Now is the time to see Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) at our Brodgar reserve... Have a walk around our reserve footpath which takes you along the shores of Loch of Stenness, the bird crops planted at HY295130 have a North American flowering plant called Phacelia which GYBB love! Last week double figures were seen on two different days by viewing over the fence. These images show one of the individuals seen, they are quite distinctive...Other species seen were Bombus Hortorum (Garden Bumblebee)  & Bombus Muscorum (Moss Carder Bee).

 
 Garden Bumblebee to the left. GYBB on the right hand side.

Photographs - A.J.Leitch