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

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  1. Spruce

    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    Bat question

    just before dusk yesterday , I saw a bat quite high in the sky , flying in a straight line I have never seen this before what type of bat could it be it was twice the size of the normal ones I have flying in and out of the garden and over the river

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      Batman?:biggrin:
       
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        FatBat........who takes longer to take off and picks big trees to hang from??:dunno::snork:
         
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          it didn't look like this, did it Spruce? :whistle: :heehee:

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            Found this, Spruce ....
            Source: Bat Conservation Trust
             
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              or...scary ass man eating bat! :runforhills:

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              Thank you so much "M" and to the rest of you !!!! I darnt say but at least it made you laugh !!
               
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                Found this fellow in my GH, it is called Alomya Debellor, and it is a parasitic wasp. The adults feed on nectar and aphid honeydew. The female lays her eggs into the caterpillars of butterflies and moths.:eeew:
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                Ants busy feeding on the nectar and pollen in a Cobaea. Stocking up for winter perhaps:scratch:
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                  Coming in to land...

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                  Landed...
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                    Spiders are still around despite the wind and rain.:snork:
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                      Looks a bit "porky" - like he's been pigging out.
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                      Eating on the "Fly" so to speak, Jenny:heehee:
                       
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                        Last night I saw a Hedgepig in the garden for the first time in many years, I ran in the house to get Christina but it had scarpered when we came back. I waited a while silently but I could hear it rustling in the undergrowth in the next garden.

                        They must be getting ready for the big kip soon surely? :snooze:
                         
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                          My three still turn up for supper but I put that down to the mild weather that seems to be hanging on at the moment.:coffee::snork:
                           
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                            This little un was keeping me company in the greenhouse....

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