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First sightings
« on: March 19, 2005, 15:47:34 »
Bumble bee yesterday..possible ladybird. (It was flying.)

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2005, 16:54:21 »
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Re: First sightings
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2005, 17:00:23 »
Have seen Brimstones for 2 days now. DP
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Re: First sightings
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2005, 19:47:45 »
Lots of bumblebees in my garden and trillions of ants !

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2005, 19:57:30 »
A legion of ants in my compost heap.  I saw my first bumble bee today along with a butterfly and millions of frog spawn. 

Is it illegal to take frog spawn from the wild and put it in your garden pond?

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2005, 21:35:53 »
quinny,

Not sure about that one but I would not have thought so!
Frogs are not an endangered species yet .. Good luck with it !  Unfortunately I do not have a pond, so no frogs I am afraid.  Oh I do miss a big garden ! :'(
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Re: First sightings
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2005, 22:32:41 »
Yesterday and today I've seen, bumble bee, ladybirds, a yellow butterfly (don't know what it's called), frogs and the first dreaded mosquito.
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Re: First sightings
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2005, 23:06:55 »
Eh! This is good stuff.....Come-on everybody...what have you seen for the first time this year?

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2005, 23:33:15 »
 :)Hi everyone,
                        like Jesseveve,I've seen my first bees,ladybirds,frogs and,yesterday,a yellow butterfly,which I can't recall ever seeing before.   
      All The Best-Marky

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2005, 20:49:55 »
lots of bees have been out the weekend in my garden in Bristol and butterfly's and the dreaded red Lillie beetles have been about so early for then even had some pond skaters out in the pond not surprised have been such a lovely weekend really sunny and very warn

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2005, 21:00:19 »
This weekend I have seen my first bumblebee, 2 butterflies and my first bluebottle

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2005, 21:28:35 »
I've got quite a few ladybirds  :)  Robin is nesting in my ivy.  I tried again today to get a photo but no luck.

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2005, 00:51:14 »
First bees spotted here in Scotland yesterday. Pondskaters in the pond along with frogs and newts. Alas the dreaded midges are also out in force.


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Re: First sightings
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2005, 11:33:41 »
Noticed bees, ladybirds, flutterbies as well as ants - I can't recall up to the weekend last seeing ants this year.
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Re: First sightings
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2005, 11:37:21 »
I've seen lots of ladybirds, a few bumblebees and several brimstones, it's been wonderful over the last few days.  Went on the BBC Springwatch website to add my sightings and was amazed how the graphs had risen this weekend.  It was obviously the time when they all came out of hibernation.

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2005, 12:21:25 »
i saw a ladybird while at the allotment
he was walking on my pepsi bottle

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2005, 12:51:01 »
Saw first Bumblebee on 14 March. First ladybird on 16th (once I'd seen one, I saw loads!) along with first butterfly (probably Red Admiral).

First frog/toad seen in pond on 19th. Then another one. Then the two, ahem, together. Also found toad spawn in pond that day. As well as seeing first ever newt in pond.
gone to pot :D

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2005, 15:40:52 »
The good - frog spawn in the pond at last

The bad - ants everywhere

The ugly - caterpillars munching my tulips!
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Re: First sightings
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2005, 22:19:18 »
Saw lots of big cuddly bumble bees over the weekend.  Ladybirds everywhere last week and again over the weekend.  Have had toads and frogs in the garden now for at least 3 weeks.  Squished 2 snails today at the allotment  >:(, listened to the woodpeckers taptaptapping and chucked lots of large white grubs (no idea what they would have become) to a pair of robins.

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Re: First sightings
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2005, 09:25:23 »
Bumbly bee yesterday  :D Also bluebottle in the house >:(

 

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