What's Buzzin' or Flying Near You Today..? MK 3..

While on holiday fishing in Rutland I spotted these guys by the river.
















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Hi HsuH, I was at Midland Radar at RAF North Luffenham for many years just by Rutland Water [and watched them build it]. I've been going back there every year to fish in the area so I've watched the build up of the Red Kites and Osprey over the years. The fish we were catching were fairly large so that even an Osprey might have had a problem lifting into the air with them

 

Fabulous pictures, both of you .

It shows what a good eye and a good camera can do

My fairly basic camera (on present day standards) is not too good at distant shots. This was from my kitchen window at approx 80ft. Woody visits quite often

 

Our Chaxii seem a real haven for the bees and other insects. This morning there were hundreds of bees with at least three to each stem of Chaxii. There were, also, thousands of other smaller flyers.

I'm not very well up on bees (or insects) so am confused by some of them.
There were a lot of these black bees with red bums. All the bees had nice red pollen sacks



This is what I normally picture as a bee with the nice stripey effect





Is this one a honey bee? Mainly a yellowish colour all over and what is the insect to the right of the picture


And what is the green insect below this bee?


This is a shot of approx half our Chaxii (in the veggie plot) and the air is full with a strong humming noise