What's Buzzing or Flying near you today... 2015

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  1. Apple Blossom

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    Absolutely Fantastic.... and thank you for sharing them I just love them all
     
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    Hi @Sheal
    It's the river Douro in Portugal.

    When we were in the mountains above the river we also saw a lot of Bonelli's Eagles and Egyptian Vultures but they wouldn't stay still long enough for me to take photos. It was easy to take photos on a wide angle but on zoom I couldn't get the camera to focus quickly enough. :doh: We also saw a couple of Golden Eagles on a nest but they were too far away for the camera. They were easy to see through powerful binoculars.
     
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        Nice collection of creepy crawlies Armandii,
        Jenny
         
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        You should see the giant spider in my bedroom, it's the size of a tarantula:hate-shocked::runforhills:
         
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          Thanks @shiney, I bet the birds were amazing! :)

          :eeew: Thanks for that @ARMANDII, it's put me off the chocolate bourbons I'm noshing on!

          I don't like those big black spiders, I expect to see them here soon as hay making is under way and they tend to run for cover in my direction! :doh:
           
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          The one I saw was resting on my bare arm, Sheal, when I was taking a shirt off the clothes rack. I kid you not about the size, and it was a red/brown in colour with legs the size and thickness of pipe cleaners. I behaved in a manly fashion throwing my arms up in the air, tried to get out of the bedroom without opening the door, and shattered a glass with my high pitched voice:hate-shocked::runforhills:.
           
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            It's OK @ARMANDII , Mrs Shiney has picked it up for you. :blue thumb:

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              :hate-shocked: That looks like the same size but mine had red/brown legs!!!........tell Mrs Shiney she can keep that one:runforhills:
               
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                I think yours must have been sunbathing too long and should have used sun block.
                 
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                  It would have need the industrial size, Shiney, believe me!!:hate-shocked:
                   
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                  Erm...what's been flying near me today is flying ants and tiny (baby?) wasps (doesn't look like gall wasps though)....they are black and yellow.
                   
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                    Found this little chap when lugging pavers around...

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                      Difficult to see from the pic if it is a Crested or not, it is darker than most Smooth Newts.
                       
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                      He was moving too fast for me to get a real good look as I was scared of dropping him but he was very dark ,almost black...
                       
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