Allestree, August, Bat's, Bee's, DERBY, England, Environmental, Photography, un-seasonal weather, Wildlife

A Very Rare Bee…….

Well not really, but this year in our garden it most certainly is a rare visitor.  In a normal year our flower beds are alive with Bee’s, Butterflies and Insects in many shapes and sizes. But not this year….so when two Bee’s put in an appearance, the first since early May, it was out with the camera …..and click.

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I know that nature has a way of recovering but none the less this year is a worry.  Swallows, Swifts and Martins are a welcome sight when the occasional passerine does deem to give us a ‘fly past’.  Warm evenings on our patio are usually great for Bat watching, as the dark descends they dart back and forth, but we haven’t seen a single one this summer so I guess the shortage of insects is to blame.   All the above are obvious absentees but I suspect many other birds are equally fewer. So should we worry? Maybe we should……but what to do – I don’t know.

8th AUGUST

10 thoughts on “A Very Rare Bee…….”

    1. You may be right…I don’t have my ear as close to the Wildlife network as I use to, so that info has passed me by. All I know that not just in our garden but at roost sites near us we have failed to any and that is over several species.

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  3. The photograph is amazing dear David, as if I can touch her… 🙂 On the other hand, this makes me worry, but me too, I don’t know what to do or think… I hope and wish nothing is serious… Thank you, love, nia

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  7. WOW!! Awesome shot!! It is a worry when the insect population decreases….all we can do is hope Mother Nature knows what she’s doing…and hope that it isn’t Mankind messing things up..

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