Burdon Moor

Another walk around one of my favourite places Burdon Moor in the middle of last month (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again I’m way behind) and once again quite a bit of wildlife to photograph. As always with my Blogs of insects any help with identification would be most appreciated. 

I’m going to say final instar Bronze Shieldbug.

Gorse Shieldbug.

Late instar Hairy Shieldbug.

Common Green Shieldbug.

A different Common Green Shieldbug.

Final instar Common Green Shieldbug.

Harlequin Ladybird.

Leaf Hopper.

Plant Bug.

Common Darter.

A type of Wasp part of the Ichneumonidae family.

Another type of Wasp?

Fly.

Hoverfly.

Cross/Orb Web Spider with its bait.

Male Stonechat.

Female Stonechat.

Long-tailed Tit.

A distant Buzzard one of two seen.

I haven’t a clue what this is or what’s going on but I thought I would get a shot of it anyway.

Durham Dales part three

 The third and final part of this Blog is all about a couple of Adders we saw in two different locations. This makes it only the second and third time I have seen Adders in England and what makes it special, to me at least, is one of them was swimming.

I was taking photos of the Dipper when I saw this Adder out of the corner of my eye swimming across the stream. 

It swam to the bank side then curled up below some overhanging grasses and I left it alone so I could carry on photographing the Dipper.

A different location for the second one. I was taking photos of the Stonechats when I saw it moving through the grass. 

I got my images then once again left it to get some images of a Meadow Pipit.

Durham Dales part two

 I don’t think I have ever come across a more obliging Dipper. I was able to just sit on the river bank (moving occasionally when it flew to a different rock) and get loads of images.