What's Buzzing or Flying near You Today..?? Mark 2..!!

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  1. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    :cl-p:What brilliant pictures you have folks:)

    Strongy,I haven't seen a Bullfinch since I was about 10 when they used to be 'glue caught' in the cherry orchards in the next village.:doh:
     
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    A few years ago my husband used to make regular business trips to a firm which was based at the seaside. The local gulls had learnt that the easy way to crack open anything with a hard shell was to drop it in the car park and then wait for the cars to mash things!
     
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    Spotted today during our day out.
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    Hi Robert lovely image:)

    To day two for the price of one:)

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    Robert,
    Good shot :thumb:.

    From years of having pheasants in our garden I can tell that is a young male. I used to think there was something wrong with them but they always look underfed and quite scruffy at that stage. By year two his plumage should start filling out and moving up his neck and his tail will start growing longer.
     
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    This year there are literally hundreds in the garden:)

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    Lovely shots, Woo, and on the second one it looks like the ladybird is barring it's teeth at you. I hope you managed to get away without getting bit? :hehe:
     
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    Thank you Kedi,yes I did,nt get to close just in case:hehe::)
     
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    Today an invasion of these,not sure if its a Gate Keeper or a Meadow Brown or are they the same :cnfs::)

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    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    It looks very much like a Gatekeeper to me Woo going by the small white spots on the bottom of the middle wings.Well captured though:thmb::)
     
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    Thanks Kandy :)

    Today:)

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    On my walk to day:)

    Would love some confirmation please:thmb::)
    I think this one is a Holly Blue but not sure as I am still learning :dh:and I think the second one is a Specled Wood:dh:
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    :thumb: Hi Woo, yes the 2nd is definitely a speckled Wood.. The first is probably a Holly Blue Woo as you say.. Was it small.?? I can see dots on the wing & I take it there was no dark border to the outer wing edges.. If that is so then yes a Blue Holly..
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    It is the right time of year for them now.. Such delicate little things..!!!! If it was like these, then yes a Holly Blue....:thumb:
     
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    Hi Marley Thank you for that ,I must look a strange sight walking through the woods and fields with my Butterfly Book:hehe::)
     
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    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    Woo,don't worry about what other people might think,at least you are taking the time and trouble to learn:thmb:You could always start talking out loud as you pass them,something like...I wandered lonely as a cloud.....:D
     
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