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

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    Love the squirrel Jenny. Woo is right, the picture is spot on! :dbgrtmb:
     
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      Sheer fluke Sheal. My Lumix FZ45 was set on AUTO. The light and the angle were just right for the shot ,
      Jenny
      it was his little throaty growl that made me smile..
       
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        Lovely shot, Jenny :blue thumb:

        Are you sure you didn't comb out his tail before taking the photo? :biggrin:
         
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          Perfect shot Jenny, very sharp.:dbgrtmb:
           
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            This has been hanging around my pots this afternoon, the underside of the wings are all red
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              It's a Cinnabar
               
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                A moth trying to be a butterfly no less.
                 
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                  It's beautiful regardless :) a nice splash of colour
                   
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                    Brings back SOOO many childhood memories Jiffy. I think it likes Ragwort flower - if my memory serves me correctly,
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                      Yep it love Ragwort :dbgrtmb:
                       
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                        I seem to see a Cinnabar Moth ever 5 years or so and while talking to one of my daughters in the garden last week I saw one fluttering by..........no camera to hand!!:gaah:
                         
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                        We have cinnabar moths visiting us every now and then, but haven't seen one this year yet.

                        In the pas few days we have a lot of scarlet tiger moths dancing about. This evening I counted 6 flattering above, unfortunately they didn't settle much, apart from this one landed high up in an ash tree. Thanks to the high zoom on the camera and my breath holding exercises :heehee:, managed this shot.
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                        Meadow brown feeding on the wild flowers
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                        Saw this Snail Killing Fly (Sciomyzidae), looks like it had a lucky escape from some kind of attack, lost 2 legs but alive :eeew:. I wish we had more of this fly around since there are an awful lot of snails and slugs about and it's larvae parasitises the slimy little b....rs.

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                          I took these on Saturday after waiting patiently for an hour. These are not that common here on the island.

                          Great Black Backed Gull
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                          Herring Gull
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                            What a lovely sight from above. That wide black back is very different ,
                            thanks for showing him to us Sheal,
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                              Must mean there's alot of Ragwort about this year, never had Ragwort in the garden before but this year i've pulled up 6 plants, it mite be because last year one neighbour didn't pull up he's Ragwort before it seeded :mad::yikes:
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