Archive images - March 2024
	Some of our Good Friday Grass (Field Wood-rush) is still in flower, Alwins Field, 29 March 2024.
	Dark-edged Bee-fly, Alwins Field, 26 March 2024.
	Snake's Head Fritillary, Linslade Woods, 22 March 2024.
	Forget-me-nots, Linslade Woods, 22 March 2024.
	Ant Woodlouse found with black ants in their nest in our garden, Alwins Field, 21 March 2024. Ant Woodlice are blind: they live underground with the ants and clear up after them. At least the ants don't attack them.
	Sawfly (Aglaostigma aucupariae), Linslade Woods, 20 March 2024. This species is one of the first to appear each year.
	Hairy-footed Flower-bee, Parsons Close, 16 March 2024.
	A patch of Coltsfoot at Astral Park, 16 March 2024.
	Male Pheasant in the Churchyard at All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, 16 March 2024.
	Tiny Woodlouse (possibly Haplophthalmus danicus), Alwins Field, 13 March 2024.
	Springtail (Tomocerus sp.), Alwins Field, 13 March 2024. Springtails are very helpful tiny creatures - they clear up dead wood and condition the soil.
	Black Ant (Lasius niger), Linslade Woods, 5 March 2024.
	Larva of a Box-tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis), Linslade Woods, 5 March 2024. This is a very young larva, about 6mm long. It was on a Box plant that had been dumped in the woods.
	House Sparrow, Knaves Hill, 1 March 2024.

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