Showing posts with label whitethroat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whitethroat. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 May 2026

A canny walk…

…around Burdon Moor at the beginning of the month produced a few canny birds. 

Willow Warbler.


Willow Tit feeding chicks.

Reed Bunting.

Goldfinch.

Kestrel.


One of the many Whitethroats I saw.

This is one of a pair I saw nest building.

This is the other one.

This is the other one watching a St. Mark’s Fly.



Blue Tit feeding chicks.

A couple of Brown Hare.


Thursday, 7 May 2026

Back to Bugs

 Burdon Moor recently on another bug hunt.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Bronze Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Hairy Shieldbug and 7-spot Ladybird.

Gorse Shieldbug.


Hawthorn Leaf Beetle.

Common Leaf Weevil.

Weevil.

7-spot Ladybirds.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Neoascia Sp. Hoverfly.

Hovering Drone Fly.


Hovering Bee Fly.

A type of parasitic Tachinid Fly.

Orange Tip Butterfly.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.

Fruitlet Mining Tortrix Moth?

Tortricidae Sp. Moth.

Possibly Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella Moths.

Linnet.


Whitethroat.

Willow Warbler.


Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Burdon Moor this…

 …time with two Owls and other wildlife.

Barn Owl.

Barn Owl with a Crow in tow.



They still went hunting.















Meadow Pipit minding its own business

An amorous Meadow Pipit getting the brush off.



Whitethroat.

A Sedge Warbler skulking in the brambles.

Dunnock.

Roe Buck.

Brown Hare.