Female Hairy-footed flower bee foraging on lungwort At first glance, the all black female hairy-footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) can easily be mistaken for a queen bumblebee in the early spring, albeit she is somewhat smaller, has orange hairs on her hind legs...
Concrete Gravel Boards are barriers to hedgehogs According to Hedgehog Street, hedgehogs can travel about one mile every night in search of food and a mate. “We now know that one of the main reasons why hedgehogs are declining in Britain is because our fences...
Primroses. A good nectar source for early pollinators? Many articles I have read over the years state that primroses are a useful nectar source for early pollinating bumblebees. Well, in fact, if we look a little closer, it depends upon their tube-like proboscis or...
Common Groundhopper in my wildflower meadow Living in a terraced house, one of many 1000s, with a backyard, outside loo, no grass, parks, trees, etc., on the fringes of Liverpool city centre in my childhood and early adulthood, I never saw a grasshopper until I lived...
Ectemnius solitary wasp targets solitary bee I quite often see Ectemnius solitary wasps in my garden. They do have noticeable large fang-like mandibles and large eyes. There are several different species and like all wasps, they are predators. Especially of several...
Bullfinch, Greenfinch and Goldfinch showing typical symptoms commonly associated with Trichomonosis Both I and my neighbour regularly clean our feeders and are particular about our bird seed suppliers. Unfortunately for the birds that visit our gardens other people in...
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