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What's Buzzing or Flying near you today... 2015

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Had a wasp in the car yesterday, the 16th of December!
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Had a wasp in the car yesterday, the 16th of December!
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What, only one? Didn't you get it on a Bogof?

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Not Buzzing but such a beautiful song
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4 Bees seen this morning and 2 lady birds

Good jod there's something for them to eat
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@Jiffy ... bees in December! I've never seen any at this time of year. Bill Oddie was on Sky News and said queen bees come out in winter on mild days. What's the plant called that you're bees are visiting please? I think I'll get one for my new garden Bill said Mahonia is good for them in winter...might get one of them as well!

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What's the plant called that you're bees are visiting please?
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The one in the picture is Viburnum Tinus and we have a Mahonia but the wind has blown all the flowers off this year, another one they like is winter flowering Honeysuckle

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The one in the picture is Viburnum Tinus and we have a Mahonia but the wind has blown all the flowers off this year, another one they like is winter flowering Honeysuckle
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Thanks! Viburnum Tinus has gone onto my wish list.
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Viburnum Tinus has gone onto my wish list
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Just be carefull you don't get Viburum Beetle/larve, they can cause a lot of damage in spring
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Just be carefull you don't get Viburum Beetle/larve, they can cause a lot of damage in spring
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I'll look out for that....thanks
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Just be carefull you don't get Viburum Beetle/larve, they can cause a lot of damage in spring
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Five or six years ago the RHS declared the Viburnum beetle as the country's worst pest of the year. Fortunately there is a bug killer that works well on it and there's not so much trouble now. Keeping a close eye on the plant and spraying if necessary should give you no trouble with it.
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I squash the larve in the spring
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I squash the larve in the spring
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Do you want to come round and do mine? I have a total of about a 75ft run, 5ft deep and 7ft high

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Holes bay, Poole harbour, the usual suspects.
Little Egret.

Black Tailed Godwit (one of 600!) and Wigeon.

Curlew.
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Boxing day Bubble Bee out flying around,sorry no pic didn't have camera
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