Club Outing

Kestrel with Grasshopper

Puffin

Gannets galore

Kittiwake

Overheating Jackdaw

Guillemot with young

Fulmar

Went with the Teesmouth Birdclub to Bempton and Flamborough on Sunday. The weather was brilliant and so were the birds. Can't wait to go back and visit Flamborough again in the future.

Last of the Burgundy

Grayling
6-Spot Burnet moth

Black-tailed Skimmer

Tree Pipit

Green Woodpecker

Small Skipper

Large Skipper

Duke of Burgundy

Had a quick trip to Hawby and caught up with one of the last Duke of Burgundy of the year - looking in pretty poor condition. Also in the area were Tree Pipit and a juv Green Woodpecker with a parent bird - what a racket it made!!. Later in the day visited Dormans pool and found our first Grayling of the year

Bringing wildlife into the classroom.

Barn Owl

Promised the class I would try and get some photographs this evening and managed a couple more butterfly pictures and a grasshopper - amazing creature.

Grasshopper

Small Heath

Ringlets

Today I have shown the class I work with - Purple Class at a School in Stockton my blogsite and they liked the photographs of the animals very much. The children then went away and started to draw their own pictures. Hopefully this will encourage them to go out and look for animals and insects themselves.

Ringlets galore.

Ringlet
ringlet

5 Spot Burnet

Broard Bodied Chaser

Watched the England match, thank goodness they managed to win, and then went for a walk around Coatham Stobb. A pleasant evening with some butterflies still about, lots of meadow brown and small heath and our first 5 spot burnet moths - 2 of them, and lots of ringlets around.

A beautiful evening.

Green Woodpecker

Going in.......

.....coming out.

Had to go out again tonight as the weather was supberb. Caught up with a Green Woodpecker on Osmotherly Moor, excellent views on the ground. Also saw a Jay and as we passed a tree whilst having a walk we could hear lots of tweeting. As I looked into a hole in the tree I could see three little blue tits looking up at me - so cute. Stepped away and waited and got good views of both parents going backwards and forwards to feed them.

A Bugs Life.

Scorpion Fly
Scorpion Fly

Meadow Brown

4 Spot Chaser

Broad-bodied Chaser

Emperor Dragonfly

Couldn't stay in the house and do jobs tonight - it was too sunny so went out looking for insects in the evening sun, it was beautiful. Just went to Coatham Stobb for a stroll and managed to see some dragonflies and a rather unusual looking fly. Could imagine it being enormous yet it was so small. Also sigtings of at least 4 Meadow Brown butterflies, our first for this summer.

Looking for 'Woolies'!

"Oh no, must be closed."
Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary


Large Heath

Small Heath

Skipper

Orange Tip

Lesser Redpoll

Whinchat

Pied Wagtail

Bog Bean

Cercopis vulnerata

Green Tiger Beetle

Cardinal Beetle

Had a really good day out, travelled over from Swainby to Helmsley then onto the Hole of Horcum and Fen Bog then back via Goathland, Danby and home. The weather improved as the day went on and so did the sightings. Micks walk while I was horseriding was quiet compared to last week but later in the day we got two life sightings of butterflies - Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary at Hole of Horcum and Large Heath at Fen Bog. We also saw several Whinchat and a family of Lesser Redpoll at Fen Bog. Will definately be visiting Hole Of Horcum again as it is so impressive and brilliant for a lovely walk.