Wagtail & Dipper.

Still behind (I always am) these images are from the end of last month at the Causey Burn. 

Mayfly.

This is a cloud of Midges I had to shoot through to get the images of both the Wagtail & Dipper. The little yellow dot in the centre of the shot is a Wagtail.

Grey Wagtail.

Dipper.

Nosterfield Nature Reserve…

 …near Ripon in Yorkshire was where my wife and I spent a canny morning in the middle of last month. The birds on the reserve were, for me, too far away from the hides so we had a walk along a path boarded on either side by mixed hedgerow. After lunch we headed for Ripon Walled Garden for a coffee. Here are some of the insects we came across at Nosterfield and Ripon Walled Garden. And as I have always said if the identification is wrong on any of these insects, please feel free to correct me.

Spotted Longhorn Beetle.

Harlequin Ladybird.

A pair of Harlequins.

A Harlequin top right but I’m not sure what’s in the bottom left I didn’t see it until I was going through the images on the computer.

Harlequin larvae.

Soldier Beetle.

Marmalade Hoverfly about to land.

Female Broad Centurion.

Male Broad Centurion.

Heterotoma planicornis or Common Flathorn Plant Bug.

Pale or Non-biting Midge.

Blue-tailed Damselfly.

Possibly a Southern Cuckoo Bee?

Buff-tailed Bumblebee?

Honey Bee.

Large White Butterfly.

Meadow Brown Butterfly.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.

Green-veined White Butterfly.

Shaded Broad-bar Moth.

An unusual looking bird at Nosterfield.

Tanfield Marsh Wildlife Reserve

 My wife and I had a walk around the reserve a few weeks back and I have never seen as many spiders, they were everywhere. We didn’t see any damselfly or dragonfly which was disappointing but I still took loads of images of other things some of which I’m struggling to identify.

Nurseryweb Spider.

Wolf Spider.

A pair of Nettle Weevil.

Robber Fly.

I think this a Common Dance Fly.

 This one is covered in pollen.

Drinker Moth Caterpillar.

Sawfly Caterpillar?

Caddisfly.

Dungfly.

A Micro Moth.

A pair of Micro Moths.

Froghopper.

Non-biting Midge?