Archive images - March 2020 |
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A female Blackbird in Linslade Woods, 31 March 2020. |
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A male Starling in our garden, Alwins Field, 31 March 2020. |
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A female Starling collecting nesting material in our garden, Alwins Field, 30 March 2020. |
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A pair of Mandarin Ducks on the River Ouzel, 26 March 2020. |
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The Chiffchaffs have been singing in Linslade Woods this week, but I found this one hiding silently in a tree, 26 March 2020. |
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What are these Magpies doing in a large group? Haven't they heard about Corvid-19? Stoke Road, 26 March 2020. |
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The first Bluebell in flower in Linslade Woods this year, 24 March 2020. |
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Peacock butterfly, Linslade Woods, 24 March 2020. One of the butterfly species that hibernates in the UK. |
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A Robin, alert for any wriggly food items on the ground, Linslade Woods, 24 March 2020. |
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A female Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) in our garden, Alwins Field, 23 March 2020. She had just emerged from her underground nest. She is roughly the same size as a Honey Bee. |
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Bee-fly, Linslade Woods, 23 March 2020. The Bee-fly parasitizes the larvae of mining bees, particularly of the Chocolate Mining Bee shown above. |
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Wood Anemones, Linslade Woods, 21 March 2020. |
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A Goldfinch in Linslade Woods, 21 March 2020. |
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Lesser Celandine in Bossington Lane, 20 March 2020. |
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Collared Dove searching for nesting material in Bossington Lane, 20 March 2020. |
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Comma butterfly on the edge of Linslade Woods, 16 March 2020. (First butterfly seen this year.) |
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A female Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) in All Saints Leighton Buzzard church, 16 March 2020. It is a bee mimic - see below. |
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Worker (female) Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in All Saints church, 16 March 2020. |
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Paired-up Common Frogs in our garden at night, Alwins Field, 11 March 2020. |
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A Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) getting stuck into a Dead-nettle, Linslade Recreation Ground, 11 March 2020. |
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A very small Plant (or Mirid) Bug (Liocoris tripustulatus) in the flower bed at Linslade Recreation Ground, 11 March 2020. |
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Ivy-leaved Toadflax flowering on a wall in Parson's Close Recreation Ground, 7 March 2020. |
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A Grey Heron having just landed in the Ouzel Meadows, 2 March 2020. |
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A Grey Wagtail by the River Ouzel, 2 March 2020. |
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A queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee feeding on garden crocuses, Alwins Field, 2 March 2020. |
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