Greenfinches & Goldfinches feeding on a wildflower lawn, 20 January 2025, West Sussex, UK
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Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Big-headed Mining Bee, Andrena bucephala and Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis in my garden yesterday.
A very early flowering blackberry cultivar attracts many insects now including this big-headed solitary bee. It looks like a Big-headed Mining Bee.
Above looks like a male Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis whilst below, collecting pollen is clearly a female Red Mason Bee. Males don't do any such work to provision a nest.
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