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Aster, an autumn flowering plant, usually dying off by now, but late flowering this year, and looking good.
Supposedly to support late hibernating insects.

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October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
October 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hover Fly on the Buddleia.
Still waiting for the Peacock butterfly to make an appearance.
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July 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's been another drab day, though a sole honeybee food make a very brief visit to the lavender, which by now has no flowers.
This photo is from my archives, and not featuring lavender plants.
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October 1, 2024 at 6:20 PM
September 28, 2024 at 3:59 AM
From one of the very few sun blessed days in August this year.
A buff tailed bumblebee enjoying the lavender in the garden.
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September 26, 2024 at 10:29 AM
September 23, 2024 at 9:48 PM
It's wet, it's dismal grey and I'm still seeing some honeybees getting the last feeds from our lavender.
Photo is from my archives, and not showing a honeybee on lavender.
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September 23, 2024 at 8:22 AM
September 23, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Morning all
Mid August, a rare sunny day, a buff tailed bumblebee in flight over lavender flowers
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September 8, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Another photo from a few weeks back, a speckled wood butterfly in the garden.
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September 6, 2024 at 8:51 AM
September 3, 2024 at 4:02 AM
A very warm sunny lunchtime on the car, for the local wasps.
The car has been washed a couple of days back, but the sap from a lime tree had been deposited and the wasps were loving the sugar...
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August 31, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Morning all
Though this is an old pic, was nice to see the buff tailed bumblebees yesterday still visiting the lavender, even on a cloudy day.
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August 29, 2024 at 3:55 AM
August 24, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Trying out some new optics, what better than a buff tailed bumblebee in flight.

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August 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Two small white butterflies after the same lavender flower.
There's plenty more within a very short hop...

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August 16, 2024 at 1:37 PM
August 13, 2024 at 3:51 AM
August 12, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Morning all
A buff tailed bumblebee enjoying the lavender last week.
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August 9, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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