David

Tapered drone fly, a common garden hoverfly, habitat includes gardens.

Two sets of pictures taken three hours apart, so I have no idea whether they are the same individual.

Very co-operative in allowing me to get close for pictures as it / they sunbathing on a leaf.

Wood pigeon stepping along the edge of a lawn, and one standing on the edge of a flat roof.

Garden flowers on bushes: ribes,bay, laurel.

Less than a centimetre long. It’s web strung between leaves of an alkanet plant, invisible to me until I saw these photos.

Common stretch spiders are apparently common. I am not aware of ever having noticed one before.

Female sparrow, mouth open, showing tongue.

Her nest in is the holly tree. She had just landed after eating at bird feeders, was making a brief call before going on to the nest itself.

Flowers from front gardens passed on my daily walk.