Every year a species of Mining Bees arrive in a small border in Olive's garden and eventually they mine nests for their next generations. They haven't started nest building yet and with today's cold gale blowing it won't be today. Thanks again to Anne for the ID confirmation, and I've even bought a book at her recommendation to learn a bit more about the insect life I encounter.
One of the books suggested was by Steven Falk whose Flickr pages I've viewed in the past, he has nearly 49,000 photos mostly of insects, I've posted the link below this.
Steven Falk Collections, click here Steven Falk Albums, click here
Andrena scotica (The Chocolate Mining Bee)
House Sparrow cleaning out old nesting material from a nest last used in 2019
One of my neighbours puts out bread and old rolls and this is the result, an almost resident Herring Gull pair, this one testing the safety of my lawn
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