Hornet

A Hornet - possibly a male. Hornets are having an interesting year - they are usually over by now (13 Nov 2006), the queens having gone into hibernation and the males and workers having died - but this year there are a number of late records of Hornets. That said, it is feeding on ivy flowers, so this could have been some weeks ago. Stuart Hine.

Thanks to David Dailley for the picture (click on it for a larger picture).