A visit to Bolton-on-Swale for the Black-crowned Night Herons that have been there for a while. I only saw one when we were there and it was very distant but up to six have been seen according to the guy I spoke to in the hide.
Black-crowned Night Heron.
Short-eared Owls (at least five seen) and supporting cast up on the Durham Moors at the beginning of the month. Thanks to Michael (who I saw at work) for the info.
Short-eared Owl, one of four photographed.
One of the only flight shots I got.
A very distant and big crop of a light-coloured Owl
Female Black Grouse.
Black Grouse chick.
There were a few Brown Hare around.
Redshank.
…around Burdon Moor at the beginning of the month produced a few canny birds.
Willow Warbler.
Willow Tit feeding chicks.
Reed Bunting.
Goldfinch.
Kestrel.
One of the many Whitethroats I saw.
This is one of a pair I saw nest building.
This is the other one.
This is the other one watching a St. Mark’s Fly.
Blue Tit feeding chicks.
A couple of Brown Hare.
A local walk with the camera recently produced some canny wildlife. A pair of Roe Deer came very close to me after a dog barking startled them. In fact, even though I felt guilty, I had to startled them myself by coughing to get them to turn away from me, the female was that close I thought I was going to get jumped on. A Grasshopper warbler (I’m not sure if it was the same bird I had seen before) put on a good show as I was walking back.
A pair of Roe Deer.
This image might have been taken with an 800mm lens
but this is full frame no cropping involved. She was coming very close.
After I had to startle them they both ran off.
Grasshopper Warbler.
