Thanks. I had doubted myself a worker I thought it would be too early for them, I stupidly thought they only hatched later. Maybe the mild weather ( until now) did it.
Sorry the tail colour is not very clear, it was the best I had in the light. He? would not keep still once warmed up. Best i can judge "He" was just over two cms head to bottom not including antenna.
Might have been honey with water or sugar water, I grab whatever is to hand. Honey is watered down, it is too sticky for them to drink.
Crisis ? Nah he just thought here's some we made earlier....
Fairy, Herons make me think of the phrase wind your neck in as that is how they look.Though I guess they have to do something with them or they would find it difficult to fly.
It would be a "she" the workers are all female. The first few broods are the female workers all born to help raise a brood of males who fly off with the sole purpose of mating with newly fledged queens who are the last brood raised in a nest before it dies off.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Just saw a lovely pair of greenfinches, sitting on a branch contemplating the day ahead - the male looking resplendent against the leylandii hedge and the female blending in more. Plus a Cirl Bunting posing and fluffing his feathers at the top of the pyracantha hedge (not my photo, I wish!):
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
We've been seeing a pair of buzzards in the field. One had something to eat there (feathered) but i was surprised that 2 jackdaws and some gulls were mobbing them and trying to get their food off them.
I have seen hares again in the field but generally there are few smaller birds to be seen when it is so windy. They'll be back when it settles down a bit.
Looks like "our" deer from last year have popped back for a visit. This is last year's fawn, still with mum. She appeared shortly after her mum went round to the other side of the garden.
Just to prove that there are two deer Looks like mum is pregnant so she will probably be booking in to our maternity ward again and junior will have to fend for herself.
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Sorry the tail colour is not very clear, it was the best I had in the light. He? would not keep still once warmed up.
Best i can judge "He" was just over two cms head to bottom not including antenna.
Might have been honey with water or sugar water, I grab whatever is to hand.
Honey is watered down, it is too sticky for them to drink.
Crisis ? Nah he just thought here's some we made earlier....
Fairy, Herons make me think of the phrase wind your neck in as that is how they look.Though I guess they have to do something with them or they would find it difficult to fly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have seen hares again in the field but generally there are few smaller birds to be seen when it is so windy. They'll be back when it settles down a bit.