Little Brown Job: June 2011

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Johnny Senior

Johnny Senior, originally uploaded by Little Brown Job.

Johnny Senior at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Lioness

Lioness, originally uploaded by Little Brown Job.

Lioness at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, hard to believe this is Doncaster and not the Masai Mara.

Monday, 27 June 2011

Amur Tiger - Vladimir

Amur Tiger - Vladimir, originally uploaded by Little Brown Job.

First encounter with the Tigers at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, this is Vladimir, not looking entirely happy it has to be said, plodding through the mud on a scorching hot day.

Saturday, 18 June 2011

We were thinking today was going to be a washout but it turned out quite nice so we popped over to the meadow to see how things were going there. The Burnet Moths have just started emerging, just the odd one or two here and there at the moment, they'll be all over the place in a few days time. Still no dragonflies or damsels, I think it was late on last year when we saw them. Spotted a Buzzard as soon as we arrived and a Kestrel was hunting around the meadow the whole time. Lucy was leaving a trail of jumping Grasshoppers as she wandered about in the long grass, managed to spot one or two as they landed. Surprise of the day has to be a hedgehog on a footpath, they must be getting hungry with all the dry weather.

Burnet Moths

Burnet Moth

Large Skipper Butterfly

Grasshopper

Hedgehog

After misplacing my binoculars, I think in Scotland on our honeymoon in 2004, I've finally replaced them. I've gone for Opticron 8x32 Orgen, small, light, close focusing and I love 'em!

Rodley Nature Reserve

Almost caught up now, back to last weekends visit to Rodley Nature Reserve near Leeds. A bit disappointing here to be honest, not very much about bird wise but there were plenty of damsels about and some lovely Small Tortoiseshells.

Damselfly

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

Almost there, one more to go and we're up to date, next up our local meadow.

YWT Adel Dam

Last weekend we spent the morning at Adel Dam nature reserve near Leeds which is managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. There were a family of 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers at the feeders most of the time we were there and a Jay kept popping in too.

Grey Squirrel

Great Spotter Woodpecker

Jay

Jay

Next up, Rodley nature reserve.

RSPB Blacktoft Sands

Now I'm really getting behind, rewinding back 2 weeks to our afternoon visit to Blacktoft Sands. Not brilliant pictures but we had a great time watching the Marsh Harriers.