The warm weather over the last two days seems to be having an effect. This lunchtime in the gardens of the Essex Wildlife Trust's Headquarters at Abbotts Hall Farm, Gt Wigborough, near Colchester I saw several solitary bees (Andrena bicolor and a probable A. nigroaenea) plus numerous Honeybees. The latter were enjoying the early blossom of Wintersweet Chimonanthus praecox
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The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more
The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more