keep the flag flying

silver y - 1st. migrant of the year

elephant hawkmoth

small haul from flamborough

peppered moth

common swift

rivulet

the red-backed shrike was about 8 miles away, the moths a bloody sight closer !

By popular demand.

pale tussock

miller

lunar marbled brown

green silver-lines

glaucous shears

brown silver-line

broken-barred carpet

7 more from the Troutsdale adventure,

what a night !!!

white-pinion spotted

scalloped hook-tip
oak hook-tip
emperor
clouded silver
barred umber
barred hook-tip


At Troutsdale with Tony, Lenora and Ian on Friday night and caught 58 species which is impressive for 3rd. week of may. The woodpecker and the pair of spectacles are from Flamborough (not specsavers).

Hackney

Not a great deal happening bird-wise, but at least at this time of year here in central you can't move for tripping over these beauties - at the small urban reserve where I work,we've got no less than four families presently...

miscellany

images of the flamborough woodchat,a buckton barn owl, a lunar marbled brown caught at forge valley and my back garden with crab apple, and broom in full bloom.

oh my !!!

a grubby looking female woodchat.

A new bird for me at flamborough (only the 2nd. record) and a better image of sedge warbler.

2 more warblers

blackcap

sedge warbler

smart guys !!

a sunny day

whitethroat

chiffchaff

a little warmer today so the odd warbler appeared.

not verry bright !

These 3 silly buggers think it's spring................well it's not - it's still bloody winter!

Last few from Florida...

a little cracker !

This Pine Beauty was caught at Rudston last night.

2 groppers at buckton