With the threat of rain today, it was a case of having a look in the back garden to see what was about, rather than getting a soaking on a walk.
You use to be able to see the garden shed at the back of the garden. Not any more!!
A male Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
A Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile versicolor) on........
............the Everlasting Sweet Pea.
An andrena sp.
A male Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
A fly sp.
A Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius). More on this froghopper here.
All change tomorrow boys, with a trip to the doggy hairdressers