Port and Wey: 17 Jun 25

Wakeham

It was another day in the back garden, sawing up the old sheds into bite-size pieces that will fit in the back of the car. I had planned on getting a skip, but Dawn and I decided to take it all to the Recycling Centre ourselves, instead of paying someone to take it.

Well this what it was like a few days ago and........

........today its all been cut up ready for a few tip runs tomorrow.

And during my breaks I had a wonder around the garden, and at long last a couple of butterflies which have been absent for awhile. Unfortunately neither stopped for a photo.

A first for the year was a Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta in the wildflower patch.

Butterflies Recorded:

1 Large White Pieris brassicae

1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipe
1 Colletes sp.

1 Andrena sp.

1 Megachile sp.

This is one of the..............

....................Colletes family of bees. As to which one I'm unsure. The one thing I do know for sure is that it isn't an Ivy Bee Colletes hederae, as they appear at the end of September. Obsidentify has this as being 96% sure that's either C. daviesanus, C. fodiens or C. similis.