Fur coat
I spent the morning torturing myself with stress, upgrading the firmware of the R5. I’ve now come to the conclusion that I either need to do this every single time they release an update, so I can remember the procedure … Continued
Pollen mining
With the unusually warm April and May we’ve experienced, it seems as though my spring solitary bees have lived fast and died young: there are plenty of bumblebees in the garden right now, but for the past week or so … Continued
Multitasking
I was impressed with the casual way this Hairy-footed Flower Bee used his front feet to clean some of the pollen from his proboscis as he flew from one aubretia flower to another. I sometimes eat while on the move, … Continued
Beauty and the beast
I went for a walk around the village this afternoon, more in hope than expectation of finding something interesting, but it turns out that it’s been an unusually good winter for Peacock butterflies. This was the third one I found, … Continued
Dark Chocolate
Compared with last year, this invertebrate season has got off to a rather slow start. This is especially true of hoverflies, of which I’ve only recorded four species so far, compared with the eight I’d seen by the same point … Continued
Aromatherapy
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