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Sunday, April 18, 2021

18/04/2021 After a week of frosts and icy winds it looks like spring is returning.

Maximum temperature here today 15⁰C, minimum 4⁰C. Dry. 9km/h North-Easterly winds with gusts up to 22 km/h. Next week it looks like spring is really returning, hopefully for good this time.

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) taking a drink.

As above...

As above, thirsty little fellows despite the colder weather...

As above but I liked the shadow.

Bluebells.

Wallflower.

Bumblebee (Bombus magnus) in the quince tree...

As above.

Cranefly (Tipulidae).

Blossom on one of the Acer trees.

European Orchard Bee (Osmia cornuta) on the apple blossom. A solitary bee...

As above.

Quince blossom.

Black Tulips.

Apple Blossom.

Lilac.

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) and Persian Speedwell flower (Veronica persica).

Not sure what this bee is, I did not get to see its body, maybe one of the sweat bees!

House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) 15 pairs of legs, think it is missing a few! Without the flash...

and with the flash.

Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.

My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).

Sunday, April 11, 2021

11/04/2021 Now into April and still only garden photos.....

Maximum temperature here today 13⁰C, minimum 5⁰C. 33mm of rain measured this morning. 14km/h cool North-Westerly winds with gusts up to 35 km/h. We have 90% rain forecast again for tomorrow. Next week the temperature drops and more frost is forecast!!!

I just wonder if we will get any fruit this year with the continual change in weather from hot to freezing, The vineyards have been lighting candle type lights between the grapes, but they say a lot of damage has already been done. It will be a disaster if there is no wine later this year.

We are back in lockdown yet again for at least another 4 weeks... The curfew continues as it has been for several months now.

1 April cherry blossom - all gone now!

White bluebells.

Apple Blossom.

Chaenomeles Japonica - Japanese Quince.

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera).

As above.

Quince blossom- note the little bee - and white and blue bluebells.

Choisya ternata or Mexican Orange.

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis).

I think this is a Katydid (Tettigoniidae).

As above.

Standing in our vegetable garden, the neighbours have their lawnmowers out!!

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis).

Apple blossom.

A slightly battered speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)...

As above...

I am open to correction here possibly a mining bee family Andrenidae or Heriades truncorum – the Large-headed resin bee??

Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.

My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).

Monday, April 27, 2020

27/04/2020 Day 41 of Lock down.....

Maximum temperature here today 19⁰C, minimum 10⁰C. Some rain not measured yet. 12km/h South-Westerly wind with gusts up to 37 km/h.

Saturday we had a big hail storm and 32mm of rain in less than 30 mins.
With the strong winds, the water came under the door in the kitchen so we had a big mopping up operation!

Walking my small loop within the 1 km radius allowed is not all flat - looking up..

Looking behind from the same spot...

and if I am running out of my one hour time allowed, I can cut through on this track but the grass is now getting a bit long there! I do not want to pick up ticks!!