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

Shiney, haven't had a Green Finch in the garden for months now. They might return when the weather changes.

 

Red Admiral this morning

 

Looks like Ham Wall with the view of the Tor Loads of alien frogs there, you can hear them going off in the spring.

 

It's Shapwick, from the hide there which is a long walk from the main path, the main path goes on to Ham. As you know the area is 'a bit wet' so unfortunately it is closed for the Winter.

 

Ahh, the bit where the path sinks?

 

The Chaffinches are back, three pairs in my garden today and a sure sign cold weather's on it's way.

 

Sheal it is good to see neither having the leg disease affecting some of them.

Little Egret fishing, Poole harbour.




Curlew.

 

Stunning pictures Strongy.

I didn't know Chaffinches were suffering from a leg disease. Can you give me a little more info please so I can keep an eye out for it.

 

It is caused by the Papillomavirus, the legs develop warty scales making the leg look wider and pink, it can in extremes cause lameness and eventual demise but most birds have a mild infection and live with it.

 

Strongy,
I absolutely adore curlews. That one is a beauty...

 

Finally managed to capture a wasp on the ivy today, they've been very camera shy! ....




.... and the cosmos are still drawing in bees ....

 

I've got a gate post that's covered with ivy and swarming with wasps, the trouble being that when I open the gate to drive through dozens of them get disturbed and go for me, last week one of them getting under my tee shirt and stinging me whilst I was driving away. I keep meaning to prune all the flowers off when it's late/early.

 

Arne this morning, this is the only Raft Spider I have seen this year and it was quite small, only about 3ins across.


A 'record' shot, not a good one as they (as usual) are so far away and nearly always with their heads tucked in, some of 35 Spoonbills on the sand spit opposite Sandbanks 'millionaires row'. This is the most ever recorded.


Cormorants, Sheld Ducks and Spoonbills all separate (birds of a feather?)


Sika doe.