What's Buzzing or Flying near You Today..?? Mark 2..!!

Swifts

Hi All
I have never seen so many swifts, at least 50 feeding over the river , chasing each other and the sreaming just amazing to watch and to listen to , I have got bored of the kingfisher now the swifts have finaly arrived LOL


Spruce

 

Spot the bullfinch:-) this little fella spent ages this afternoon wondering round the garden eating all the dandelion clocks, I love him saved me a job:-)

 

Cockchafer - sounds awful, looks awful, but my neighbour found one in his veg patch yesterday. Biggest beetle i've ever seen!:OUCH:

 

PMSL

But you are black with purple blue wings.

 

Sounds more awful to us blokes

Had to remove a few from the kitchen, one was dead on the sill outside in the morning

Have you ever seen a Stag Bettle Pixie?

They were common in summer when I was young, not seen one since 1985 now They made Cockchafers seem like Ladybirds.

 

Thats what I need Simbad, instead of Daughter #2 blowing the heads off when the wind is sailing over my plot:DOH:I'm sure Mr Wolf doesn't really care what the time is :DOH:

 

Just had a look for stag beetles on the net, looks like we won't be seeing anymore

British beetles missing, presumed extinct - Natural History Museum

I'm hoping i've misread that.

 

I did see a stag beetle in Italy Ziggy, last year for the first time ever, it didn't seem as big as the cockchafer, but that was an ugly brut as well. Mind you i prefer them to spiders any day.

 

There is hope yet then Pixie

My girlfriend was terrified of Stag Beetles. We were sat in a crowded pub beer garden one summers eve & one flew right round the garden a couple of times, guess who it landed on:D

Ever tried to get a beetle with claws off a wool jumper being worn by someone doing a banshee impression:DOH:

 

Very Impressive Shiney,don't know what likes them either but I do believe they are getting quiet rare

 

Not a great selection of winged visitors here...but Fred lands on next door regularly...dunno why no ponds locally. Must be his tea break...

 

It's a Rhinocerous Beetle, shiney.

Rhinoceros beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Spotted this really small dragonfly having a sunbathe today, anyone know which variety he is? sorry its not a very good close up:-)