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Parasitoid Wasp 1 Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 14 seconds This solitary wasp tentatively approaches the nest chamber of a leafcutter bee, senses the occupant, and backs off. It can actually fly backwards really well! Probably one of the ruby-tailed wasps (Chrysididae). Related: flyingbackwards, hymenoptera, leafcutter, parasitic, parasitoid, wasps |
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Train spotting - get instant relief Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 21 seconds Trainspotters get instant relief - a train passes immediately! No need to wait around on lonely station platforms. Level crossing at night with glamorous flashy lights. Ooooh. Related: crossing, level, movie, night, safety, sheen, spotters, train, trainspotting, transport |
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Pollen and Nectar sources for bees Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 58 seconds Help bees with lots of pollen and nectar sources. Excellent examples are herbs such as Lavender, and early flowers such as Dandelion, Selfheal, etc. Watch the other Natureheads video about homes for Leafcutter Bees! Related: bees, biodiversity, leafcutterbees, megachile, natureheads, pollen, pollination, solitary, wildlifegardening |
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Glow-worm beetle Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 39 seconds A flightless female glow-worm lights up to attract flying males. These are actually beetles - not worms! Related: beetles, glowing, glowworms, insects, lampyris, luciferin, luminscence, nocturnal |
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Pipistrelles exiting building Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 60 seconds A tiny silhouette against the sky, one of many pipistrelles exiting the Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre. Sound enhanced by a bat detector. Related: bats, chiroptera, mammals, monitoring, natureheads, pipistrelles, roosts, sheepdrove |
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Squirrels and Sedaris Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 120 seconds Squirrels grooming. Reminds me of... Related: animals, david, grooming, mammals, sedaris, squirrels |
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Homes for Leafcutter Bees Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 40 seconds Homes for these non-agressive solitary bees are easy to make, and serve a range of other invertebrates such as lacewings and ladybirds, which help to control garden pests. Leafcutter and Mason Bees are brilliant pollinators of fruit and vegetables. Watch the other videos of these bees on www.natureheads.com Related: b-movie, bee-movie, bees, bughouse, gardens, hymenoptera, insecta, insects, leafcutterbee, macro, megachile, natureheads, solitary |
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Leafcutter Bee defends hole from another Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 29 seconds You see a Leafcutter Bee (Megachile spp) in a hole. Along comes another one with a piece of leaf, confused and heading for the wrong hole. So the 1st bee flies out to chase it off! This is a bughouse sold by Sheepdrove Organic Farm. Related: bees, insects, leafcutterbees, megachile, natureheads, solitary |
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Parasitoid Wasp 2 Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 43 seconds Wasps like this will lay eggs inside the nest chamber of solitary bees, and the wasp grub will eat the bee grubs. Related: hymenoptera, leafcutter, parasitic, parasitoid, wasps |
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Looking for the right Primulas Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 144 seconds So you get an idea of the rough sward and the setting. Actually the whole field is packed with wildflowers but this 2 acres is fenced and planted up with varied scrub. Related: butterfly, cowslips, primulas |
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Roe Deer barking Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 49 seconds Totally black, you can hear the deer barking repeatedly, which it did for ages and ages. Related: barking, barks, deer, night, nocturnal, wild |
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Common Toad Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 62 seconds A young toad. Amphibians are often most active at night - the damp air suits their sensitive skin, and there's prey about. Related: amphibian, berkshire, toad, uk |
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Bombus ruderatus @ Sheepdrove, Berkshire, UK Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 14 seconds Officially classified as a Nationally Scarce bumblebee in Great Britain, Bombus ruderatus is easily confused with the common Bombus hortorum. Freeze-frame reveals the 1st abdominal dark yellow band is broken. Filmed at Sheepdrove Organic Farm. View at smallest size. Get copies of original free from Natureheads. Related: biodiversity, bombus, bumblebees, farm, largegardenbumblebee, organic, ruderatus, sheepdrove |
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Six-spot Burnet moth freshly emerged Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 40 seconds Look out for this colourful moth in July, emerging from pupae stuck on grass stems. This one filmed at Sheepdrove Organic Farm (www.sheepdrove.com) © Jason Ball 2007 Related: berkshire, biodiversity, chrysalis, jasonpball, lepidoptera, morphosis, moths, nature, natureheads, sheepdrove, wildlife |
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Toadlet in the Hand Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 25 seconds Baby toad found in grass at Sheepdrove Organic Farm (www.sheepdrove.com) best viewed at smallest size - compact. Video © Jason Ball, founder of Natureheads.com Related: amphibians, animals, babies, biodiversity, cute, frogs, jasonpball, lifecycle, natureheads, sheepdrove, wildlife |
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Badger at Caerlaverlock Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 27 seconds At the Caerlaverlock WWT reserve they feed badgers and you can watch them from the accomodation. They leave peanuts under rocks for them to find and put honey on the logs. Related: badger, mammals, scotland, wetlands, wildfowl |
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tawny owlet Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 82 seconds a fledgling begins the night surrounded by fearful neighbours Related: behaviour, birds, british, juvenile, kingston, kt2, london, natureheads, owlet, richmondpark, tawnyowl, uk, wildlife |
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Meet a female Slow Worm Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 95 seconds Close encounter with a legless lizard. The naturalist John Lepiniere kindly introduces us to this delicate reptile. Related: british, legless, reptiles, secretive, slowworm, uk, wildlife |
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wasp chewing wood Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 7 seconds Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker chewing wood to make the paper fabric of the communal nest. Very short movie. Related: chewing, hymenoptera, nestbuilding, socialinsects, vespula, wasps, wood |
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Why is a Barn Owl Beautiful? Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 68 seconds Naturalist and film maker (for today at least) Jason Ball reveals a key evolutionary secret to this bird's stunning face. Related: animals, ball, biology, birds, british, jason, naturalist, nature, uk, wildlife |
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Leafcutter Bee close-up Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 5 seconds Great close-up of a leafcutter bee, genus Megachile. A very short 5-sec film! Related: b-movie, bee-movie, bees, bughouse, flight, hymenoptera, insecta, insects, leafcutterbee, macro, megachile, natureheads, solitary |
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Wasp in Two Parts Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 56 seconds For the morbidly curious. I don't swat wasps as often as I help them out of windows. This one I swatted, which broke it into 2 pieces, but did not kill it outright. Related: arthropods, biology, insects, jasper, nature, nervous, neurology, psychology, system, wasps |
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Honeybee swarm in September? Posted by: natureheads
Video duration: 64 seconds Not sure what they were doing. This was a rare sunny day, following lots of rainy weather. The tree has had bees in the hollow before, but I don't know if these are resident, or new arrivals today! Related: beekeeping, bees, deadwood, habitat, hollow, honeybees, trees, wild |
