Close encounters…

 …recently, with my local Little Owl and a female Roe Deer made for a pleasant start to the day.

Local

 A few images from a couple of local walks recently.

My local Little Owl.

Robin.

Grey Wagtail.

Orange-tip Butterfly.

Speckled Wood Butterfly.

Green-veined White Butterfly.

Silver Y Moth.

Geometridae species of Moth.

Froghopper.

Female Crab Spider possibly Xysticus erraticus. 

Blue Bottle.

Burdon Moor

 A walk around Burdon Moor nearly always produces some wildlife this walk was no exception with both insects and birds seen and photographed. As with all my Blogs especially with insects involved the identification is not always correct so my apologies in advance if that is the case here.

Hairy Shieldbug.

There was a lot of mating going on.

Red-and-black Froghopper. 

10-spot Ladybird.

Leucozona lucorum or Botch-winged Hoverfly.

Sphaerophoria scripta or Long Hoverfly.

Female Platycheirus albimanus.

Helophilus pendulus.

Eristalis species of Hoverfly.

Common green bottle Fly.

Common carder bee.

Orange-tip Butterfly.

Green-veined White Butterfly.

St Mark’s Flies.

Beetle.

Tortricidae species of Moth.

Sedge Warbler.

Stonechat.

Whitethroat.

Buzzard.