May at work

 Instead of doing individual days or weeks I thought I would combine most of the images from work into one Blog. However, there are a few images so it makes for a big Blog. I have left them in the order they were shot and once again I’m rubbish with the identification of most of the insects.

The Swallows have returned but they are not nesting in their usual place.

Orange-tip Butterfly.

It looks like a Hoverfly but its eyes are too far apart so ?

Leafhopper?

Spider.

Bug.

Longhorn Moth.

St Mark's Fly?

Sawfly?

Nettle-tap

Another Longhorn Moth.

Male German Scorpionfly.

The best shot I could get of this Longhorn Beetle.

Eristalis sp. of Hoverfly

My first Dingy Skipper Butterfly of the year with a Hoverfly in attendance.

Pyrausta purpuralis Moth.

Hoverfly.

The only thing which looks vaguely familiar to this is a Nomad Bee sp.

Tortricidae Ancylis sp. of Moth.

Caterpillar.

This Song Thrush was sitting on the jib of a crane singing its head off.

It then moved to this pine tree and continued singing.

Buzzard with what looks like some kind of wading bird in its talons.

Another Tortricidae Ancylis sp. of Moth.

I have never seen one before so I haven’t a clue what this caterpillar is although I know it’s a very poor image of it.

2nd & 3rd May

 That’s how far I’m behind with my picture editing because those dates are when my wife and I, along with a couple of friends, went to Mount Grace Priory (first eight pictures), Nunnington Hall (next five pictures) and Thorp Perrow (last five pictures). It also shows how sad I am because when people go to places like that, they would probably take pictures of the beautiful landscapes or the buildings however that’s not me I take pictures of the wildlife.

Buff-tailed bumblebee.A member of staff at Mount Grace Priory had hung laminated pictures of Bees from a wall so people could identify what they were looking at. That’s how I identified these Bees.  

Hairy-footed flower bee.

Small Hoverfly.

St Mark’s Fly

Tree bumblebee?

A pair of Grey Wagtail gathering insects at Nunnington Hall kept us entertained for ages.

Common Green Shieldbug.

Pied Wagtail.

Out and about again

Another daily exercise walk up to the “whinnies”.

Willow Warbler with nesting material

The feather is almost bigger than the bird

There were a few Whitethroat about

Now I’m calling this Marsh Tit primarily because of its song, it was a different sound to the Willow Tit, but also for its lighter bill and the black head merging into the grey back (please correct me if I'm wrong)

Linnet

Yellowhammer

Female Orange-tip

St Mark’s Fly