Dorset lifestyle
Growing alongside the hedge in the meadow strip, a colourful display of grasses, wild flowers and nettles, attracting bees (this one is carrying a lot of pollen), butterflies and moths. Could do with more rain to stop them all going to seed. Topped up the hedgehog trough and the bird baths. A sunny day with a cool wind.
A white tailed bumblebee about to crawl through the air brick, they usually nest underground and like a southerly aspect, this wall is north facing so I’m not sure why they’ve chosen it. They’re unlikely to be disturbed by anything so there’ll be up to 400 happy workers in the colony supporting the queen. No shortage of pollinators in the garden! The wren is collecting Poppy’s hair from the terrace, must be lining its nest or making a new one somewhere.
