Little Owls

 31.07.22 A few more of the Little Owls.

Twizell Woods.

 My wife and I had a walk through Twizell Woods last month to visit the ponds there for dragonfly. There are five small ponds and to be honest it was a bit of a shock when we arrived because nearly all of them had dried up and this was on the 18^th of last month. We haven’t had an appreciable rain since then so what they are like now is anybody’s guess. I will try and get back in the next days to see what they are like.

Southern Hawker.

It would not hover long enough to get any decent shots.

These are all grab shots as it flew passed me.

Common Darter.

Common Darter head on.

Emerald Damselfly.

Black-and-Yellow Longhorn Beetle.

Green Shieldbug.

Clubbed General Soldier fly.

A couple of Green-veined White and a Large White butterfly taking minerals from the decaying vegetation.

Meadow Brown butterfly.

Silver Y moth.

Not sure what these species of fly they are but I caught them mating.

The final part from Mull…

 …and personally, I think I have saved the best till last. Mull is brilliant, fantastic and any other superlative you can come up with for wildlife. It’s always a privilege to be there and photograph White-tailed Eagle, Hen Harrier, Otters etc. and I have watched and photographed Otters on a number of occasions while on Mull but this encounter I had with a mother and two cubs is one of the best wildlife experience’s I have ever had. It was an honour to be in the presence of these Otters and have them to be so at ease that they felt they could come so close to us and not feel threatened at all was wonderful. However, I find sometimes with experience’s like this the images you get don’t do it justice, you just have to be there.