Burdon Moor

 It has been a while since I have been to Burdon Moor but as the weather was canny yesterday, I thought I would go on a bug hunt. Here are a few of the bugs and other wildlife I found.

Common Green Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Gorse Shieldbug.

Another Gorse Shieldbug one of five in this part of the gorse bush.

A small Blue/Black Beetle.

7-spot Ladybird.

There were still a number of Common Darters around.

Eupeodes luniger Hoverfly.

A Wasp cleaning itself.

An Orb-weaver Spider.

I often wondered why flies blow bubbles but now I know they do it to cool down isn’t nature brilliant?

Kestrel.

One of two Buzzards flying over the wood.

The second one.

Rook. I thought they were just black but when the light catches them, they are all sorts of colours.

This Gull intrigued me, I think it is a Herring Gull, but I am not sure.

I had the wrong setting on the camera when I took this shot of the Thrush, but it’s not too bad.

Not the best specimens of Toadstools you are likely to see but I thought I would take a couple of shots. 

Burdon Moor

A couple of days ago I had another trip to Burdon Moor. The apparently resident pair of Stonechat were the first birds I saw followed closely by three Skylarks. Three Buzzards were also calling to each other while a couple of Kestrel seemed to be pairing up. The last three images are from a few weeks ago but I forgot to put them on the Blog.

Male Stonechat in the breeze

It came quite close at one point

Female Stonechat

One of three Skylarks

One of three Buzzards

This one was eyeing me up

Too distant for a decent shot

This Kestrel was also giving me the eyeball

Rook

Lapwings

These are the images from a few weeks ago. Once again too distant for a decent shot but it’s always nice to see a Kestrel with its lunch.

The bit that got away.