A few images from a trip to Derwent Reservoir.
Red-legged Partridge.
Oystercatcher.
Kestrel.
Redshank. I think one of them was feeling amorous
The other one however didn’t want to know.
Great-crested Grebe.
Red Kite being chased by a crow
It was coming into roost
And flew off somewhere else.
And flew off somewhere else.
My wife and I had a drive around the Durham Moors looking for Cuckoo. We did hear at least two but unfortunately, we didn’t see any. Here is what we did see.
Red-legged Partridge. This is my favourite image so
far this year.
We saw a few Curlew up on the Moors.
Some with chicks.
Lapwing.
This one did not like the Pheasant hanging around its
nest site.
Lapwing chick.
Pheasant chick.
Male Red Grouse.
Female Red Grouse.
Meadow pipit on gorse.
Another on a stone wall.
And yet another on heather.
Weevil.
We only saw one Green Hairstreak Butterfly.
Probably the Caterpillar of a moth but not sure which one.
Micro Moth.
The Greylags have done well this year, there were even
more goslings than there are here.
A couple of gulls that I can’t identify. I’ve been
through my books and I’m still none the wiser.
The 24th and a walk around the Burdon Moor area produced three first of the year birds.
1st Red-legged Partridge
2nd Little Owl. One of Two
Big tree Little Owl
3rd Redpoll
Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Stonechat
Crow eating a Frog or Toad
