Cowden Range

Had a walk around Cowden on Friday morning. As usual there was no one else there :)

Lots of warblers still around the south end of the range with 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Whitethroat, 3 ChiffChaff, a male Blackcap and 2 Willow Warbler.

Whitethroat

Plenty of tits in the hawthorns including a party of about 8 Long-tailed

Long-tailed Tit with Vapourer Moth caterpillar(?)

A Barn Owl and 3 Buzzard were showing well in the morning sunlight and 2 Sparrowhawk flashed by before I could get the camera anywhere close. I had to lighten the Buzzard pic as it was too dark against the sun and I didn't have time to over-expose on the camera.

One of three Buzzards

Barney

I spent a long tme trying to get a flight shot of dragonflies over one of the ponds. These are the best but still work to do!

Common Hawker

Common Hawker

Common Hawker

So nothing unusual from the visit but it was very enjoyable anyway. 6 miles covered and several bramble scratches on the legs which is normal. I'll return here shortly hoping for a few migrants through early Autumn.