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 Burdon Moor recently on another bug hunt.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Bronze Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug and 7-spot Ladybird.

Gorse Shieldbug.

Hawthorn Leaf Beetle.

Common Leaf Weevil.

Weevil.

7-spot Ladybirds.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Neoascia Sp. Hoverfly.

Hovering Drone Fly.

Hovering Bee Fly.

A type of parasitic Tachinid Fly.

Orange Tip Butterfly.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.

Fruitlet Mining Tortrix Moth?

Tortricidae Sp. Moth.

Possibly Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella Moths.

Linnet.

Whitethroat.

Willow Warbler.

Durham Moors

 A drive around the Durham Moors at the beginning of the month produced one or two canny birds.

Female Pied Flycatcher.

Linnet.

Meadow Pipit with some tasty treats its chicks.

Ministry of silly walks.

Not totally sharp but Meadow Pipits having a mid-air confrontation.

One of them settled down.

Distant Buzzard.

Rabbit.

The Durham Moors

 Up on the Durham Moors a couple of weeks ago. I saw at least three male Pied Flycatcher and heard others but only saw one female. I didn’t see or hear any Redstart but I know from other birders that they were around.

Male Pied Flycatcher.

Female Pied Flycatcher.

Linnet.

Nuthatch.

Meadow Pipit.