It wasn’t only a Cuckoo that I saw at Pow Hill. Green Hairstreak were showing well and a Red Squirrel showed up. Up on the moors there were Kestrel, Kite and Buzzard. From the hide a Redshank was on the shores of the reservoir.
Green Hairstreak Butterfly.
Green Tiger Beetle.
Nomad Bee.
Heather Beetle.
Kestrel.
Kestrel doing what comes naturally.
Red Kite.
Buzzard.
Red Squirrel.
Redshank.
Curlew.
Common Sandpiper.
Meadow Pipit.
Last week my wife and I had a drive up onto the Durham Dales looking for (mainly) Black Grouse. We managed to find some in a couple of different locations. We were also looking for boxing Brown Hare and once again we did see them but unfortunately, we didn’t see them boxing.
Black Grouse from two different locations.
Brown Hare.
They looked to have already paired up so no boxing.
Lapwing.
Another Brown Hare from a different site looking through
a fence.
This Curlew was circling above the moor and at one
point it came directly above me.
Skylark.
It’s nearly two weeks ago (I’m always behind) since my wife and I had a drive around the Durham Dales looking for Black Grouse. The Grouse that we saw were always at a distance but three “big birds” came very close.
Black Grouse.
Curlew.
Lapwing.
Toad.
Dunnock.
One of the “big birds” that came close.
I haven’t got one leg longer that the other, this is
the way it flew towards us.
First time I have been waved at by someone in a helicopter
(not a cropped image)
After dipping the Russian White-fronted Geese on a previous visit to Lamesley Water Meadows I decided to have another try so a few days ago I went down again and this time I was lucky. I did see them from the hide but not very well as the rain was lashing down and I had to keep the side window closed and beside that they were too far away for any decent images. When the rain cleared, I went to the Oak tree and managed to see them from there.
Russian White-fronted Goose.
I am assuming this strange looking Goose is a hybrid
of a Greylag and a Canada Goose, any other suggestions would be welcome.
An acrobatic Greylag Goose.
Not quite Hilda Ogden’s wall.
Curlew.
One of two Heron.
Canada Geese with the second Heron in the background.
As I said it was lashing down and this Sparrowhawk
shot through and as it was so far away, I basically pointed my camera in the
general direction of it never thinking I would get any images.
Male Teal.
A pair of Mallard.
A distant Kestrel on the ground presumably looking for
worms.
