Bumble bee and butterfly

[Flighty]

I saw this (queen) bumble bee and a small tortoiseshell butterfly on the plot today.

[Flighty]

[Debs]

Beautiful pic Flighty!

Spring is starting to make itself known 

Debs

[galina]

Yes indeed, here too.  Just spotted the first Peacock butterfly!  Sorry no camera to hand.

Your picture is super Flightly - really lifts the spirits!  At last some signs of spring 

[claybasket]

Hi Flighty I saw 3red admiral's and a big bumble bee is in my wee greenhouse, I did try to put it out but failed will try in the morning

[ancellsfarmer]

Only butterfly of the year, a single Brimstone on April 1st (no joking). regrettably not seen since.
3 bumble bees on seperate days in different places. Wonder who will do the pollinating this year, if anything actually flowers?

[green lily]

Attacked my first small cabbage white of the year in the poly yesterday....

[gertie50]

Lovely crisp, clean looking photograph.

[GrannieAnnie]

The photo says "Ah, Spring!"  Wonderful to see bees in action again.

[ancellsfarmer]

Several more brimstones seen today. There are swallows, house and sandmartins, and a cuckoo reported on the local Twitchers report,* not yet veiwed up here near M 3 -Junction 5

See http://www.goingbirding.co.uk/hants/birdnews.asp