6 Mar 17

Nythe

Another lovely walk in the sun around Nythe this afternoon, with the main highlight being a Red Kite being mobbed by 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Also 2 Buff-tailed Bumblebees  (Bombus terrestris)

Birds recorded: 1 Red Kite, 2 Moorhen, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 2 Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, 1 Treecreeper, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Bullfinch.

Plus 1 Grey Squirrel and 2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee

(Martin Adlam)

The Wild Cherry (Prunus avium) is proving popular with........

........the Bumblebees. Especially this Buff-tailed Bumblebee which is one of our earliest bumblebees to appear in the Spring. (Martin Adlam)
Note: More on Buff-tailed Bumblebees Here

Posted in: Wildlife Photography