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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: Bees
Wordless Wednesday – Cornflower blue
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Bombus locorum, centaurea cyanus, Cornflower, Gardening, Photography, white-tailed bumblebee, Wildlife
10 Comments
Six on Saturday – A spring in my step
27/02/2021 So the greenhouse windows opened automatically this week for the first time this year (that I’ve noticed) and Steve cut the grass for the first time in roughly four months! In fact, my title was almost ‘The first cut … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Poker Face
Posted in Bees, Out and about, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Gardening, iPhone photography, Kniphofia, Red Hot Pokers, urban environment
6 Comments
Hairy-Footed Flower Bees
This is a photo of a bee having a good guzzle from a red deadnettle. The bee looks particularly furry and indeed it is, but what is most impressive is the length of the hairs … on its legs. Especially … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Wildlife
Tagged Anthophora plumipes, Bees, deadnettles, forget-me-not, Gardening, Hairy-footed flower bee, Photography, Primroses, wildlife gardening
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Dirty faces amongst the Tommies!
Posted in Bees, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged Bees, buff-tailed bumblebee, bulbs, crocus tommasinianus, Gardening, nature, Photography, Pollen, Wildlife
10 Comments
September Wildlife Sightings – On the cusp
You know that autumn is here when the spaces between everything in the garden are filled with large webs and, more disturbingly, large spiders. There are loads of garden cross spiders stretched across our front garden path waiting pendulously to … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, birds, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged autumn, Bees, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Photography, Ponds, spiders, wildlife gardening
10 Comments
Wildlife Wednesday – Ivy Bees … so adorable!
A new spot for me and IDed by helpful Twitter users, these are Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae), a type of mining bee that first appeared in Britain in 2001. Here’s a helpful summary of the Ivy Bee from Naturespot. They … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Gardening, Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), mining bees, Photography, Wildlife
7 Comments
March wildlife roundup – Walking on stilts
So rain, rain and more rain. The rivers are bursting their banks and flowing over the roads round here. Routes out of the village to the south are getting a bit risky. The footpaths, in places, are Somme-like and require … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, birds, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Bumblebees, Grey heron, nuthatch, Pheasants, Photography, wildlife gardening
21 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – A White-Whiskered Gentleman
Posted in Bees, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged Andrena, Bees, Gardening, hyacinths, Mining bee, Photography, pollinators, spring bulbs
6 Comments
Wildlife Wednesday: February and Spring’s False Start
In spite of several dreadfully wet days, February gradually brought real signs that spring was emerging. Honeybees could be seen happily buzzing around brightly coloured spring bulbs. Drone flies, Eristalis tenax, were out in numbers too. They are one of … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Bird feeders, emergence, Hoverflies, Photography, Rabbits, snow, starlings, wildlife gardening
18 Comments
