It was another day in the garden, with a bit of hard graft unearthing lots of stones, bricks and rubble at the bottom end of the garden. At least I'll be able to use the rocks, by placing them in between the shrubs. As for rubble, I'll use that for the foundation of the new Summer House and Shed to be built next year. Its all go at the moment.
Below are a few photos I took during my breaks.
A Dunnock keeping an eye on me.
A Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) on Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
And another Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) on Lavender (Lavandula sp.)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
And a Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
#1 - And a bee sp.
#2 - And another bee sp.
#3 - And a 3rd bee sp.
A Sand Wasp sp.
The Footballer hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) on a lily pad in the "Bath" pond.
A female Semaphore Fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus)
#1 - fly sp.
#2 - fly sp.
#3 - fly sp.
A female Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
And this Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) is still present in the flower beds.
Despite being very small this young Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) has managed to catch a meal.
A Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius). More on froghoppers here.
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
I know it doesn't look much, but there was a lot.........
.........of stones, bricks and rubble to dig out from this future flowerbed.
And of course the obligatory photograph of Ted. He is certainly looking very spruce.