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

The buddleia today had quite a few butterflies and bees on it as the sun warmed the blossom up and the smell of "honey" from the blooms was quite powerful. This one, when I downloaded it from my camera, almost brought me to tears. What an incredibly exquisite and beautiful camouflage outfit.
Yellow Brimstone


Jenny
ps - this is with Windows 10 . I think it looks better than my normal pictures. More vibrant and sharper too.

 

The garden is absolutely buzzing at the moment. There are lots of these butterflies in particular which are really big and one in particular seems to follow me around. Here it is on an ecchinacea flower:

 

One of the Fritillary family, could be Pearl-Bordered Fritillary

 

A dark Smoothie!

I reckon a Silver Washed Fritillary.

 

So Fritillary is a butterfly as well as a flower?! The things you learn on this forum! Thanks guys! [emoji106]

 

On the buddleia this morning, enjoying the sun
Comma

Red Admiral

Peacock

Jenny

 

@Jenny namaste great photos .

 

The like that i have given is for the two top picture Shiney, as i don't like wasps any more after finding a wasp nest with the strimer yesterday and got stung a few times

 

My mum just emailed me these pics as this bird really upset her one lab today







Cant say we get many birds of prey in solihull back gardens so this was a surprise

Is it a sparrow hawk?

 

Yes, it looks like a Sparrowhawk @Dips. It's not the best of things to come across but it's part of nature's survival. Greedy Magpies there waiting to see if anything's left for them too.

 

Lovely clear shots there Armandii.