What's Buzzing or Flying near you today......2016

Cheeky chappie.

 

Cinnabar moth (thanks A) and a boring pigeon i usually scare them off but he's doing a good job cleaning the bits of food up that the goldfinch drop, I was getting over run with rats so stopped feeding the birds for a while.

 

Same here @martin-f I chase the woodies off but occasionally let them hoover up what the others have dropped on the ground, I put two strands of wire around the bird table which lets all the other birds in but not the pigeons.

 

Black Tailed Godwits, in summer plumage.


Young Nuthatch.


Grass Spider.

 

Amazing, strongylodon!

 

On my Sweet Williams, I had ... a Hummingbird Hawk-moth!!
No photograph, simply because by the time I'd run upstairs to get it and run down the stairs and out into the garden, it had gone. But, what a fascinating thing it is!

 

Dad blackbird....

....and the babies.

Second brood this year.

 

As an afterthought, decided to crop the babies one.

 

@shiney it shows that even Kestrels are finding it hard to collect enough food to feed themselves and their chicks so possibly had spotted a mouse in your garden especially as you like us feed the birds and there will always be dropped seed that even the pheasants might miss

So nice to see that Red Kites are now populating areas that were free of them for so long after they were all persecuted and you probably know that once upon a time Kites used to live amongst us especially in London where you grew up and were great scavengers of waste that filled the streets and gutters many years ago until man decided to drive them all away

 

Nightjar unusually visible in the day time. It's cryptic plumage makes it difficult to see at all.



This is the view from the new visitor Centre at Arne RSPB, near here and if you can see the large Oak tree in the centre of the pic this is where it has been roosting for the last two weeks and can be seen all day from the cafe.

Spotted Flycatcher.


Black and Yellow Longhorn Beetle and Glaucous Flower Beetle.

 

Wow @strongylodon what a fantastic spot with that Nightjar and lucky you and all the visitors to see such a beautiful bird especially during the daylight hours

We were fortunate to see them in Parkhurst Forest during the nineties during dusk time when they come out to hawk for moths and their churring was quiet spooky to hear.We also saw that night our first ever glow worms and also had two ghostly Barn Owls fly through the forest as well that evening

Also love your bugs on the bindweed flower and also the photo of the Spotted Flycatcher