Pollinating Insects
Steve
www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk
" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".
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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8
Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8
K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM
I'm in Plymouth and yesterday saw for the first time in the UK a Hummingbird Hawk Moth in the garden, but swmbo scared it away before I got the camera out.
In the following are Honey bees I think, sadly no detail in the eyes
K1 and dfa 100 macro f2.8 wr
My wife, a keen gardener, goes to some length to cultivate an insect friendly environment. This year we have seen one Red Admiral, two small Tortoiseshell, a Painted Lady and the odd Orange Tips and Whites. There were/are a satisfactory number of assorted bumbles and Bee Flies though. The usual fair variety of hoverflies have yet to show up......The reason? - my pet theory is atmospheric pollution which is particularly bad in the south east.
Looking back through my photo files (Insects & Bugs) the decline seems to have started five or six years ago and is most definitely worsening.
Roger
Steve
On the other hand I went to a Wildlife Trust site yesterday (Harbury Spoil Banks, Warwickshire) where there were lots of butterflies - but even there, there very few bees.
The mention above of Starlings is interesting as we have seen them in the garden in large numbers, for the first time since we moved here 16 years ago.
Our family of ring-necked Parakeets seem to have left for pastures new however. A shame as I enjoyed the colour they brought to the garden.
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I haven't taken much notice of the bees in my garden but on a walk along the canal towpath yesterday there seemed to be lots visiting the bramble flowers there.
Philip
Michael
Thanks for all of the feedback re the insects. Be interesting to see if things improve as summer progresses
Michael
Since I wrote we have had a few very hot days. Two cabbage whites and I think a red admiral spotted.
Still no sign of the Parakeets
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Please form an orderly queue when you visit south Dorset to see the only butterflies in the country this year... .
Steve
K1000, Espio 140, ist, istD, K70, K3iii and numerous lenses, just don't tell my wife.
Michael
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