What's Buzzin' or Flying Near You Today..? MK 3..

Thanks A. it was taken from the living room window but on full zoom.

HsuH the fact that we have 20+ Sparrows and loads of Starlings surprises me that we don't see them more often, like you it is usually a quick flash and gone.

 

Based on the colour of feathers we sometimes find on the lawn, "our" sparrowhawk seems to have a taste for collar doves of which we have quite a few. Wish it'd eliminate more of the wood pigeons as well to help to stop them from eating our leafy vegetables

 

Looked for the Hummingbird Hawk moths tonight, but there were none,
typical...
Jenny

 

Speckled Wood....

 

I tried practicing my insect photography yesterday, so here are a few bees!
I love these pale bumble bees, I think of them as my snow-bees!


a busy little wasp a classic bumble bee!

 

I also tried to take a couple of shots of the caterpillars, to show how they change colour as they grow...

they start brown, and then the green bands increase in size!

 

just a few more buzzing shots, then I'll stop for a while, honest!


I love this one, waving at me!

 

Thank you Sian,
I love watching all creepy crawly things,
Jenny

 

Marvelous pics Sian

 

I think I might have got a bit close to wasps nest whilst picking blackberries as dozens suddenly appeared and went for my tub, mainly juveniles. Why they were more interested in my blackberries than the hundreds on the bushes I don't know, other than that they are nasty aggressive things.

 

Why go looking for Blackburys, when some one puts them all in a nice tub for us

 

While out for a walk the other day, this little chappy landed on my stick. There's also been an identical one in the garden over the last few days, flying and hovering very close to me.

 

Wow Armandii. Great studies of those 2 insects.
Love the hoverfly's outfit - really cool..
Jenny