Farne Islands

 I haven’t been to the Farne Islands for a long time so when I asked my wife if she fancied a trip I was surprised when she said yes (she could get sea sick on a Lilo and believe it or not her dad was in the Merchant Navy) so I booked a trip straight away with Billy Shield. It was a great day out and my wife even enjoyed her time on the boat but the highlight was our time spent on the Island photographing the birds.

Kittiwakes.

Shag.

Bridled Guillemot.

Guillemot.

Puffin.

Razorbill.

Arctic Tern.

Ringed Plover.

Rock Pipit.

Seal enjoying a lie down out of the sea.

Eider Duck in the harbour when we got back to Seahouses.

Scotland 2025

 More from our Scottish holiday in July.

Blotch-winged Hoverfly.

Udea lutealis Moth.

Emerald Damselfly.

Ichneumonid Sp.

Green Leafhopper.

Another Osprey taken while I was looking for something else so all the wrong settings used.

Dark Green Fritillary.

Burdon Moor

 Still way behind with the processing of all the images (I haven’t even seen some of them yet) I have taken over the last couple of months so much so that these go way back to June at Burdon Moor.

Grasshopper.

Two-spot Ladybird.

Common Rhogogaster.

Black-backed Sawfly.

7-spot Ladybird.

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moth.

There were quite a few Large Skippers around.

Scaeva selenitica hovering.

Meadow Brown Butterfly.

Bumblebee coming into land on a Foxglove.