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

Water Rail3 by R MAURINS, on Flickr

First time I've photographed these elusive birds

 

Willow Warbler by R MAURINS, on Flickr
Taken in my garden

 

That's a fantastic shot @burnie!

 

I only got my first close views of a Water Rail last autumn, often heard but not seen, sounds like a squealing pig!

Love the Willow Warbler shot, plumage looks fresh so it could be a youngster.
It might be down here in a few weeks, a majority of migrants (birds) will stay here for a while before setting off. The first Osprey has appeared in Poole harbour this weekend.

 

I was fishing yesterday and had 3 Ospreys for company for most of the day, I think it was a male with 2 youngsters that kept calling for food all day.

 

A humble ladybird first thing this morning (she chose a lovely comfy bed )



Then she noticed me and decided it was time to fly away home

 

We get all sorts of things flying around here.
Having our morning coffee in the garden on Sunday and spotted these in the distance ...



This was the best I could get for a "close-up" with my little point and shoot ...

 

We get them all the time here, we don't mine seeing them, a few years back we had the wing walker flying about a giving us a good display the sound of the by plane was lovely

 

Hoverfly by R MAURINS, on Flickr

 

Well, we've got a few Buzzards here and sometimes they will be flying around then they will screech, so not silent all the time

 

Just got back from a holiday in a gîte in the south of France. It was quite hot and dry there and the garden contained a lovely concrete bird bath which we filled up in the hope of attracting some bird life. We were rewarded by seeing several blue tits turn up every morning to enjoy their early morning ablutions.

 

Same here Shiney, but we do have lots of Medow Brown Butterfies