WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2019

thank you,
Jenny

 

Female Black Redstart on one of the roofs at Sarlat Cathedral.

 

Just re-looking here and got a good chuckle Clive! It may have been wagging, but was his tail really yellow?

 

Perhaps they should have been called Yellow Bellied Wagtails

House Martins (below) and Crag Martins (above) at Roque de Gageac.

 

Common Darters

 

There are four Great White Egrets at Lodmoor reserve in Weymouth at present, more than Little Egrets. They are slightly taller than a Heron and are increasing in numbers annually.
One flew off!

 

In your garden @redstar ? looks like our Sparrowhawk but it is possibly a Cooper's Hawk as in the US Sparrowhawk often means Kestrel.

 

Yes, in my garden. its a Cooper Hawk.

 

WOW stunning images!

 

Great White Egret having a bad hair day

 

@shiney, no, they don't live that long as they progress from Morocco in generations every 6-8 weeks even up as far as Norway! It doesn't have a particular habitat here, just where it can find a nectar source.

The 'white' Ruff has returned to Lodmoor RSPB in Weymouth for a second winter, it stayed last winter for 5 months, couldn't be bothered to migrate to Africa!


Great White Egrets with their 'Little' brother.

 

Not the best shots, I was struggling with the camera in an awkward position.