What's Buzzing or Flying near you today.... 2014

The above pictures make mine below look boring. Lovely shots everyone!

Herring Gull


.......and a youngster on the wing. He looks like he has a leg missing but he'd been scratching his head in flight with the one you can see and I wasn't quick enough to catch it.

 

Just some bits and pieces I collected in the past week
Heron fishing


Coot caring for its young


A pheasant foraging in the grass


Bunny Rabbit


Bees feeding on pear blossom. Not sure bees have any sense of smell I certainly found the pear blossom smells awful, I have to hold my breath whenever I walk pass the area.

 

Brimstone butterfly




Peacock butterfly




A fat bumble bee - she likes kale flowers but the flower stalk is not stiff enough for its weight resulting in a lot of movement, so I failed to take any decent picture.

 

Your pictures are always so fascinating and full of interest HsuH. The pollen bags on the Pear Blossom bees are massive!! How can they fly lugging that lot around?
Jenny

 

A great wildlife mix.

A walk on the heathland to Agglestone Rock behind Studland Bay produced several Dartford Warblers with Linnets and Meadow Pipits.




Meadow Pipit.


At Bramble Bush Bay, just for you Sheal, Oystercatchers.

 

One day Strongy.....I say one day! Thank you.

 

First Orange Tip

 

While standing in the middle of nowhere up near the mountain today talking to some friends I heard a familiar sound, but one I haven't heard for over twenty years! A Skylark! I didn't think there were any here on the island.

 

@strongylodon

I have to make a decision about my camera 'set up' and am gathering info on which way to go, camera, lenses etc. I'd like to expand my wildlife photography but have issues with my present equipment. With you being our 'bird man' here on GC can I ask what lens/lenses you use for bird photography please. Not wanting to take the edge off this forum I have a thread running in 'Photography Discussion' that may be a better place to answer. Thanks.

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/canon-lenses.55218/

 

Stoggie has decided Sunday is bath day

Jenny

 

Lovely picture Jenny! He looks like he's having a good soak.

 

Sheal, mine is a Panasonic FZ150 'bridge' camera in between a point and shoot and a DSLR with a fixed lens.
It has a 24x zoom which can be altered to go up to 50x (not digital zoom)which I use It has it's limitations such as a slowish shutter speed and sometimes lack of detail. Some of my pcs are cropped on camera but I never use editing software so they are not the best of quality but it is ok for me.
I find it too time consuming and bulky now carrying and changing lenses.