Giant bees 😮 These are sculptured resin bees, Megachile sculpturalis, huge members of the leafcutter family that are native to Eastern Asia and accidentally introduced to the US and France. They’ve not made it to the UK yet - I’m at a friend’s in Geneva - but it’s probably only a matter of time.

Staring into the week like…

Yikes! A geyser has appeared by Florence Park and that is a LOT of water 🤯 Another headache for Thames Water (and all of us who are gonna end up paying more)

Happened on this buff-tailed bumblebee nest in Shotover earlier. They typically nest underground in old rodent holes and it’s pretty cool to think how many bees might be down in there (some nests can have several hundred workers!).

Hands in the air 🙌 Looks like someone knows it’s #WorldBeeDay!

When the bus stop, which happens to be in central Reading, also happens to be partyzone central - that is if you’re a mayfly.

Of course, now I’ve left the reserve it won’t blumming shut up 😆 Proof from the towpath!