What's buzzing or flying near you 2021?

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Cock Chafer AKA May Fly

 

I've been puting out porriage oats for years, the one i use is just rolled oats with nowt added, the birds love it

 

Chough at South Stack, Anglesey, first I have ever seen.


Puffins, only bout 8 pairs amongst several thousand Guillemots and Razorbills and distant down from the viewing area.

 

Wonderful photos strongloden.You are obviously a serious bird watcher.I have never seen a chough in the wild, even though I used to live in Cornwall.Puffins neither, such lovely little birds.

 

Arctic Tern, Cemlyn Bay lagoon, Anglesey. Distant so not a sharp pic. A hundred or more nest here with the more plentiful Sandwich and Common Terns. Only differing from Common by a pure red beak. This bird has flown 9,000 miles from the Antarctic Ocean and will fly back again in August/September!!!

 

What species of dragonfly is this, please? I had one on one of my buddleias last year and just photographed this one on my winter honeysuckle.

Nick

 

Have a look at images of female Southern Hawkers Southern Hawker | NatureSpot

 

Male Eastern Bluebird foraging to feed its young.

 

Thanks, that looks really similar but there's definitely no blue on 'mine', it just looks yellow/lime green all over. Having looked at more photos of them, some seem to entirely lack the blue colouring, so you're probably right.

Nick