Hornsea Wildlife Carrying On As Normal

We homo sapiens may be struggling with a nasty virus that is affecting our way of life but the wildlife around us is carrying on as though nothing has changed. For them of course nothing has changed, apart from less pollution and disturbance perhaps.

Birds are still nesting and feeding young.

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male Great Spotted Woodpecker with food

male GSW leaving nest hole

Treecreeper with food

Treecreeper with food approaching its nest

Treecreeper entering nest

almost gone

Treecreeper removing fecal sac (blurred but will do better!)

The Treecreeper's young have fledged now but the woodpeckers are still wearing themselves out.

Starlings have been visiting the Mere shore and fields for food and are now feeding their young on site.

young Starling waiting to be fed

House Sparrows have also been numerous at the Mere, this adult had just flown in.

House Sparrow

Butterflies and damselflies are getting more numerous by the day as the weather warms up. I almost managed to catch this female Orange Tip just as it landed but although I got it approaching it was too quick for me (and, schoolboy error, I had my camera set incorrectly).

Orange Tip butterfly

Common Whitethroats are still singing from every available bush and I've been trying to get one in song flight. Here are my latest attempts...

Common Whitethroat song flight

as above

Brown Hares are getting on with what they do best, laying about and feeding then disappearing before your very eyes. No boxing going on now but they are still very active.

Brown Hare

I've been seeing more people walking though the fields in the mornings as they appear to be getting more adventurous on their daily exercise routines. Yesterday and today saw a reduction though, as the weather took a turn for the worse 👍 which made life easier as I didn't have to worry about keeping a safe distance.

On a closing note, we had lovely views of three Roe Deer from the house a few days ago as they came wandering down the field edge towards us.

Roebuck reaching for the best leaves

Does, 2 deer, 2 female deer

Hopefully our own lives will get back to something like normality in the fullness of time, but it doesn't look like it will be in the next few weeks.

Stay safe everyone.