Weyborne
Mourning Bee (Melicta albifrons)
Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)
Fly Sp
Kelling Heath
After mating the female Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica) seemed to give herself a moment or two by splaying out her legs.
Cley
Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina)
Ichneumon suspiciousus
Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus)
Mining Bee Sp?
Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroaena ♂︎) probably
I find the amount of white hairs on the legs of this one to be really confusing.
I looked through Stephen Falk's images and can't seem to find anything that matches.
The abdomen doesn't seem to be shiny enough for A thoracica but….
So then A clarkella, A scotica, or A bicolor or ….?
The white on the hairs is from the white pollen on Alexanders.
Thus Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica ♀︎)
A huge thanks to Nick Owens for all the helpful id comments.
Kelling Heath
Thoroughly enjoying the Dandelion
Lying on a rather tatty bed of Heath Star Moss (Campylopus introflexus)
Large Gorse Mining Bee ♂︎ (Andrena bimaculata)
It was just on the edge of activity temperature wise this morning. When the sun went in the male bees just dropped onto the side of the path.
They were in well separated groups in places as well as singly but these two were cuddled up close.
Cliff Mining Bee ♀︎ Clearing her nest.
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Both of these two pictures were manually focus stacked in the field and thus show slightly more detail.
Gonia picea A tachinid fly
Spider Sp
European Gorse (Ulex europeus)
Very fortunate this morning. This pair were just close to one of the tracks through the course.
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Weybourne
Cliff Mining Bee ♂︎ (Andrena thoracica)
Cliff Mining Bee ♂︎(Andrena thoracica)
Cliff Mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena thoracica)
Mourning Bee (Melicta albifrons)
Very still, caught on the cliff face when the sun went in. But very quickly active as the sun cam out again.
The yellow spot on the abdomen was very visible even when head down in the Dandelion. Fabricius' Nomad Bee (Nomada fabriciana)
A Dandelion of Painted Nomad Bees
Painted Nomad ♂︎ (Nomada fucata)
Sphecodes Sp?
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)
It was just at the margin of too cold today. One minute the sun was warm on the eastern side of the pile and there were thousand of bees flying with a glorious active hum. The next minute the clouds came over the temperature dropped and there was silence.
Some were caught out and just stopped out in the open, which gave the opportunity for photography. But they very quickly started up again when the clouds moved on and the sun warmed them up.
A Green Tiger Beetle
Weybourne
White pollen on legs from the Alexanders.
One or two sitting in the nest entrances later in the afternoon.
Cliff Mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena thoracica)
Cliff Mining Bee (♂︎Tentatively) (Andrena thoracica)
Groundsel flower head (Senecio vulgaris)
Hairy-footed Flower Bee ♀︎ (Anthophora plumipes)
Hairy-footed Flower Bee nest holes.
Female clearing out a nest.
Hairy-footed Flower Bee ♂︎ (Anthophora plumipes)
Painted Nomad ♂︎ (Nomada fucata) Green eyed - Yellow legged.
Painted Nomad (Nomada fucata) A mixture of red eyed females and green eyed males enjoying the Dandelion ( Taraxacum Sp)
Green eyed male
Red eyed & red legged female
Green eyed, yellow legged male.
Red eyed & red legged female feeding on the Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Green eyed male
Oops. Eye and leg colours now corrected. Thanks Carl
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There's no r in fucata. Thanks Nick
Spider Sp
Yellow-legged Mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena flavipes)