What's Buzzing or Flying near you today... 2015

Sorry about the rubbish picture but I was very pleased to see this tawny owl in my garden as it was going dusk, I will have it on cctv I will see how to extract it to my laptop.

 

Yes, I'm have a bad hair/hare day

 

I normally do, if I'm planning to try to photograh insects. But of course, I was trying to get the flowers, and then these bees bumble up, and I forget. I can be a bear with very little brains, sometimes!

 

oh, and I did get quite a good photo of the damsel fly too, before releasing from the living room ... it was tiny, honest!

 

New visitor to my feeding station and lawn this morning our first ever Jackdaw.Got some photos so will have to see this evening whether Mr Kandy get sort them out for me so I can put up some photos on here.

I also can hear my baby Blue Tits making a racket to be fed so I soaked a lot of dried mealworms,chopped them up into small pieces,put them on my feeding station for mum and dad Blue Tit,only to find ten minutes later a Jackdaw noshing themOnly hope he doesn't take a fancy to the baby Blue Tits as they get bigger

 

I'm please to see the lawn covered in Starling this morning,something I've not seen for a good few years,they're making short work of the Crane Fly larvae which is a good thing in my book

 

This made me laugh out loud this morning, @Lolimac ! Just before checking the forum, I had been delighted at seeing a single starling hopping across the grass.... Talk about one-upmanship!!

 

Hi Loli,we have quiet a few Starnels in our village now and I too like the way they peck at the lawns to get rid of the bugsSaw my first daddy long legs in my green house the other day but didn't have my camera to hand and as it was high up couldn't reach it to kill it

 

With the removal of the overhead cables that ran through my garden all the starlings that visited have gone. Even the bird bath stays full now.

 

Have some of ours Sheal.

The adults brought the young into the garden for the first time yesterday. The Sparrows brought theirs a couple of weeks ago but are still feeding them. Pics from inside the conservatory.

 

Lovely pics Strongy

I missed a good photo opportunity yesterday of the Goldfinches feeding their young I was too busy staring at them instead of getting the camera out

 

Am I right in thinking this is a Large Red Damselfly?

 

Apologies for the poor picture, but look what I sound in my whites wash yesterday morning?!!

Not easy to see from the photo, as he was pulsing his wings to raise body temperature (I assume), but about 1 - 1.5" long, and very cute furry legs!
(I think a pale tussock? Trying my hand at id, you see!!)

 

Thanks for the pics Strongy. I'll miss the starlings sparring antics.

 

This fledgling Robin hopped right into the greenhouse when I was in there sowing seeds this afternoon and asked me for grub (a parent was in fairly close attendance), then it hopped out past me towards the chicken run and asked the Hens for food