WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2018

Found this under a chair today, I've never seen that colouring before

 

Lovely shots of your Blackbird @wiseowl.

 

Taken through glass. Woody is here nearly every day now being partial to Rich Tea biscuits. Another rung bird that visits my garden.



He brought a friend with him today which you can just see, and they were both hammering away either side of a branch at one point.



The Siskins are very nervous on the rare occasions they visit so I was lucky to get this shot.

 

Amazing pics love the woodpeckers, they occasionally grace us with their presence here, beautiful birds

 

Thank you Loki. They fascinate me and I stand and watch them hammering away for some while. I wonder if they get headaches?

 

Lovely to have them in the garden @Sheal, I wish we did. Our Siskins (we still only have a pair) are more tolerant of me in the garden than any other birds.

Female Kestrel and Ravens at Portland.








Just managed to catch the iridescence on this Starling before it flew off

 

it does make you wonder......
if they pop by this summer I'll offer a paracetamol

 

Wow!!!!
Amazing pictures, they are stunning!!! The kestrel

 

Stunning shots Strongy!

 

I'd be interested to know if any members know this ladybird? I've seen many colours but unsure of this one it's already safe and sound in a quiet corner ( no teak oil infected this creature)

 

Squash it @Loki ! It looks like it's one of the invasive Harlequins.

Harlequin ladybird | Buglife

 

I'm going to be crawling all over the garden tomorrow to find it, then I'm going to be such a wuss I can't kill it. HUBBY!!! Come hear darling will you kill some ladybirds for me? ( what? @&;&£)
It's ok Hun, I'll sort it tomorrow

 

The Ladybird @Loki is simply known as the Orange Ladybird but has the latin name Halyzia sedecimguttata, in short means 16 spotted! I don't remember seeing one before either.
Not a Harlequin, they have black spots!

 

Phew! Thanks for that! I started feeling like I was the only one with them, therefore starting an epidemic
And I’ve just realised I’ve done the here /hear thing

 

In the news a few days ago S .
Woodpeckers give themselves brain damage but scientists think this could be a good thing