WILDLIFE PICTURES - Page 4

If you're finding swallowtail caterpillars and praying mantis babies in your garden Lorea, then I assume you're not in the rain-sodden UK like the rest of us!

The second time I have seen one of these in the garden this week-this time managed a photo

@Geoff, oh my...that is a stunner!

wow - I love it! stag beetle?. Isn't he just amazing.

Found a baby toad in my greenhouse today...

Thanks for the info Gardenfantic. I am currently researching prices etc. The Nikon you speak of is the only one I have found with such good zoom - 36 and without changing lens etc.

A Bee visiting one of my favorite flowers.

No Cetti, I'm in the Basque Country, Northern Spain

Cranesbill wrote (see)

A Bee visiting one of my favorite flowers.

Hence your nickname and avatar photo.

Yours looks like Meadow Cranesbill, Geranium pratense (but I could be wrong).

Snap... yesterday I took this snap of a bee on my Bloody Cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum....

Bloody Cranesbill is more of a thug than Meadow Cranesbill, but it's a great plant and will be flowering, and providing nectar, from now until late Autumn.

And here's one entering a foxglove...

This is a goldfinch nest, in a climbing rose...

This woodpecker was feeding the baby (nearly as big as here too).

http://s703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/?action=view&current=Woodpecker018.mp4

Cracking picture of the bee on the Cranesbill Gary,

some amazing picture everyone.. love the bee ones and that gold finch one is beautiful.. have got them in my garden for last few years and look forward to seing them.. so cheery.

also love that bloody cransebill.. i love them they just flower nad flower.. and if you cut back they flower again.

@daintiness.. yes it is one of the best..thou i must warn you it can get a bit shaky when out on full zoom.. need to hold lense..but still takes a super picture.. still one of the best buys in my view for an easy point and snap..

nothing beats it.

Gardeningfanatic,, while surfing on amazon found the nikon 510, according to reviews even better with x42 zoom...the neighbours better look out at this rate of going!! I might get a bit too much info...There are some terrific photos on this thread - I love the goldfinches and that caterpillar is mouthwatering (not I'd consider it as an hors d'oeurve) they really insire me to get a decent camera. Interesting, most of the reviews for the nikons I have read have been written by people taking wildlife and bird photos.

Great photos

I found this spider in my greenhouse

 Pam x

This is my feeder arrangement. There's a hanging bird-bath, two seed feeders, and a nut feeder. They are all hanging from a pergola, about 10 meters from my back door. The pergola over the feeders also helps to give protection from predators. All these snaps were taken from inside the house, looking through an open window...

 
Nuthatch...

 
This is the ground beneath the feeders, that ground-feeding birds use...

WOW Gary your photos are amazing! thoose finches look like they were posing for the camera. I have lots of geranium clumps of different colours on my allotment its like bee heaven.

Gary Hobson wrote (see)

Snap... yesterday I took this snap of a bee on my Bloody Cranesbill,  

 

No need to swear Gary, this is a family forum

Gary Hobson wrote (see)

This is a goldfinch nest, in a climbing rose...

 

 

Thats fantastic, im a bit jealous.