What's Buzzing or Flying near you today.... 2014

Thanks , what plant did you find all those vine weevils in ? hopefully you have got the main culprits

 

A few other things
Speckled wood


Green-veined white


Ashen bee


Busy spiders


Skylarks - 15 minutes walk from our house we came upon a field that was filled with the sound of skylarks, some singing while climbing up and up... some foraging for food and this fellow standing on a post singing its head off.

 

Fantastic pictures HsuH especially the skylarks

 

There are a few plants they were concentrated on. The worst effected was Phuopsis stylosa. I pain-stakingly picked them out by turning the soil shovel by shovel... hopefully I got most of them.

I'm thinking of starting a tread in the 'Pest & Disease' section by listing the plants I find that vine weevils are partial to, and hopefully everyone on the forum could join in to add to the list so that we can keep checking on those plants.

 

I thought my Heucheras were looking a little sad in March so I checked for slugs but as I lightly tugged one of them it came up in my hand, I then found vine weevils everywhere and five Heucheras were affected but they were cleaned,divided and potted up and therefore saved. The birds (as yours did HsuH) loved the grubs.
Fuchsias are well known for vine weevil attacks.

 

Very little to see out and about this morning, a pair of Marsh harriers, possibly a breeding pair, 20 Lapwings and hundreds of newly arrived Swifts. Everything else was sheltering from the gale force winds.

 

I believe I have just seen a few swallows which is very early for up north

 

Sitting on the harbour at Peel this evening I spotted this gull. I had my camera with me but it was pouring with rain and I couldn't get a close enough shot, blast!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Black-backed_Gull_Larus_marinus.jpg

 

A nice pic Sheal but they have an evil 'predator' look about them don't they.

 

Feed me time (excuse hazy pics through Double glazing).
One of three young Blackies.


One of ten young Starlings.


About 10 young Sparrows and well as about 5 adults making the garden a very busy place.

 

delightful Strongy,
Jenny

 

It's lovely to see the youngsters Strongy. I think it will be another couple of weeks before we see them being fed here.

 

No sign of any Dunnock, Blue or Great Tit or Robin young yet.

 

Lots for frantic feeding going on...