Spiderlings ‘explode’ with my finger on the button! video
A ball of spiderlings bursts into life! The female lays eggs inside a silken egg case, often seen over winter under windowsills and sheltered crevices. Each one may contain 100's of eggs. Not all may survive though. After hatching these spiderlings (possibly Araneus...
Prof. Dave Goulson’s bumblebee interview and A Sting in the Tale -video
From Academia to Sunday Times Bestseller! A Sting in the Tale The frustrated Professor! Prof. Dave Goulson is passionate about bumblebees. He is one of the UK's top bumblebee researchers and probably the world as well! However he was frustrated. Why? He enjoys his job...
Successful robin nest in my wildlife garden-video
Excuse me. When do I get my red breast? Said the robin to the chaffinch! You will see that in the video there are some photographs of robins that do not have the familiar red breast of adult robins. They look almost sparrow or dunnock-like with their speckled brown...
Wildlife to benefit with a greener vision for HS2?
If HS2 goes ahead what suggestions are there for wildlife? "Whatever you measure it against -by Government legislation, guidance or rhetoric-the current proposals for HS2 fall very short when it comes to the environment. It is at odd with the ambitions for nature's...
Great tit and Robin lay Easter eggs in my garden! video
Great tit and Robin make a nest each and lay eggs It's Easter Sunday so I thought it appropriate to show a different kind of egg! Oak leaves collected in early spring to mulch my garden borders, moss raked from lawn and left in situ, wool from the countryside found...
Dead queen Bombus pratorum inside nest box with egg video
Dead queen B. pratorum foundress inside nest box Such a lot of activity bumble and solitary bee wise in my garden recently which I documented, luckily! I sited this particular nest box on 23rd March. On 27th March I saw a B. terrestris queen leave the nest box and...
Red mason male bee (Osmia bicornis) emerging from Nurturing Nature nest box video
Red mason bee male's first view of the outside world as a bee! video His first tentative look outside revealed a dull, breezy and cold day. What a welcome to your new life! The day before he started to chew his way out when it was sunny and a little warmer. He decided...
Nurturing Nature spreading the ‘bee’ words in Norway!
Nurturing Nature spreading the word in Norway! Invited to come and help La Humla Suse with their work in public education for bumblebees, I was delighted to offer my assistance at a gardening exhibition in Norway for a weekend. Toril, Adrian, myself and Atle busy...
Bees & Pollination presentation, Pentland Science Park, Scotland
"Bees and Pollination' presentation at the Pentland Science Park, Scotland The National Vegetable Society kindly invited me to give a presentation to over 100 of their members at the Pentland Science Park, about pollinating bumblebees, solitary bees, their ecology...
First B. terrestris workers leaving nest 2014 video
Buff tailed bumblebee workers leave nest for first time today! Note how the queen has a buff tail and the workers have a white tail! She was seen entering the nest box on 10/3/14.... this has been a busy nest with several other queens investigating it, some even...