What is this insect?

Latimer

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pjokLsSTcuVVUMLY9

Hopefully that link works!

Saw this little fellow flitting around this morning, was great to watch. I didn't want to get too close so it's not the greatest video but I'd love to know what it is.

Thanks

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool

Hummingbird Hawkmoth. You are not the first to ask about them recently.

Latimer

@Alan Clark2 in Liverpool thanks!

1634 Racine

I had one over the weekend @London_to_Latimer

Also kindly identified by @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool 👍

Mesmerising aren’t they

Latimer

@1634 Racine completely! My wife and I watched it for ages!

Bijdezee

I saw the first one this year just today. They like the Verbena B and the Nicotiana. Lovely things, just like a miniature humming bird as the name says.