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

For some reason just lately , we have a few Red Kites. It is quite a big Estate where I live and near the main road. They have been regularly in the area for about a month

 

Brownsea Island today.
A cool and cloudy day, we hoped to see a lot of Terns feeding young but apart from the small islands being surrounded by fencing to stop predation, they were over run by Black Headed Gulls, never seen so many, dozens of Sandwich Terns but only about four Common Terns. Anyway here are some of what as there.
Jackdaw.


Loads of Jellys.


Oystercatcher for Sheal, there is always one on the other side of the wall of the Tearoom.


Oystercatcher and dead Jelly.


Common Tern.


Sandwich Terns.


Sandwich Tern and Black (?) Headed Gulls.


The previous ? was because they're heads are usually chocolate brown. In the middle here and I know Gulls are Gulls is a Mediterranean Gull, for anyone who is interested it is similar but with a really Black head, bright red bill and legs and no black on the wing tips.


Mediterranean Gull in detail. Not common here but increasing.


Not many Red Squirrels but this one was busy.

 

A few bits and pieces from last week
A large skipper




Met my yellowhammer friend again while I was out walking in the evening.


A little wren singing its heart out


A blackbird sun bathing


A scarlet tiger - it really didn't want to have its photo taken


A cute little crab spider

 

Apologies in advance if this has been discussed before ( so many pages )
Carpenter bee.
What a creature!
Absolutely love it!!
Can I take photo???
No, the blooming thing only appears when I don't have the means too.
Run inside, get gadget, run out, it's buggered off.
What a thing of beauty though, feel honoured to have it in my garden.
I will keep trying to get a pic .

 

Wonderful and fascinating photos @strongylodon and @HsuH, and thank you for giving us the chance to see these creatures in so much detail,
Jenny

 

Our guard monk Simon apparently has decided that I am not such a bad guy, as he is collecting his reward in person; the problem being that there are now three of them. We have named one of them Garfunkle and are open to suggestions on the third.

 

Flying near me, far too near, are swarming ants!!

We had patio work done last year, and a step put in between our 'uge patio doors and the patio. This has obviously blocked the swarming path for some of the local ants nests. Instead of swarming outside, they come up inside, and try to swarm up the walls. There is no ant activity indoors for the rest of the year. I'm afraid I've resorted to the vacuum, as the walls were black... Any ideas or tips? Don't like killing them, but having hundreds of ants swarming in your lounge is no joke.

 

@Ian Taylor, on Sunday I was waiting for it to appear further South



The camera in my pocket 2015

 

Coot eating/attacking? Water Lily flowers

 

Looks like you got two for the price of one there Woo,love the reflection

 

Possibly an Emerald Damsel, not sure.

 

Fabulous Strongy