What's buzzing or flying near you 2025 ?

Thankyou @On the Levels the Sparrowhawk pic was taken while sitting at the back of the conservatory through the window so I was surprised it came out as it did. I just have a bridge camera nothing else.

 

This afternoon I saw a red-tailed bumblebee, a wasp and several footballer hoverflies in the garden. The bumblebee was checking out the crevices in a stone wall.

 

First blue butterfly of the year in the garden today. Holly Blue I reckon. No holly in our garden but it seemed to keep gravitating towards the laurels. Never saw it feeding once though.

 

Snap @LunarSea we saw our first Holly Blue as well. Also several Orange Tips.

We have also seen our first robin fledging bobbing about

Less welcome are dozens of Box Moth caterpillars

 

We sit out on our patio for coffee (if it warm enough). Visited every day by a single hover fly. Is it the same one as last year? Fascinating watching it hover with its legs going down occasionally like the undercarriage of an aircraft.

 

I had to escort this wasp out yesterday. This must be the fourth in the last few weeks. I wonder if they are hatching out inside the house?

 

We have the same every year @Ergates. Always around about now in our study (aka the spare bedroom) and for several weeks. We assume they are queens hatching out as we always have a small nest in the loft each year. Been an old. Outage there are lots of gaps and crevices connecting the rooms/loft. Usually just 1 a day, not every day and they are always quite docile and sleepy.

 

When you eat suet pellets and dried meal worms they need moistening so this Magpie thought.




I wonder what these two were discussing, not the state of the garden I hope!

 

This blackbird came to take advantage immediately after I’ve abandoned work to have a sip of tea.

 

Very poor light for taking photos, but - first fledgling of the year in the garden!

 

Common Whitethroat in the wind.

 

This afternoon had the first Crane fly of the year in the house.

 

Reed Bunting and Blackcap.