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

A swallow.
These cheeky little birds sit on the gutter outside my bedroom window in the morning, nattering away. Unfortunately it's not easy taking a photo of them without scaring them off.

 

The wildlife has got it in for me today, a fly went in me ear and a blackbird fell out of a tree onto me.

Don't know who was more suprised, me or him.

 

More swallows. I think they saw me, they looked a bit indignant. :o



A finch. Not sure what sort.

 

great pictures and, presumably, great camera

 

See : http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/photography-discussion/2598-new-camera-coming-soon.html Sometimes it can do what you want other times it's a pain in the a*se. You just have to get the best that you can from any camera.

 

Very Nice Naylors

Male Chaffinch BTW

 

Thanks Ziggy. And I thought the males were the more attractive in the bird world.

 

Amazing..

Amazing photos, makes my attempts look very poor indeed...

 

I love this forum! You get to see so many great pictures.

 

Had a shock this afternoon when i went to move my car on our drive and found this little beauty clinging to my car gearstick.I had filled the car with buckets and bags of old plants etc that I had pulled up from out of the borders in our garden and had gone indoors to have a bite to eat.When i went to put the car in reverse,I nearly grabbed this little fella:DI managed to relocate it on to my beech head but he wasn't happy with that so ended up flying off across the road to the birch trees in the garden opposite.A sparrow gave chase but not sure if it managed to catch him or not...

If someone could identify it for me I would be most greatful as I can't find anything in my book or on the net...Thanks

 

Hi
Its the: small elephant hawk moth


Spruce

 

Just looked it up in my trusty 'Field Guide to Insects' book. Looks like a Lime Hawk Moth to me.
(Yes, I know, it's sad that I've got nothing better to do on a Saturday evening). :o

 

Hi Same pattern but this one is more pink



Pink elephant and youve got a trunk


Ziggy will like this joke

Spruce

 

Thanks for the replys everyone.I'm still not sure what it is but asked on another forum and was told it is a Lime Hawk Moth but that it was going through a different colour faze and was most probably a male