Today I saw

[Headgardener]

My first Bumblebee of this year. Good indication that spring is not far away.

 

[punkypossum]

It smells of spring, so it must be on its way!

 

[Night Train]

Today I saw a big bluebottle fly! It got in my workshop as I had the doors open while I was outslide welding up my trailer.

 

[snakehips]

I opened the window and some flies came in , marvelous !
We're nearly there. AllI need now is to get rid of the cough I've had for the last four months.

Snakehips Bikes

 

[very-near]

My first Bumblebee of this year. Good indication that spring is not far away.

I work with a beekeeper and he said the other day that he had lost all his bees in the winter in the 5 hives he maintains.

He wasn't sure if it was disease or the cold which got to them.

 

[rich p]

I've seen plenty of bumblebees and saw a Red Admiral at the weekend.

 

[colly]

Today I saw a...........RAT...............in my garden.

It was big, it was ugly, it was defiant and it scared the dog.

 

[rich p]

Ah, happy days - the first rat of spring

 

[radger]

Ah, happy days - the first rat of spring

That made me spit tea in my keyboard.

 

[Kirstie]

Last night I saw my first ever owl. It was a barn owl, and it was sitting in the middle of the lane near my house. I put my brakes on to avoid it, but it was a bit slow on the uptake, and flew into the front wing of my car It was only a glancing blow, and I hope it was alright. I stopped to try and find it but couldn't see it anywhere.

The other day we were discussing the mechanics of having a bee as a pet. I like bees, they're furry and very strokable. We were wondering if you could tie it to a string of cotton and take it for a walk...'let it off the leash' and so on....

 

[Fnaar]

The other day we were discussing the mechanics of having a bee as a pet. I like bees, they're furry and very strokable. We were wondering if you could tie it to a string of cotton and take it for a walk...'let it off the leash' and so on....

http://www.primarygames.com/science/insects/games/bee-a-pet/index.htm

or, get hundreds of them, and keep them all together in a kind of wooden box thing

 

[john59]

It must be spring as I swallowed my first insect of the year on my commute yesterday.

 

[Fnaar]

Let's see who gets the first "wasp down your jersey" moment

 

[Wigsie]

Plagiarist! Bored of the 'look how I nearly crashed' posts in the commuting forum I started a similar thread yesterday! ha ha

I shot 2 rats in my garden last week! Definately is spring on the way (I am not really unhygienic, my back garden backs onto allotments, honest)
and saw a whopper of a bumble bee.

 

[Arch]

Me too. But it was a cup-o-soup.

Alphabet soup, I hope?