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Today I was up at the North Yorkshire Wildlife Photography Hide hoping to photograph the Kingfisher and the Common Buzzard. The hide is paced in a Golf complex and is run by a guy called Gary, contact on the Facebook page HERE.

Alas I wasn’t fortunate to see either of the birds I wanted to photograph, it was a pleasant day seeing various other woodland species, like Blue Tit, Dunnock, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Mallard, Moorhen, Robin, Buzzard and Kingfisher were heard only

Dunnock

A quick visit out to Blacktoft Sands with a friend today, a dry dull day but with few birds, we’d gone for the waders at this time of year, our highlights being Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Blavk-tailed Godwit, Snipe and Redshank

Birds Seen : Bearded Tit, Black-tailed Godwit, Carrion Crow, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, House Martin, Little Egret, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, Redshank, Ruff, Snipe, Spotted Redshank, Swallow, Teal, Woodpigeon, Yellow Wagtail (20)

Dropped into Bullcliffe NR today, mainly to see what was about and to be out with the camera

European Hornet

European Hornet

Small White

Meadow Brown

Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

Long Hoverfly (sphaerophoria scripta)

Day again to what is becoming to be my local site, despite it being forty five minutes away, today I was out looking for Dragonflies again but did also get a couple of other highlights

Dragonflies seen : Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Southern Hawker

Highlights : Four spotted Orb Weaver, Yellow-girdled Fleckwing Hoverfly (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)

Common Darter

Four-spot Orbweaver (Araneus quadratus)

Yellow-girdled Fleckwing (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)

Another great insect day down at RSPB Old Moor

Dragonflies seen : Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly

Hook-barred Spearhorn Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum)

Common Darter

Ruddy Darter

Eupeodes luniger Hoverfly

Southern Hawker

Another visit to RSPB Old Moor for insects

Butterflies seen : Common Blue, Green-veined White, Large White (3)

Dragonflies seen : Azure Damselfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Red-eyed Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Southern Hawker (9)

Common Blue Butterfly ♀

Common Blue Damselfly

Common Darter

Green veined White

Migrant Hawker

Ruddy Darter

Sawfly (Tenthredo notha)

German Wasp (vespula germanica)

Hairy Shieldbug

Another visit to Bullcliffe on the 6th resulted in a few interesting pieces

Cheilosia illustrata Hoverfly

Yellow-legged Beegrabber (Conops flavipes)

Red-spotted Plant Bug (Deraeocoris ruber)

Didea fasciata Hoverfly

“Batman Hoverfly” (Myathropa florea)

A quick visit to Bullcliffe NR resulted in seeing my second Painted Lady of the Year

A quick dash to Anglers CP, for a couple of Migrant Dragonflies, a few of these species had turned up across the country, Red-veined Darter and Lesser Emperor

Dragonflies Seen : Black-tailed Skimmer, Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor, Lesser Emperor, Red-veined Darter

Common Blue Damselfly

Red-veined Darter

Red-veined Darter

Homeward bound, via Kiplingcotes Chalk PIt, and today started off with cooler conditions, eventually getting hot again as the day went on.

Arrived at Kiplingcotes in warm weather, cooler conditions lifting as I travelled. It took me a while to hit the reserve, has I was enjoying the walk to the entrance, butterflies were taking up my time, species seen were Marbled White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Gatekeeper, Large White, Small White, Green veined White and a moth species, that turned out to be a Dusky Sallow.

Entering the reserve, I went up on to the top of the banking, seeing what I’d mostly seen on the trial , a small addition were Six Spot Burnet Moths and a quick fly thru Common Blue Butterfly.

I took my time walking back to the car, sitting and watching to see what was about, the only addition being Essex Skipper.

Car Park Location, what3words ///tent.cascaded.keys

Video of the day can be seen HERE

Complete Butterfly List : Comma, Common Blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Essex Skipper, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White, Large Skipper, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Peacock, Red Admiral, Ringlet, Siler-washed Fritillary, Small Copper, Small Heath, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Speckled Wood (21)

Complete Dragonfly List : Beautiful Demoiselle [NFC], Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Keeled Skimmer, Southern Hawker (4)

Two-banded Spearhorn Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum)

Common Blue Butterfly

Dusky Sallow Moth

Marbled White Butterfly

Essex Skipper