This fellow cleared the garden pretty quickly 😱 🐦‍⬛🐦 😨
I’m delighted to see him on the premises again. Look at his yellow eye 😍

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Seven-spot ladybirds making more ladybirds 😍🐞 Lots of aphids to sustain them on this teasel 😊

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Eristalis pertinax hoverfly doing her grooming routine: getting all the pollen and other garden detritus off her elegant wings and legs. Isn’t she a beauty? The looped vein in her wing denotes that she was once a rat-tailed maggot, bless her.

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Baby starling season! #urbannature #irishnature #speirgorm #spéirgorm