Carrion crow, looking out, having a drink

Carrion crow, looking out, having a drink

Carrion crow, West Park, first seen watchful in a tree near the lake.

A few minutes later, it flew down to the edge of the lake, climbed down the bank, and kept arefully lowering its head to take several beakfulls of water.

#lockdown – various bumble bees

Tree bumble bee

Different species of bumble bees attracted to a patch of alkanet flowers one late afternoon. The first is a tree bumble. There;s a possible early bumble bee in the sequence somewhere, but most are white tailed bumble bees.