A few images from Burdon Moor a couple of weeks ago.
Whinchat.
Mistle Thrush. They were feeding on berries when I
first saw them but flew up onto the pole.
A dog walker had let his dog off the lead in one of
the fields and it startled these deer which are still watching dog.
A couple of weeks ago my wife and I had a drive up onto the Durham Moors in search of Pied Flycatcher and Redstart. We found the former in good numbers but unfortunately not the latter.
One of the many male Pied Flycatcher we saw.
Another male.
Female.
This Mistle Thrush was going mad with something but I
couldn’t see what.
One of two Buzzard over the Moors.
A recent trip to Clara Vale didn’t produce Kingfisher but there was still some canny birds there. I didn’t go into the hide at Far Pastures but instead I had a walk up the lane a couple of birds stood out.
Chiffchaff from the hide at Clara.
This Mistle Thrush looked up and
this is what it saw a Sparrowhawk.
It then carried on doing what it had been doing.
My first Orange Tip butterfly of the season.
Yellowhammer.
Buzzard.
Crows were constantly dive bombing it.
Long-tailed Tit.
Chiffchaff in the reserve.
Blue Tit.
Female Blackcap.
My first Green-veined White Butterfly of the season.
Red Kite at Far Pastures.
Female Blackcap.
Male Blackcap.
