I’ve never seen one here, but you make me think about another topic … 
We have them every year… at first I would race around the village telling my neighbours what I had found… then I became more laid-back…now I am beginning to panic… 
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such a pretty butterfly… looks like it is feeding on Hemp Agrimony… I have that plant in my garden too… loved by all the insects…
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I thought this was a honey bee…(not seen many last year or this year) but on closer examination I think it may be a hover fly…important pollinators but I do miss the honey bees…
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Interesting insect Helen. Its wings looks so translucent ! Beautifull. Never seen one like that before
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No ideas either, but a beautifully ‘sharp’ picture Helen 
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I love magpies babeth…I love all the crow and raven family…highly intelligent but subject to much “bad press”…from a shaman/ totem animal point of view they are harbingers of great change…transformation…a messenger between realms…one of my daughters has magpies and the tree of life tattooed on her back…she went through a stage of ringing me every time she saw a lone magpie thinking it represented. sorrow…I would look out of my window and send her a photo of one who was always there…two for joy…”every time you see one…know that she is never alone in her sorrow…”
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Mmm… looking closely, my knowledge of insects is very basic… can’t decide which this is…
However, I note the “dark shoulders” and “dark mohican” which might help identify this… 
whatever it is, it is doing important work… 
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Wow! Super shot!
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So many stunning photos on this thread. Really, very impressed.
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Hello Nancy and welcome to the Forum… glad you are enjoying the threads…
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They have trained crows in this parc to pick up the fag ends. They get a croquette each time they put a fag end in a boxe ! Clever birds 
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Ravens and royalty…seems they can only manage to keep them there by clipping one of their wings…!
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Tower-Ravens/
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You are so COOL! Bravo.
Amazes me in a Park near us, ‘Branfere’ in 56, there are lots of birds, who choose to stay there, even though they could leave, I think they reckon, life is to good in the park, we like the place, so much, we have a ticket for the year, instead of 20€ a visit, 40€ for unlimited access, which means we can pop in for half an hour when in the area, not a bad deal, lovely place.
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Whaou, it looks big !
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