Some pictures I took recently

Bonedigger

That's a stunning shot OpenYourEyes!:)

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Meadow Brown feeding on Sage(Salvia):

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Two hoverflies from the garden yesterday.

Rhingia campestris


Scaeva pyrastri

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flora and fauna

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But which is which?

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Mink

Mink by vistafind, on Flickr

Mute Swan

Swan by vistafind, on Flickr

Cormorant taking off

Cormorant by vistafind, on Flickr

Not sure what this is?

untitled-1966.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr

A yellowish Green Vein White

untitled-1972.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr

A Lovely Little Robin

Robin by vistafind, on Flickr

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A sleepy looking young woodmouse.

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I think it was sick. It was sitting on the matt outside the backdoor.

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Riponnensia splendens, a hoverfly.

Bonedigger

The wonderfully named Marmalade Hoverfly:

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Sand Martin Colony in abandoned Quarry.

[IMG][/img]100_0239 by cork boy 55, on Flickr

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Two Buzzard juveniles that was born near here, no basket needed .
This one wasn't fed , so it followed the parent calling out to it.


And this one got a frog to eat.

bernard0368

A type of wasp I presume, Anyone know its proper name??

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bernard0368 wrote: »

A type of wasp I presume, Anyone know its proper name

I think its a fungus gnat (Sciara sp). Could be something like Sciara hemerobioides.

V Bull

Great Black-backed Gull...



Gannet...



Puffin...



Chough...



Another Gannet...

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A few more hoverflies.

Leucozona glaucia


Sphaerophoria scripta


Eupeodes corollae


Eupeodes luniger

Rainbowsend

Really nice hover fly shots, is it my imagination or is there
an abundance of these little fellas around at the moment?

Eyepatch

I've just noticed thousands of them in my garden for the first time yesterday. They were landing on the leaves of a bamboo plant I have and crwling on them over and over again.

Alun

Rainbowsend wrote: »

Really nice hover fly shots, is it my imagination or is there an abundance of these little fellas around at the moment?

Seems like it ... there's loads of them in the garden, a few in the house and also in my conservatory, although they're busy pollinating my chilli plants in there so I don't have a problem with that

They seem pretty 'tame' too (if you can say that of a fly!) in as much as you can pick them up easily and put them outside .. they just sit on your hand or finger until you get outside and set them free.

Caught this one feasting on a drop of honey I let fall on the kitchen worktop yesterday ...

Amalgam

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Flowering Fennel in our back garden, teeming with life.



4000x3000 Gallery: http://postimg.org/gallery/2qx26ar3s/

splish

Phasia hemiptera (Tachinid fly), a parasite of heteropteran bugs, with known hosts including Green Shieldbug and Forest Bug.

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from France last year

DellyBelly

What species is this? Not a french native one anyway?

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DellyBelly wrote: »

What species is this? Not a french native one anyway?

Photo was taken at a bird of prey 'Aviary' open to the public( small fee)--Le Rocher des Aigles
I have it recorded as an African Fish Eagle



Also there – this I think is a Himalayan Vulture

V_Moth

DellyBelly wrote: »

What species is this? Not a french native one anyway?

African Fish Eagle - frequently kept in captivity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_fish_eagle

V_Moth

Well...as my last comment seems to have killed the thread, here is an Emperor Dragonfly at Tacumshin last month.

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Lucan Demesne

Broomrape

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Common Blue Polyommatus icarus enjoying a brief spell of sunshine today.

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Young Swallow by vistafind, on Flickr


Young Swallow being fed by vistafind, on Flickr


Male Stonechat by vistafind, on Flickr


Female Stonechat by vistafind, on Flickr

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Spotted these at the side of a road, They must have been at least 10 inches tall.
Can anyone identify them?

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