Wildlife photos please

[veggiechicken]

Was it his Stag night?

[WPG]

Well, this may be a common sight for you folks in south England (or maybe wider UK and Ireland too? I'm not sure) but it's the first time I've ever come across a hummingbird hawk moth over here. What a strange little creature, we were captivated!

[burnie]

We rarely see them on the colder east side, nice image, one of our favourites too.

[veggiechicken]

Had a visitor in the kitchen today! By far the biggest hornet I've seen. Thought it was an Asian hornet at first but its a European one.



It didn't stay still long enough to pose for a photo!

http://www.bwars.com/sites/www.bwars...info-sheet.pdf

[Jay22]

Have never seen a hummingbird moth but I do remember the hoo ha a few years back when people thought they had seen an actual hummingbird! Lovely things. I have also never seen a hornet, thank goodness!

[Chris11]

Saw this bird on the ground a few days ago, under the shelter of a clump of large trees. Can anyone identify it and tell me why it was on the ground? I hope it wasn't injured, and I don't know enough about whether it might be a ground nesting species.

[Jay22]

Looks like a baby blackbird to me...no idea why it's on the ground though, exhaustion maybe?

[veggiechicken]

Young magpie maybe? The parents will probably feed it there.

[veggiechicken]

A Black beetle - don't know which one though! I shall name him Brian




Think its a Carabus but after that I'm stumped!
http://www.thewcg.org.uk/idaids/cpro...sviolaceus.htm

[Jay-ell]

The Bees on the chives today

[veggiechicken]

I love puffins and that photo is so good, burnie
Thanks for sharing them with us.

[Jay-ell]

Maqpie yesterday sitting on the bean house

[Jay-ell]

and again

[scarey55]

Two pics taken over the last couple of days:

1) A white bummed bee on poppy.



2) A pair of Woodpeckers: parent and offspring, one of two babies

[Jay-ell]

A couple of shots from off the plot today