Not much spare time today but managed to pop out locally early afternoon. Nice and warm and sunny.
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| Cheviots from Alnwick Moor |
Quiet on moorland close to home, Cuckoo calling, Siskin, Skylark, Willow Warbler and Chaffinch. As I was watching a few White Butterflies, far too active to p[hotograph I heard a squeaking at my feet. It sounded like a nest full of young birds.
It was in fact an Adder with a small rodent, the poor thing was sqealing for a good few minutes untill it eventually fell silent. I did manage to get a photograph of sorts, centre left if you look closely.
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| Adder with prey |
I headed to Rabbit Lonnen on the outskirts of Alnwick with an idea to photograph some butterflies. I didnt have much success, too warm. There were Orange Tips, Whites and a Wall Brown but they were much to active in the warm early afternoon sunshine.
Rabbit Lonnen
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| Woods at near Denwick at the start of Rabbit Lonnen |
Forget me not flowers
Hawthorn
Ratcheugh Tower from the Lonnen
Nettletap Moth on a Dandelion flower
Alnwick from Denwick woodland
The only Butterfly I managed to photograph
Great stuff John, that adder sighting is a one in a lifetime! You need to use a nice photo of the moors as your background on here the snowy Branton Pits is a bit dated now ;)
ReplyDeleteNo. I've just spent an hour trying to put a new background on here I'm afraid its beyond me, might go for a plain one.
ReplyDeleteJust select from the choices on the template, thats where I got my wood fence...and the corn on the AWG blog too...you could go psychadelic!
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