Wildlife pictures

[Robbi]

That's a cracking photo there K and the fox is at the foot of the wall in the patch of sunshine

 

[Joonsy]

is that him curled up on a shelf in the greenhouse.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Spot The Fox:

K

Well done.

K

 

[brancho]

A couple of recent shots


This is a very small spider at about 2mm long it has been suggested as a Male Savignia frontata which it does look like to me based on what I looked at since that suggestion (not sure how to tell it is male though).


This was found on our water butt where I sight plenty of springtail about the size of this spider or smaller.



Small spider Male Savignia frontata by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A drone fly sat in the sun


Drone fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[delbach]

my son took this while we were out yesterday Wood Sorel flower

 

[delbach]

and this one I have no idea what it is

 

[brancho]

Here is my first Beed shot of the year and a couple of other shots


A solitary bee that was sitting around in a Dandilion


Solitary bee in a dandilion by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Here is a peacock feeding on a dandilion


Peacock on Dandilion by Alf Branch, on Flickr


What is this


Fly on a stem by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

and this one I have no idea what it is

Could be one of the Dor beetles very difficult to say from this shot

 

[brancho]

Here are some bees from the other night
An ID on either would be nice.

Solitary bees by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Nomad bee by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Not my best shots but the first time I have seen these

 

[brancho]

Here is one of the nomad bees alseep taken today


Nomad bee sleeping by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

My first Damsel fly of the year which as far as I can tell is a large red.

I saw it and positioning myself when it darted off and return in about a second then it started to eat this crane fly.

Large red Damsel fly_ by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Large red Damsel fly 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Gcckoka]

Not the best quality photo but it was just too beautiful to not share

 

[brancho]

Not the best quality photo but it was just too beautiful to not share

Nice but more photo of the day than wildlife.

 

[brancho]

A couple more from yesterday

I am finally seeing butterflies round here



Male orange tip by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A rather large beetle I spotted from 20 yards its a two banded longhorn

Two banded longhorn by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Here are a couple of small weevils

Mating weevils by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

Here some flies from the garden on Sunday

Bluebottle by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Fly 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Fly with bubble by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

Here are some from Tuesday morning when we had a heavy dew

I finnaly managed to get a shot of female wolf spider with egg sac.

Female wolf spider with eggs by Alf Branch, on Flickr

An orb weaver at home waiting for a meal to be deliver by air This is a three shot handheld stack done in photoshop

Orb weaver at home by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A dung fly waiting for an opportunity This is a three shot handheld stack done in photoshop

Dung Fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Arya]

Crazy sharp photos, as always!
I must admit that I have a personal beef with the wolf spider, so to see one with eggs on top of it, just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Trying to suppress my inner monkey *Must crush... Must crush...*

 

[brancho]

Crazy sharp photos, as always!
I must admit that I have a personal beef with the wolf spider, so to see one with eggs on top of it, just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Trying to suppress my inner monkey *Must crush... Must crush...*

Thanks Arya I appreciate the comment.
There are more spiders to come.

 

[brancho]

Here are some spider from the other day

This Nursery Web spider was sunning itself on a fence

Nursery web spider by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A wolf spider sunning itself on the board walk round a local woodland pond

Sunbathing wolf spider by Alf Branch, on Flickr

I think this is a wolf spider also

wolf spider by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

Here are a few shots of flies l shot recently in the warm weather

A damsel fly


Damsel fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


And a hover fly



Rhingia campestris by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A downlooker snipe fly in classic dowlooking pose waiting its prey to fly past

Downlooker snipe fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr