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Nice to have a few visits from the male Anna's hummingbird, looking forward to brighter days to attempt to get much sharper pictures
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This butterfly was humongous! It was dipping its mouth into the crevasses of the flower looking for nectar.
This was taken a while ago in 2017 at Anglesey Abbey in Lode Cambridgeshire. They have a wonderful set of gardens that in better times are well worth visiting.
‘Ohai is an endemic, endanger, low-lying shrub that once thrived along the Wai‘anae and Mokule‘ia coastlines. Some of the last wild survivors of this species (Sesbania tomentosa) are fortunately gaining ground in the sand dunes of the Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve. A hairstreak butterfly is among the pollinators that enjoy the nectar of the unique, salmon-colored ‘ohai blossom.
Bee collecting nectar (and as a result lots of pollen) from a Catkin on a male Goat Willow tree.
Using the 100-400 as an almost macro lens.
Taken at RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk.
Here in France , this time of year...you can witness with amazement... the speed at which hummingbirds take nectar from each flower on a buddlia bush...but you usually only get seconds to focus and capture this event... before they whizz off....
Manual focus M42mm Helios 58mm lens plus Olympus EM10. F2 @ 1/400th sec iso 800
...a "rosa" or Fall form Buckeye nectaring on Heath Aster. A very common wildflower in bloom this time of year and is a real magnet for butterflies late in the season.
ISO400, aperture f/10, exposure .002 seconds (1/500) focal length 300mm
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) in Honey Flower (Lambertia formosa; Mountain Devil)
I am loving watching the Hornet Mimic Hovers nectaring on our buddleia!
The Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, or Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) is one of the largest and most impressive flies in Britain. As the name suggests, it looks like a dangerous, stinging hornet, but is actually harmless. This mimicry helps to deter predators, such as birds. The Hornet Mimic Hoverfly can be seen from May to October.
The larva of the Hornet hoverfly can live happily in the nests of social wasps without getting stung! The hoverfly larva eats the debris and rubbish in the wasp nest and in return the wasps have a free cleaner! The adults feed mainly on nectar and are considered an essential pollinator in the UK.
This spectacular hoverfly first colonised Britain in the early 1940s, and was once regarded as rare. Since then it has become well established in London, the South and South East of England. As the climate warms the fly is heading north and has now been recorded in Cheshire.
A yellow-vented bulbul (pycnonotus goiavier) stooping to sip nectar from a fruiting tree in Ao Nang, Thailand.
"I am a nomad,
a cheetah.
I am perfect,
here,
& now.
I hiss and I scratch.
Rub me right,
so I can purr.
Don't pick me up,
I aim at eyes."
A Silver-studded male taking a drink from a heather flower.
These delightful diminutive butterflies are rare in most parts of the UK, with colonies restricted mainly to southern England, with just a few in Wales, the East of England and at Prees Heath in Shropshire. We are lucky to have a good spot for them near us in the New Forest, and there were good numbers flying on Thursday though the strong breeze made macro photography tricky.
117 pictures in 2017 (69) rare