I didn't intend taking any photos or go looking for birds today but one bird and two insects in my garden forced me to get the camera out. I'd taken a chainsaw to the apple tree in the front garden, and while there I noticed a bumblebee and what I thought might be a Chocolate Mining Bee, they nest against the house wall in a small border. It wasn't a Chocolate though and my best attempt at ID is a Eristalis pertinax!
Later after filling up all of the feeders, I counted birds for around an hour for the Garden Birdwatch which I carry out weekly for the BTO. It's free so why not sign up and contribute to their data.
Blackbird 3
Blue Tit 2
Chaffinch 2
Coal Tit 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 10
Goldfinch 4
Great Tit 1
Greenfinch 4
Herring Gull 1
House Sparrow 5
Robin 1
Starling 4
Tree Sparrow 8
Woodpigeon 1
Wren 1
Yellowhammer 4
Olive had seen a Wren about a week ago in the garden but I couldn't re-find it until today as I sat in the sun after a stint of tree butchery
It was calling, not an alarm call but not singing either
Yellowhammer on my garage waiting for me to leave
A Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee, my first bumblebee of the year. It's a shame it's got so many parasite mites, many do at this time of year
Eristalis pertinax Hoverfly, or similar species!
Photographed at range with a 420mm lens setup
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