Just a few Dragonflies…

…from a couple of sites I visit throughout the summer.

Mating Broad-bodied Chasers

Male BbC in flight

Broad-bodied and Four-spotted Chasers together on the same stick

Four-spotted Chaser

My first Common Hawker of the year at Blanchland.

Southern Hawker

Southern Hawker

Common Darter

 

Cuckoo

I could not resist going for the Cuckoos in Northumberland a few days ago. Three juveniles have been seen, here is one of them. On the way back home, two of Red Kites and two Buzzards were following a farmer using a tractor to cut grass to see what wildlife they could scavenge.

Juvenile Cuckoo

I tried a few flight shots as it was flying from the posts to the ground

Red Kite H5, a male, was born in Sunniside in 2014 but was not given a name

Buzzard checking me out

 

LEO part 2

More of the Long-eared Owls and a Roe Buck as well.

It looks as though it has caught quite a large Vole



A smaller Vole caught this time however, it was to have a battle on its hands



I know the quality of the next few images is not that good but this is the first time I have managed to catch a Kestrel trying to rob an Owl of its prey.

It didn’t succeed the Owl was able to hang on to it

and fly off

Roe Buck. It was nearly dark (high ISO), raining and I was hand holding the long lens so I’m quite pleased I got anything

I winked at me just as I was packing the camera gear up.