Harperley Hall Plant Centre

 Another visit to Harperley for coffee and photography from the coffee shop and the carpark.

Emperor Dragonfly.

“And away.”

Common Darter.

Female Broad-bodied Chaser ovipositing.

She landed for a rest.

The Swallows, House Martins and Sand Martins were all flying over the pond.

Toadlet (is that even a word).

A couple of Kestrel high up.

A couple of Red Kites were having a bit of a spat. This is one of the protagonists.

This is the other one.

I think the older bird may be trying to chase the younger one off.

I only had my 300mm lens with me and this bird landed too far away for me to identify it (these images are a 200% crop). It may be a Buzzard but I’m not sure so any held would be most welcome. Possibly Marsh Harrier thanks to DaveH for ID.

 

When we got home this Buzzard was flying over the garden.

Twizell Woods

 A visit to Twizell Woods, in the middle of last month, to see what Dragonflies were about, the answer was not many but there is always something to photograph.

A male Broad-bodied Chaser with only three wings.

It was still able to fly about.

A female Broad-bodied Chaser ovipositing.

Azure Damselfly.

A pair of Azure Damselfly.

A pair of Large Red Damselfly.

I think this is a species of Cuckoo Bumblebee in flight.

Cuckoo Bee with Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly hovering close by.

Cuckoo Bee.

Common Carder Bee.

Banded General Soldierfly.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Eristalis Sp. Hoverfly in flight.

Male Orange-tip Butterfly.

Just before I left for Twizell Woods Red Kite S2 was flying over the garden.

Causey Woods.

 I have just got back home from a week’s holiday in Scotland (I still haven’t gone through the thousands of pictures I took but when I have, I will post them on the Blog) so I’m even further behind than I was.

I had a walk through the Causey Woods at the beginning of this month looking for Dipper and I was in luck I found a pair of adults with two young chicks and when they weren’t being disturbed by dogs and small children in the water, they posed well for me.

One of the adult Dipper.

The adult bird watched this Mayfly as it flew past but didn’t try to catch it.

One of the young Dipper.

Grey Wagtail.

I also managed a couple of images of a female Broad-bodied Chaser.

Male Banded Demoiselle. 

Comma Butterfly.