What's buzzing or flying near you 2025 ?

The blue tights?

 

Sparrowhawk visited again but briefly, fortunately it caught nothing.

 

First two House Martins over the house this morning. Just prospecting - they'll be feeding over water a few miles away and won't return to nest for a while yet. Earliest date I've recorded since we've lived here.

 

A male green woodpecker in the orchard opposite the kitchen window for a long time. Pulling at the grass supposedly to get at the ants. Orange tip and holly blue buzzing all over. One swallow overhead and 2 buzzards soaring and mewing and then mobbed by the crows. A blackbird has been keeping us entertained virtually all day with his singing.

 

Heard my first hoopoe today and disturbed one fossicking for ants in our drive. The wisteria is just starting to open up and is buzzing with bees of various sizes inclduing the biggest all black carpenter bee I've ever seen here.

Saw my first swallows at the weekend and heard my first cuckoo. Now I need to learn to identify all the little brown jobs, both local and migratory.

 

There has been an unprecedented influx of Hoopoes here and Ireland, good number in Devon and Cornwall, possibly around 50+.

Little Ringed Plover, a summer visitor passing through unlike our resident Ringed Plovers.

 

Back again.

 

Saw my first Redstart of the season today. Quite early this year due to the settled weather. This male gave me the run-around before I finally got the binoculars on him while he belted out his song from the top of a tree. Old image - sorry!

 

We had two Canada geese in our road. One sailed past our bedroom window - it was huge. Then it landed on a bungalow's roof 4 doors away. Its mate flew past and missed the roof, ending up on the road. There was a lot of noise - like ducks on megaphones. Then off they went. Some years ago they were a nuisance on the golf course, pooping all over the place. They disappeared for some years and are now back.

 

No close-up shots today . Been back from Oz a week now dutifully filled our feeders , one outside our Living room window hasn't had a mass of visitors usual coaltits, Long-tailed tits .Great tits, Dunnocks and of course Robins oh seen Goldfinches and Jays up in the Trees surrounding our secluded garden. Guess it's nesting time that's why.

 

My flock have dramatically cut down on feeding from the feeders ….

 

@strongylodon and @LunarSea Fantastic photos. You must have great mobiles and/or carry around a camera in your back pocket! Brilliant and lovely to see.

 

Captured entirely by accident when taking a picture of my daffodils. I didn't spot the lacewing tucked up in the petals at the time!