Well, this was a top notch day for nature. Other than the activity at the bee Hotel, there was much occurring elsewhere in the patches and undergrowth.

Started with another bee because they are awesome and all over the bigroot geranium at the moment.

We had a fly stop for an extended shoot, perfectly landing in the sun and waiting for me to get my shot. He landed on the shed too so will get his own post soon.

This was small, not the tiniest I saw making a web, but has some growing to do before it gets to average size.

I know they aren’t bugs, but still daily visitors to the garden. Enjoying the little bench we put up for them.

These little guys were still around and after I put a geranium flower near one, it crawled right on! Have to say, very happy with this photo.

I haven’t actually seen one of these before so was a new find.

I rescued this little weevil from the bird bath, he was floating and trying to hold onto a small bit of something.

I don’t actually know what this one is, it seems to be a type of small parasitic wasp, but was tiny and didn’t stay still so my shots aren’t really good enough for a conclusive ID.

This beautiful red ladybird was just wandering through one of the beds. Hopefully there will be more.

There were a couple of things I couldn’t identify or get a good enough picture of. Baby spiders being very difficult, but this tiny orb weaver is already on it building a web. I’ll keep you updated on garden progress.

(c) K Wicks