What's buzzing or flying near you 2021?

Black Headed Gull with a crab snack. Changed to winter plumage already so no 'black head'

 

Watched a Hummingbird Hawk Moth feeding on Salvia involuctra.

 

Young Wheatear passing through. Wintering quarters in Central Africa are a long way away.
No sign posts, no one to follow but a very complex internal navigation system, and we think we are clever!!!

 

Notable in their absence, wasps.
Hardly seen any this year, I think I can safely say I've seen more butterflies than wasps.
It just doesn't seem right to be honest.

 

I Have seen very few wasps this year but plenty of Bees. I am not sure why either.

 

It's a change I can definitely learn to live with! Oddly enough I've seen quite a large diversity of wasp species in my garden in the last year, but yes, far fewer of the yellow and black ones! Could the 'standard' ones somehow be being outcompeted by the other wasps?

Nick

 

Not seen many bees either, but saw more towards the end of the summer than earlier.
The only upside to the cooler and cloudier than average summer has been less Red spider mite problems, hardly any in fact.

No, its just not the end of summer without wasps being their troublesome selves.
I've seen the other smaller ones, but I just think without the nasty ones something is going wrong.

 

Had thousands of ladybirds on the house walls looking for a hibo place for winter, 3rd year in a row for it

few wasps this year and qiute a few bees, down on numbers of butterfies

 

That's because they've all been nesting in various parts of my roof Pete. I've also had them in the shed and a bird nest box.

Very few bees here and the ones that are have been very small. The only butterflies I've seen this year are two Cabbage Whites.

 

We have no shortage of bees and wasps. Also have a lot of small brown flutterbys/moths?

 

We are suffering from "fly season". they seem to come out in October and are very annoying!

 

Are they at Portland? I'm planning to visit Exmoor for deer rut next week and return via Dorset.

 

@Scrungee last pic (above) was near Wareham but there are still a few around at Portland although they will probably all be gone by the end of the month. These stragglers are normally found down at the Bill near the beach huts and surrounding area. Rock Pipits are very common there too even around the picnic tables.

Greenshank, Brownsea Island.