Wallington Hall

 A drive out to the National Trust property, Wallington Hall at the beginning of the month to have a walk around the gardens. The weather was beautiful and it proved to be a very enjoyable day out.

Goldcrest skulking about in the shadows.

My first Greenfinch for a long time.

Dark-edged Bee-fly.

Green-veined White Butterfly.

A well-worn Peacock Butterfly.

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee.

One Moorhen did not like the one being too close to its mate.

Little Grebe.

A Roe Deer wandering through the gardens. 

Wallington Hall

 22.03.24 My wife and I had a drive to Wallington Hall today and if it hadn’t been for the wind, it would have been the perfect day out don’t get me wrong it was still canny mind but the wind spoilt it a bit.

I don’t often show images of birds flying away from me but I thought these ones of a Buzzard were a little different.

Brambling. I think this is the first of the year for me.

After our visit to Wallington, we went looking for Adders but instead, I found my first toad of the year.

Wallington & Far Pastures

Started yesterday at Wallington Hall in Northumberland. As I was working on Bank holiday Monday this was my wife’s and my Bank holiday Monday. A couple of Red Squirrel were seen from the hide, as was this Great Spotted Woodpecker. Loads of butterfly were in the gardens including this Red Admiral and Coma as was this (I presume) Hoverfly. Later that afternoon I had a drive down to Far Pastures in the hope of seeing Ruddy Darter. The second Dragonfly I saw was a Ruddy Darter, result. There were quite a few Common Darter around and a large Hawker, which I could not identify.

Wallington Hall

GSW

Red Admiral

Coma

Hoverfly

Ruddy Darter

Ruddy Darter

Mature Common Darter

Mature Common Darter

Immature male Common Darter with dinner

Common Darter

Common Darter close up

A grab shot of a Common Darter in flight