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[jaypo]

Funny you should mention that clkd,I've not seen much in the way of butterflies  and I bought lavender plants especially for them and the bees

Aww Tracy t it's horrid seeing them being taken from their nests, I saw a seagull gulping down a baby bird,was horrible

[CLKD]

Nature in the raw ;-)

[CLKD]

Ermine moths every where 

[Taz2]

Why did you remove the webs ? Just curious

Taz x

[CLKD]

Because I didn't want our spindle trees ruined.  Regardless of what 1 reads, those webs damage plants. I can see in our hedgerows where caterpillars have been in previous years even though the plants have covered any gaps. 

[CLKD]

   first Southern Hawker dragonfly crawled into the ☀️ from the bottom pond today  now we have to keep the neighbours' cat away  . I tried water spray, she loves to play with the drops 

Oh !!! a male sparrow hawk has landed in the pergola honeysuckle, hopped along the wooden top - those eyes 

[CLKD]

At last: wasps; hover flies; dragon flies; bees ..........

two young robins and two young wrens now fending for themselves 

[CLKD]

3 mail 🦔 s [oh for goodness sake  ]. male 🦔 s even : seen on night camera regularly.  2 females.  1 hog has 1 eye missing, she/he has been around for 18 months.  All eating and drinking. 

Plus a mouse 

[CLKD]

A few wasps are collecting water from our bottom pond.  Kitten is interested  ..........

[jaypo]

We've just had a wasp nest removed from our garage

[CLKD]

Was it in the way?  They die at the end of the year and never return  .  We had 1 removed from the fence between the gardens as well as bees destroyed that were in the cavity walls - they would have built and built and .........

Water lilies are loving this heat a lot more than I am!

[Taz2]

We usually have a wasps nest above the kitchen window which I enjoy watching develop as they don't bother us. Not this year though. I found this interesting/disturbing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c134621devzo

Taz x 

[jaypo]

Not in the way as such but with the dogs etc,what do they do with the nests when they take them away? 

[CLKD]

Usually wasps are killed on site.  If Queen Bee can be located an apiarist will move them to a hive, however the ones here were getting into the kitchen via the cavity.   

Not as many insects overall this year due to almost constant rain since November with weeks of cold winds which means that insects aren't able to fly.

[Taz2]

jaypo the nest is left it's the occupants that are destroyed. Wasps never re-use old nests. They are amazing structures.