Male mason bees Male bees are smaller than the females and require less food and cell space. They are laid near the entrance of the cavity and in my garden they appear 10-15 days before the females, who remain safely inside the cavity a little longer, further towards...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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