THE BLACK RABBIT: red mason bees

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Friday, 30 April 2010

No swift egg in the roof yet - Anna and I have had a little wager on this - I predict May 4th and Anna says May 6th will produce first egg. Anna may be closer to the mark looking at the weather forecast for this weekend!
My red mason bees are incredibly busy filling the bee-post holes with bright yellow pollen, laying eggs and bricking the drilled holes up with mud (lifted from our watered potato patch!) One hole has already been sealed by a red mason bee, three others are stained bright yellow inside and I guess will be sealed soon enough (complete with egg). Slightly worried about the torrential showers forecast for this saturday evening - I'll have to make sure the bee posts are sheltered.
Very low, pale buzzard over the garden this afternoon, mobbed by the sentry crows of course.
Male blackcap (warbler) in the garden yesterday.
No damselflies seen as yet - very late now!
The hen blackbird is back on the nest in the honeysuckle! I'll have a peep over the long bank holiday weekend to see if she's laid more eggs (2 at last count a few days ago - after I thought she'd abandoned).
First Brimstone moth (photo of a brimstone moth at our old gaff) appeared at kitchen window tonight (didn't even set moth trap up!)

Damson blossom appears on our garden trees this week
Marsh marigold blooms appear in pond
Cuckoo bees find honeysuckle leaves this week
Red Mason bees investigating shed and walls
Tadpoles have hatched, but not very active
Robins have deserted shed nest (thanks to cats probably) and now nesting in front garden
Heron visiting most days to be mobbed by local crows
Potatoes planted today in rear (rear) garden
First mow of lawn today
First bat of year seen today at 05:30am
Cutlery finally lays an egg with a shell after two weeks of no-shelled eggs!
After a week of warm, sunny weather, moth trap set up for first time this year, tonight.