Archive images - April 2017
	A green orb web spider (Araniella cucurbitina) in our garden, Alwins Field, 29 April 2017. This was very small, only about 4mm in length.
	Shining cranesbill (Geranium lucidum) on the verge in Sandhouse Lane, 23 April 2017. It could be a garden escape. It is called "shining" cranesbill because of its glossy leaves.
	White comfrey (Symphitum orientale) on the verge in Sandhouse Lane, 23 April 2017. It is native of Turkey and is rarely found in the wild in the United Kingdom.
	Thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia) in Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve on 23 April 2017.  This is a very small flower.
	Storksbill (Erodium cicutarium) in Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve on 23 April 2017.
	Hairy-footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) in the churchyard at All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, 22 April 2017. These bees are quite large and make a loud buzzing noise in flight. This is a male - the females are usually black.
	Great crested grebe at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park, 19 April 2017.
	A rook on our garden fence, Alwins Field, 18 April 2017. Many rooks come to our garden in the Spring.
	Forget-me-nots in the bee conservation area at Leighton Buzzard Station, 13 April 2017.
	7-spot ladybirds mating in the bee conservation area at Leighton Buzzard Station, 13 April 2017.
	A hoverfly (female Eupeodes luniger) in the bee conservation area at Leighton Buzzard Station, 13 April 2017.
	Red campion in the bee conservation area at Leighton Buzzard Station, 13 April 2017.
	A collared dove in Linslade Woods, 10 April 2017.
	An ashy mining bee in Linslade Woods, 10 April 2017.
	A holly blue butterfly in our garden, Alwins Field, 8 April 2017. It is in a concrete drainage channel and is taking up minerals.
	This robin had just fledged in our garden, Alwins Field, 7 April 2017.
	Orange tip butterfly (male) at Grovebury, 7 April 2017.
	Speckled wood butterfly at Grovebury, 7 April 2017.
	A comma butterfly in King's Wood, Heath and Reach, 5 April 2017.
	Primroses in King's Wood, 5 April 2017.
	A chiffchaff, one of many calling in Linslade Woods, 4 April 2017.
	A female tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva) on our lawn, Alwins Field, 2 April 2017.
	This tiny leafhopper on sage is the sage leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae) and is common across the UK. Alwins Field, 2 April 2017.

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