It was sleeping bumblebee day in the garden today. I followed this huge Bombus terrestris queen around the Viburnum tinus as she sipped from some of the flowers, then watched her land on a leaf, tuck in all her legs … Continued
It was still cold and grey for much of the day, but at lunch time the cloud thinned briefly, and the light improved. I don’t think I’ve moved so fast in quite a while – bounding upstairs to grab the … Continued
R and I went to Cardiff today, where the Boy Wonder seemed happy to see us after a fortnight’s gap. We noticed another step change in his vocabulary and grammar, and one or two behavioural changes (not all of them … Continued
With the normal proviso that I’m not an expert (in anything) and that there could well be other species that look very similar, I’m going to assert that this tiny fungus is Lachnum virgineum, which is known in the UK … Continued
