Between the Showers

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow-underwing

(Noctua janthe)

Black Tern

LOL moment

Great Day for Waders

25 Snipe causeway pool Cresswell

30+ Snipe Budge Field

Also at Druridge; Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, 2+ Ruff 12 Redshank and 50 Dunlin

Garden, Mega, Lifer!

No not these!

Get your field guides out for this one! (Not in my garden!)

Agrimony

(Not in my garden!)

Interesting Food Chain

Harvestman (?) eats Moth

Harvestman parasitised by Red Mite

Yes

White-letter Hairstreak

(I hope my ID is correct.)

On my neighbours car. A little worn sadly but it is the first I've seen.

August Already

Sea Slater

Recently fledged Reed Bunting

GWE heading N from Chev this morning.

Juv Marsh Harrier

This tiny moth (less than 10mm)was tricky to pin down. I think it is a leaf miner. Phyllonorycter?

perhaps Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae. I have contacted TT for help. Thanks to Tom he suggested Phyllonorycter rajella.

All five common tern species on the beach. (Common, Arctic, Sandwich, Little and Roseate). One Roseate had metal ring on right leg the other on left leg. Another one this morning had one ring on each leg and a lot of red on the bill.

Think this is ...

Common White Wave

Cabera pusaria

Darters

 

Think these are all Common Darters. Would welcome any comments. Only first one has pale pterostigmata with broad black surround but lacks blue on lower eye.

Green Sandpiper

Emperor

Phenomenal

Truly amazing.

Over 2000 Painted Lady butterflies moving through my patch this morning. What an amazing spectacle and has to be my nature highlight of the year! I was at Woodhorn around lunchtime and they were still moving west through the fields.

Four-spotted Chaser?

White-winged Black Tern

Very grateful to the finder of this bird. Can't be on the patch all the time so really pleased to catch up with this bird. If you want to see some proper photos go to the RBA gallery. Frank Golding (an excellent photographer) has posted some magnificent shots. Can't believe he also got Black Tern side by side with White-winged Black Tern. Well done Frank!

1st July 2017 saw a nice adult at the burnmouth East Chev.