Last year's post can be found below
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/279045/all-about-insects-2022
Hope you don't mind me kicking off this year's thread but these 2 were on the patio doors yesterday
Feel free to identify them as they are all flies to me ;-)
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
I watered my wild plants which I havnt done for a long time cause it’s been so cold and some insects flew off them so Insects are abit more active now and ants are definitely very active. One was carrying one of my bird food when I started cleaning my insect drinking fairy decoration the blackbird is fond the insect drinking decoration which isn’t surprising. He likes sticking his beach in and pecking for insects or having a drink if there’s enough water for it. The water is usually low so the insects can get to it but he still likes looking for insects and having a drink. I also heard a Bumblebee when I was watering my border
One of the people in the house told me there was a really big fluffy thing that came into the house but that it went back out again. And that it was scary. I said that would of been a Bumblebee but reassured her it wouldn’t of got in on purpose but would of just flown in by acident and that it might of also still been abit drowsy from not long Corning out of hibernation and and if it was a really really big one it could of been a queen Bumblebee cause at this time of year queen Bumblebees are starting to come out and there starting to look for energy from flowers and look for nest sites.
It would of helped if they didn’t leave the door open though. I found the garden door wide open twice today and it made the kitchen freezing cold so not leaving the door open when you don’t need to would of made it abit less likely for some Species like Bumblebees that are more at home outside to acidently get in.
It was lovely to watch the honey bees, buzz around the snowdrops. In the warm sun shine, it was a real taste of spring