What's Buzzing or Flying near you today......2016

highlighting the scourge of migrants coming over here uninvited and eating our insects.



taken online

 

Just a Blue tit searching for insects then went for a bath, nice to see my small conifers providing food , all my hedge to be has been planted with wildlife in mind berries flowers some thorns bushes it just needs to grow.

 

@miraflores you picked a Pied Flycatcher, one of the birds I have never seen!
They go back in the Autumn.

 

What are the Flycatchers that hang out on the piers around here Strongy?

 

What 'piers' @Zigs?The only other one you are likely to see is the Spotted Flycatcher, it flies out or down to catch insects and often returns to the same branch/fence/wall.

First Adder I have seen for a couple of years although they are not uncommon.
This young lady was just laying there in the wet bracken.




Reed Warbler.

 

Caught red handed going for the pansies.

 

Had a Swallow dart in front of my car yesterday (disclaimer: it didn't get hit!), so both the Swallows and the Swifts are back!

 

Just a humble bee, taking a little rest on the fence

 

@shiney love the photo of the Collared Dove sitting on her nest,but hope she doesn't get one of those thorns in her or the chicks eye as they look a bit sharp to me

 

I took our Nature group for a walk from Worth Matravers to Winspit on the coast and saw a few things on the way.
A couple of resting Swallows.




Male Yellow Hammer.


Male Linnet in full breeding colours.


I wasn't expecting to find what appears to be more Wall Lizards as I have found them at Abbotsbury Gdns, Portland quarries, Bournemouth cliffs, Durlston CP Castle and now here.
These two were on the ruins of the old stone quarry buildings on the cliff edge.
Female.


Male.

 

Perfect - I took a picture last night of a bird that I had called Mystery Bird because we have only been seeing them this past year ! Excuse the photography - it is one of the first pictures I took with the camera I bought yesterday.

 

No need to excuse it, I think that is a great picture!

No idea what the bird is though; hope someone can ID it.

 

Could this be your bird @CanadianLori ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_finch

 

Lovely little bird I was searching as you posted Sheal I think your correct .
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/105/_/House_Finch.aspx