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

Taken as the sun was setting this evening, a Robin singing his heart out!

 

A windy walk around Durlston CP and above the cliffs this Common Whitethroat was having a bad feather day!


Below the cliff, briefly, was a Grey Seal, first one I've seen there.


Later at Sandford Heath I found a Wasp Spider and I haven't seen one of those for two years. Their webs are very low down and easily missed.
Underside.


Beautiful abdomen markings.

 

Great pictures Strongy!

 

Here fishy.


Ok you can let go of my head!


A mix of waders at Stanpit Marsh in Christchurch Harbour, Oystercatchers, Ringed Plovers between them, a couple of Redshank, one Godwit, Dunlin and with them, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, not clearly visible due to the distance.


The Fly Past.

Grey Heron.
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Lapwings/Green Plovers/Peewits.


Dunlin.



Wigeon, still in summer plumage.


Avro Lancaster!!!!!!!! mega rare visitor, almost extinct. (I think it was on it's way to Goodwood from Bournemouth Airport)

 

Again! Great pictures Strongy! Like the Lancaster.

 

One of the only two flying, they circled the harbour just as I got there!

 

Whinchat, this morning, flitting around with 6 Stonechats, in a couple of weeks time the Stonechats will still be here and all year, the Whinchat will be half way to Africa.

 

Flock of swallows overhead this morning, flying south.

 

I haven't been very mobile for the past 10 days following my stupid little fall, but yesterday I did manage to, with the aid of a walking stick, slowly and wobbling dangerously, get into the back garden. Positioned myself in front of some bee-loving plants and I took some pictures of those who were willing to pose for me since I was in no condition to chase after anything that moves.

Lots of hoverflies
Marmalade Hoverfly


Long Hoverfly, tiny little fly but its wings are most iridescent


with its wings open


This one is new to me. It is a long snout hoverfly, I prefer to call it Pinocchio.
Latin name for this one is Rhingia campestris


This one, Rhingia rostrata, is slightly different from the one above, mainly it hasn't got the black line along its abdomen and overall is a little bit brighter.

Gave its drinking tube a good cleaning after drinking the nectar


A drone fly, covered in pollen


Here it's working hard to get rid of the pollen. It was interesting to watch it brushing its body with the hind legs then rubbing the legs together, gradually little lumps of pollen drop off.

 

A big bumblebee


A honey bee with a huge burden



While recovering indoors I took a few garden birds photos
Blackbird feasting on cotoneaster

Long-tailed tit

Hedge sparrow


Young house sparrows


Robin

 

I agree with Armandii!