Common Sandpiper hunting and feeding... three shots (c) 2008
Dave
Sunday, 6 July 2008
Saturday, 5 July 2008
Light Emerald
A 'new' moth for me.......a Light Emerald from last night's actinic moth trapping session in my front garden.
Common Blue Damselfly
Went up to John O' Gaunts reservoir yesterday, not a lot doing on the bird front, a very pleasant location though, I've not been before. In the absence of birds to photograph I shot a few landscapes and some attempts at Damselflies. The attached shots, I think I'm right in saying are of Common Blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum). Very similar to the Azure damselfly but can be separated by the markings on the second abdominal segment ( males only). On the Common Blue the mark is shaped like a black club, on the Azure, the mark is like a black U. You can just see that mark on the photograph of the male and female together.
Stephen.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Wilsden 01-07-2008
Cirrostratus fibratus (c) DCB 2008
1945hr 2008-07-01 High cloud just ahead of last nights advancing rain front.
Anyone interested in clouds and skyscapes?
Dave
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Bumblebees!
Bombus sp on Birds Foot Trefoil (c) DCB 2008
A very welcome email from Tom Hubball confirms the bombus species is B. lucorum (White-tailed Bumblebee).......
Very many thanks Tom
Very many thanks Tom
Dave
Oxenhope 29-06-2008
Orchid in Birds Foot Trefoil... two shots (c) DCB 2008
Anyone know their Orchids, is this a Common Spotted?
Dave
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Oxenhope 28-06-2008
Swallow on fence wires having a rest (c) DCB 2008
Wren (c) DCB 2008
Very poor light this morning for photography!
Dave
Oxenhope Moths 28-06-2008
Is this a Chimney Sweeper ? a very small moth on the limestone road (c) DCB 2008
A very welcome email from Tom Hubball confirms that this moth is indeed a Chimney Sweeper Odezia atrata
Again very many thanks Tom
Again very many thanks Tom
Dave
Friday, 27 June 2008
Doubler Stones, Rombalds Moor
Doubler Stones North (c) DCB 2008
Doubler Stones..... both of them (c) DCB 2008
Doubler Stones South.... from below (c) DCB 2008
Is anyone interested in the Geology / Megaliths of the area, many examples of which can be seen locally on our birding excursions ?
Dave
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Some Late April / May Wheatears
Five Wheatear shots.... Oxenhope (c) DCB 2008
Not the Wheatear passage season now but how many of these exceptionally tame birds show characterisics of the Greenland race?
Dave
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Sunday, 22 June 2008
The Western Moors
From Crow Hill Delphs looking NW (c) DCB 2008
From Crow Hill looking N (c) DCB 2008
These photographs taken from the Lancashire / Yorkshire boundary are of areas recently incorporated into BOG.
From Wolf Stones looking S (c) DCB 2008
Dave
Ponden Sand Martin Colony 22-06-2008
Ponden South Overflow (c) DCB 2008
In answer to Marks opening photograph at Riddlesden. A bit of a difference here... a concrete retaining wall being used as a nesting bank! Many of the row of circular weep holes half way up the wall are occupied and birds can be regularly seen entering and leaving.
Ponden South Overflow. Detail (c) DCB 2008
The row of Weep (nesting) Holes can be seen more clearly.
Ponden South Overflow (c) DCB 2008
Ponden Reservoir South Bank (c) DCB 2008
This morning c25 Sand Martins could be seen avidly feeding / gathering aerial food in the lee of the bankside trees and wood. The wind was a SW F6/7 and the birds were having no difficulty whatsoever.
Ponden Reservoir North Arm (c) 2008
Dave
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Oxenhope Watchpoint 21-06-2008
LBB Gull > S (c) DCB 2008
Lots of Lesser Black-backed Gulls > S throughout the morning.... See: Sightings blog and
http://vismig.blogspot.com/
for more details and photographs, all taken in very poor light!
LBB Gull > S (c) DCB 2008
Dave
Friday, 20 June 2008
More "in flight" Studies
Greylag Geese (c) DCB 2008
Redshank (c) DCB 2008
House Martin on the turn (c) DCB 2008
Black-headed Gull (c) DCB 2008
Skylark (c) DCB 2008
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Post Breeding Starling Flock
Flock containing juvs and adults... (c) DCB 2008
Double Click the image to make it twice as big!
Dave
Monday, 16 June 2008
Swift!!.... "THE ULTIMATE BIRD"
As you might guess Swifts are my favourite birds! All images taken of birds involved in a westerly "weather move" with shutter speed 1/1250th Sec and ISO setting 800 (hence the noisy skies). Ca'nt remember what the aperture was but if anyone wants to know shout and I will look it up.
(c) DCB 2008
Swift (c) DCB 2008
Swift (c) DCB 2008
Swift (c) DCB 2008
Dave
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