brown Argus
looking at the small white spot.
Male Common Blue butterfly.
Female Common Blue.
Dingy Skipper.
Large Skipper.
Yellow Shell moth.
Grasshopper.
Bee Orchid. I found quiet a few around the quarry.
A few more Orchids.
Marbled White butterfly.
22.06.22 Yet another morning walk in Twizell Woods (it’s a great place) looking mainly for Dragons & Damsels but anything photogenic really and there is quite a lot of it. After Twizell I went to Chester-le-Street looking for White-letter Hairstreak butterflies none were to be seen but I did get a Shieldbug and Burnet moths.
Broad-bodied Chaser.
Four-spotted Chaser.
A newly emerged Darter which possibly looks to have something
wrong with its eye.
A pair of Azure Damselflies.
Azure Damselfly.
Common Blue Damselfly.
A pair of Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetles.
Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle.
Orange-tip butterfly.
Speckled Wood butterfly.
Ringlet butterfly.
Believe it or not there is a moth here. I only knew it
was there because it flew past me and I saw it land. My guess is it is a Carpet
of some description.
Brown China-mark moth.
Froghopper.
This Buzzard was eyeing me up.
Forest Shieldbug
Five-spot Burnet moth in flight.
Five-spot Burnet moths.
