What's buzzing or flying near you 2024 ?

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  1. shiney

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    Small White butterflies :heehee:

    Apparently there are different types of small and large white butterflies. :noidea:

    How To Identify White Butterflies
     
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    • simone_in_wiltshire

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      While doing the last bits and bobs in the garden, I had to stop when taking down my pea/tomato support when I saw this Ladybird sleeping. I found another two Ladybirds in the leaves of the Deutzia plant.

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        It has always seemed to me that species have an inbred knowledge of which fellow creatures they can trust and those they can not trust. Female wood duck and painted turtle.

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          • On the Levels

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            Surprised to see 15 field fares over the garden this morning in the downpour. Must be very cold where they had been and so now coming our way.
             
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              A bit late putting these up but having caught Covid on our last couple of days in Austria I have only just sorted through my photos.
              Alpine Choughs at Mittenwald over the border in Bavaria.
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              Crag Martin, high altitude version of the Sand Martin, Merano, Italy.
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              Pied Flycatcher, Innsbruck.
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                The owls have been making a fair bit of noise lately and sound so near to the house. Sometimes I turn off all lights so it's pitch black indoors and peer out into the garden to see where they are - there are a lot of oaks on the golf course at the bottom of the garden.

                So I was surprised to find one sitting on my bird feeder, which is about 8ft from the windows. Looks like a tawny owl.

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                    Wow @cactus_girl what a fantastic sight on your bird feeder! When I’m in bed at night I regularly hear tawny owls calling and it sounds very close, perhaps I’ll peep out like you and see what I can see.
                     
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                      Yes @CatDouch I was very surprised. I expect it was eyeing up some wood mice or voles or maybe a rat, as we have lots in the garden. Hope you get to spot one.
                       
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                        Just had over 40 jackdaws flying around. Can't make up their minds as to their roost!
                         
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                          I think I saw the first signs of Trichomonosis in a goldfinch today so I've taken the sunflower hearts feeder in for a couple of days. This lot make me feel so guilty though, sat in the pouring rain, waiting for the buffet to be refilled! 20240925_122839_resized.jpg
                           
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                            One of my favourite butterflies appeared in the garden this morning. Small Copper feasting on Aster 'Mönch'. Gorgeous little thing.

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                              A bird we always love to see spotted yesterday - Kingfisher. We have had pictures of these over the years and never anything but a blur, so now we don't bother and just enjoy the view. Never lasts long and mostly just a whiz past us low along the river, but yesterday it sat for a few minutes on a tree branch and turned a couple of times so providing a lovely view of its superb colours.
                               
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                                Always makes your day seeing a Kingfisher. We recently watched one fishing in salt-water in North Wales. I took this photo last year on the same rocks in the mouth of the Dwyfor.

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