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

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  1. Spruce

    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    I have a river at the bottom of the garden very lucky really , nothing new to see kingfishers and I have a colony of little egrets most I have seen is 3 pairs and a pair of brown things that bobup and down make a nest under a bridge not far away but I have forgotten the name sorry , so always somthing going on.

    Plus side realy good for my honey bees with all the willow and wild floweres and Himalayan balsam late summer

    Twitchers how could I forget that name :D and how come they are called that

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    Hi everyone these were on my Arctic walk this morning.:)

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    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    Fab photos strange name for a Jay "woo"
    and that reminded me on my river its a dipper



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    Super photo of that Jay Woo, I've very seldom seen one up here.
    Is the second photo a female blackbird?
     
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    Thanks Spruce and Dave for your kind comments.:)
     
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    Lovely sunny day here in Notts, and just had to mention I have seen the first Bee of the year... little bit excited :) :) :)
     
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    A couple of early Flutterbys, I wasn't surprised to see a Peacock but I was to see a Comma.
    They were both on the same path under a lot of Hawthorn, which in the strong wind was shedding blossom and was like walking through white confetti!
    Peacock.
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    Comma.
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    Beautiful photos Strong!

    They look like theyre eyeing up my greens already :D
     
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    I'm getting jealous! With this cold weather and totally grey skies even the gnats are staying down. The sooner we get some sun out and warm weather to get the insects on the wing the better!!
     
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    A walk along the Fleet Lagoon to walk off our pub lunch as it was such a warm sunny day.
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    I hoped to see some spring migrant arrivals but apart from the famous swans, all I saw were these.
    A pair of Red Breasted Mergansers.
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    Little Egret fishing.
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    Just checking my thread subscriptions
     
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    To day on my walk :)

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    Well, it seems to have taken a long time but this recent weather seems to have brought out the insects as the bees are buzzing around in their different varieties and in greater numbers, the hover flies [always welcome] are out and about, plus white butterflies, tortoiseshell and what I think was the Meadow Brown butterfly. I've got loads of Ladybirds around as well.
    The only downside being the appearance of the Lily Beetle - who's life expectancy is not good around my garden, nearly everything else is welcome to enter.
     
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    Lovely photos :dbgrtmb:

    We have more hoverflies than bees but it's good to see them all around.
     
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    Thank you Shiney for your lovely comments my friend.:)
     
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