My wife and I had a walk up to the whinny bushes a few days ago in the hope of seeing some Shieldbugs, we weren’t disappointed. We saw a few singles then on one bush there must have been about a dozen some of them trying to mate.
Gorse Shieldbug.
Two’s company.
Three’s a crowd.
Bee gathering pollen.
Distant Linnet.
Leaf Hopper.
Bee drinking nectar.
My first Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly of the year.
These Mining Bees were in the garden when we got back
from our walk.
I have started to take my camera to work again and in the last week or so it has paid off.
My first Comma butterfly of the year.
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly.
Peacock butterfly.
I’m still having trouble identifying Bumble Bees but I
think these could be White or Buff-tailed Bumble Bee.
I think this is a Grey-haired Mining Bee.
Again, not sure.
Wren singing form the top off a pine.
Jackdaw gathering nesting material.
Song Thrush. This bird has been in or around the top
of this tree for a couple of weeks.
A very distant Red Kite (I only had the 300mm lens and
it was too far away)
I have now seen two Rabbits at work in recent days. I
used to see them regularly on the pit heap but these are the first I have seen
in ages.
Another walk around Burdon Moor the other day didn’t produce many birds however, I had the best view so far this year of a Chiffchaff. A pair of Stonechat also gave close views.
Chiffchaff singing away.
Female Stonechat.
Male Stonechat.
Male Yellowhammer gathering nesting material.
Male Reed Bunting.
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.
A short local walk produced some (I think) interesting wildlife.
Bee
A micro moth
This moth is a Grass Rivulet
Small Copper Butterfly
Another micro moth Grapholita Lunulana
I disturbed a couple of Partridge
Nematopogon Sp.
Brown Silver Line moth
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Ladybird
