…Causey Woods looking for Dipper unfortunately I didn’t find any however I did find a couple of Grey Wagtail. It was then off to see if I could get onto some Barn Owl which I did.
Sparrowhawk over the Causey.
Grey Wagtail on the burn.
Barn Owl (female I think)
Skylark.
Kestrel.
Roe Deer.
Yesterday I had a walk around Burdon Moor. It was bright and sunny and I thought I might find some Shieldbugs, alas no. What I did find was a Kestrel out hunting and after around five attempts it did catch something. I also heard and saw my first Skylarks of the year and a cracking male Bullfinch.
Kestrel out hunting.
I managed to get a couple of very distant shots of it
going into a dive.
After this dive it did catch something and landed on the
post to eat it. It was too far away to see what it was it caught however it
didn’t get to eat whatever it was because it was chased off by some Crows.
It circled around again but I didn’t see it dive
again.
Male Bullfinch.
My first Skylark of the year.
According to a dog walker I met there were four Roe
Deer in one of the fields but this is the only one I saw.
22.06.22 Looking
for Shieldbugs at Burdon Moor and I didn’t find one in fact there wasn’t a lot
of activity of any description however here is some of it.
Volucella bombylans a bumblebee mimic.
In flight.
Carder Bee.
Bumblebee.
Grey-haired Mining Bee?
Large Skipper butterfly.
Yellowhammer belting out its song.
Skylark hovering with food for its chicks.
Here is part two of my walk around Burdon Moor.
Goldfinch.
It was picking then eating the catkins from this tree.
I was leaning over a wall to get the shots of the Goldfinch
when this Wren popped up in front of me.
Male Reed Bunting.
The Skylarks were soaring up into the air…
…then parachuting down to the ground.
Buzzard.
A first for me if this is a Tortoise Beetle.
A Peacock butterfly on a Dandelion.
A different Peacock butterfly on a Dandelion.
A small caterpillar crawling on the wall that I was
leaning on.
