Early mornings

I had a couple of early mornings at Burdon Moor last week and some fairly close encounters with the wildlife.

Roe Buck

Brown Hare

Young Swallow

Wren

Meadow Pipit

Tawny Owl. Taken not at Burdon Moor but at work

 

A few from Burdon Moor …

…& three from work but all taken in the last couple of days.

I watched this Hare come down a bank from a field and thought it was coming toward me. Unfortunately, it didn’t however; I manage to get some shots as it ran away.

A couple of minutes later it went up the bank a little further down the path, back across the field and then stopped right in front of me. This shot is not cropped this is all I could get in frame (I was using the equivalent of a 700mm lens) as I could not move.

The next day two Hare were in the same field.

This one was having a good scratch.

I was lucky to get this Garden Warbler out in the open.

Twice

Whitethroat singing at the top of its voice.

Wheatear

Willow Warbler

Sedge Warbler. I had heard it the day before but could not get any shots I was a little luckier this time.

Meadow Pipit

Wren

Just practising for Dragonfly flight shots

Bee Fly

 

Stars of the show

A drive out before work yesterday to see what was around. Loads of bird song but not many chances to get any pictures as most of the birds were hidden in the now leafy trees and bushes. However, the undoubted stars were the Brown Hare I came across at the bottom of a field. Far too far away (until one did come close) to get any decent shots but I counted at least eight before I had to leave for work that is the most I have ever seen together at any one time.

 

Forgot to post this

Another walk around Burdon Moor on the 8^th produced some closer views of the Wheatear.

Willow Warbler

Not sure what kind of Pipit

Wheatear

Peacock

Swift, one of three seen

Hare, quite a few around at the moment

Goldfinch

Pied Wagtail in the flash pond near the carpark

 

Burdon Moor part 1

Over the last few mornings, I have paid a visit to Burdon Moor for an hour or two before work. What a great way to start the day. Here are a few shots taken on the 3^rd and 4^th
I also heard my first Cuckoo of the year from Burdon Moor on the 3^rd.

Linnet

A very distant Wheatear

Meadow Pipit

Sleepy Brown Hare

Brown Hare

Singing Willow Warbler

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Whitethroat

Kestrel with breakfast

Willow Warbler

Displaying Whitethroat

Displaying Whitethroat

Another distant Wheatear

Whinchat

Swallow

The only one not taken at Burdon Moor, a (rubbish grab) shot of my first Damselfly of the year taken at work on the 4th.