Breeding Wigeon and Wood Tiger

Both from North Yorkshire Dales , found 5 Wood Tigers and 4 pairs of Wigeon with young...
 

Mid June

                                           Short eared Owl.....

                                            Green HAirstreaks still about 3+ 18th June

                                            Red legged Partridge

                                            LEO road victim

                                           2 GP and an OC...

  

                                                            Oak Eggar

...                                          Full Adder Skin
 

High Seat 2326 ft and The Great Dodd round....2807 ft

                                               High Street straight up and down from Outhgill 

Great Dodd from Matterdale Common , then Watsons Dodd , Stybarrow Dodd ,White Stones and  Birkett fell,,,

 

Juv Wheatear and Tree Pipit....

 

Shears

 

Buzzard with rabbit

 

Great Shunner Fell (2349ft) and Lovely Seat (2214ft)

 

Chamomile Shark

 

Carabus problematicus Herbst, 1786

 

Oak Eggar

 

Upper Barden Reservoir

                                                                    Prolita sexpunctella (only the 18th record for Yorkshire and 3rd record for VC 64 , it was pretty common up there with at least  15 seen ,so an under recorded Yorkshire species)

                                                                      Oak Eggar

                                                                    Red Grouse 

 

Savi's Warbler

A real beauty this morning at York Uni , showing very well and calling ......very early morning and evening are best times to go......

An adult Hobby near Blubberhouses last week was a real treat watching it catch Emperor Moths .Also Wood Tiger cat , Green Tiger Beetle , female Brimstone Butterfly and loads of Red Kites.,Merlin and Peregrine...

Soil Hill produced a single Tree Pipit and a Sand Martin , 6 + Whitethroat , Willow Warblers and one Lapwing chick....
 

                                                     Full  Adder skin

Green Hairstreak

  

                                                                    Wood Tiger cat...

Fox cubs and Early Purple Orchid

Whinchat and Mandarin

Stubled across this WHinchat in LAncs yesterday , not a common bird now unless you go to Islay or Mull and then there all over the place.... Mandarin at Cromwell was a first for me down there.....

Lizards and Greenland Wheatear

Gravid female with new tail ..

Male

Male Northern Wheatear on left Male Greenland Wheatear on right

Alcomden Stone...