May 2007
As the summer migrants continued to arrive, I spent a few sunny mornings at Red Rocks photographing the Sedge Warblers.
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Sedge Warbler (Accrocephalus schoenobaenus) - Red Rocks, Wirral
Sedge Warbler (Accrocephalus schoenobaenus) - Red Rocks, Wirral
Sedge Warbler (Accrocephalus schoenobaenus) - Red Rocks, Wirral
A Whinchat was also passing through one morning...
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) - Red Rocks, Wirral
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) - Red Rocks, Wirral
A little bit further along the coast at Leasowe the local coots chicks were growing fast.
Common Moorhen (Gallinura chloropus) |
juvenile Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) |
Most of the rest of my free time this month was spent looking for insects on the rare warm, sunny days.
Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) - Thurstaston, Wirral
Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) - Thurstaston, Wirral
Drinker caterpillar (Philudoria potatoria) - Thurstaston, Wirral
European Honeybee (Apis mellifera) - Thurstaston, Wirral
European Honeybee (Apis mellifera) - Thurstaston, Wirral
Cercopis vulnerata - Burton Marsh, Cheshire
Solitary Bee (Nomada sp.) - Burton Marsh, Cheshire
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga sp.) - Burton Marsh, Cheshire
Marsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia) - Point Lynas, Anglesey
female Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarelli) - Point Lynas, Anglesey
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