What's buzzing or flying near you 2024 ?

Thanks @Dropmore

 

Worked fine @Dropmore

 

Oh I'm behind again...

 

baby geese near us on the canal, the mums are rather noisy and annoying though but it's nice to see spring is here

 

Just caught this beautiful little bee on the lavender.

 

I spent a long time yesterday evening watching a parasitic wasp. It was laying eggs on one of the logs in my attempt at a Victorian style "Stumpery" (I had a lot of old rotten wood in the garden and this was the easiest way to deal with it).

 

A Swollen-thighed Beetle on buttercup. I never saw these in my garden until a few years ago, but now they have become common. Only the males have those impressive thighs.

 

A couple of great pictures - thanks.

 

@Alan Clark your large thigh beetle looks like the one I found in my pitcher plant - see my photo in the May photo competition. I had wondered what it was.

 

They are beautiful aren't they. They're also known as Thick-legged Flower Beetles which I like as it tells you where to look for them.
I didn't realise that only the males had the thighs so that's a new piece of information from @Alan Clark, thank you.

 

Well, not flying as such, but it did manage to flap its wings a bit to move away from the middle of the road - with some prompting. Isn’t it the cutest thing? Sparrow?

 

@pitter-patter has it fallen out of a nest? Maybe baby blackbird?