I saw my first Barn Owl today driving home - perched on a post having a look round with the moon above - very beautiful creature. I am sorry I was not able to take a picture though.
It seems that some bumble colonies now over-winter in the South of England and continue to forage right through. Plants like mahonia, hellebore and winter-flowering clems are enabling them to get through.
My mahonia is in full bloom right now, you can smell it even a few meters away from the plants. There are indeed a few bumblebees enjoining the flowers, but I feel like it’s not as many as they used to be even three years ago. Location Surrey.
Saved a white tailed bumblebee today. It was very cold this morning and the poor thing was just sat there, no energy. I made some sugar water for it and it sat drinking for a few hours, by which time it was warmer and it flew off.😁
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At my parents garden, we found that they tend to dig up the same patch of ground consistently. So you have a sacrificial flower bed haha.
It was at the end of a long wildlife garden so not much of a problem at the time.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Saw my first bee of the year today 😊🐝 we're in Shropshire. Not sure what kind of bee it is...