Looks like a female Ichneumon extensorius, note the pale tip to the abdomen and band on antennae.
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/ichneumon-extensorius
Similar but clearly not same species as in link, there are lots with this general pattern.
Seems spot on for the first image to me but I do know it's not so easy.
although I suspect those in link are good because of the "red camera" link which siggests the owner of the site recognises this
Really? look again, face, tibia, pro-femora, abdomen colour, notaulus, extent of white on tip of abdomen. And that's just what can be seen on out-of-focus photo dorsally. Unless you are familiar with the thousands of species, of dozens of genera, and the dozens of species with this general colour pattern, then it's just not safe to name this without carefully keying specimen, and even then many cant be named reliably. Also it is not safe to rely on internet photos although I suspect those in link are good because of the "red camera" link which siggests the owner of the site recognises this. But of the contributors i don't recognise any Ichneumonid specialists.
Agree with ficedula, definitely not the same species as in andy’s link,
Can’t help otherwise
Cheers
James
I worry about your sanity sometimes Andy.
1) OP wasp has white spots on the face at the base of the antennae. Yours doesn’t
2) OP wasp has black legs, yours has mostly orange legs
3) OP wasp has only the very tip of the abdomen white, yours has the tip white and a spot on the penultimate segment
4) OP wasp seems to have a mostly dark abdomen, yours is orange at the base
Ficedula mentions a few other points.
So,
I’m sure it’s not a mammal
I’m sure it’s not a spider
I’m sure it’s not a fly
I’m sure it’s not a bee
I’m sure it’s not a sawfly
I’m sure it’s not Amblyteles armatorius
I’m sure it’s not Ophion obscuratus
I’m sure it’s not Ichneumon xanthorius
I’m sure it’s not Ichneumon extensorius
But, I don’t know exactly what species it is and it is way beyond my capacity to even hazard a guess given this group is one of the largest and most difficult amongst British insects.
Cheers
James
Mr Courtesy LOL.
Your refusal to acknowledge F’s perfectly reasonable disproval of your suggested ID didn’t strike me as particularly polite.
Your demands for me to reiterate the flaws in your ID didn’t strike me as particularly polite.
But, perhaps I was wrong.
Regardless, life’s too short to read the same chip on shoulder drivel on thread after thread, day after day. After 15 years on birdforum i’m finally going to have to figure out how to work the ignore function. It will reduce the number of posts available to me by about a quarter but c’est la vie.
Enjoy your birding
James