Bee watch
It begins. I’ve been on bee watch for a few days now, since I saw the first photos of hairy-footed flower bees appearing in the BWARS group on Facebook. The immediate response from one of the administrators – “And we’re … Continued
Surprise
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Whether because of the changeable weather, or because there’s not much flowering in the borders at the moment that they like, I’m currently finding very few invertebrates when I go on bug hunts around the more cultivated sections of the … Continued
Concentration
This female Melanostoma scalare refused to be interrupted in the middle of her meal by some idiot sticking a camera and a light in her face, and carried on doggedly browsing the dogwood. A woman after my own heart. Today … Continued
Embracing the grey
Bee of the day: Andrena cineraria, the ashy mining bee. I heard someone asking an “expert” on a television programme yesterday if it was time for women whose hairdressers have closed for the duration of the CV crisis to stop … Continued
Prawn crackers
Yesterday’s good weather disappeared again overnight, and the prevailing dank gloom returned. There were a couple of intrepid hairy-footed flower bees out and about today; one sat briefly on a leaf in this flower bed and allowed me a photo, … Continued
Transition
A very busy day: A trip to Stratford this morning for blood tests (sigh). Back at home, an hour’s gardening (eeurgh) with R. Some bug photography (yay!). A quick late-afternoon visit to the owl field (brrrrr). Choir practice in Pershore … Continued