Wednesday 1 July 2015

Playing catch up with the blog!!

Well it's been over a month since our last blog post........this really isn't good enough. So below is a brief round up of what we've seen......which, to be honest, isn't very much.
 
The big one for us was a Squacco Heron which turned up briefly at Saltholme...cracking bird.
 
 
A female Black Grouse was a surprise find on a trip to Smardale

 A young Oystercatcher was a delight
A cracking Redshank on it's moorland breeding site.
 
 
The butterflies at Smardale were starting to show, with Brown Argus in abundance.






A series of Orchids seen on our visit to Smardale.






A visit to Bempton / Flamborough was a nice day out but nothing special turned up.
 Gannet
 
 Painted Lady

 Puffin

Turtle Dove at Sutton Bank
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 Little Tern back on their breeding ground
 Nice Meadow Pipit
Sandwich Tern
 


Stonechat were showing well at a variety of locations and looking good.



This Black-winged Pratincole in Northumberland was excellent to see and was one of the highlights of the month .