Silent Sunday – 2nd October 2022
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Great Yellow Bumblebee Project
This year, I have been lucky to be working for the Great Yellow Bumblebee Project. The Great Yellow Bumblebee is Ireland’s rarest bees and it occurs on the Mullet Peninsula and Erris coastal mainland of County Mayo in the west of Ireland.
We have been working with farmers looking at how best we can manage fields in a way that provides lots of flowers for all types of pollinators. This area of County Mayo is stunningly beautiful, and supports a unique flower-rich habitat called Machair.
Machair is traditionally been used as winter grazing, which has benefitted the wildflowers that grow here and in turn these areas support a wealth of insects including pollinators.
We find lots of different bees. And finding the the rarest of them all, the Great Yellow Bumblebee, brings deep satisfaction.
Other rare and vulnerable bee species can also be found in this special place.
Many thanks to Ann-Christine for providing inspiration for this post – LAPC #214 Favourite Finds
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #213 – Here Comes the Sun
This week Amy asks is to explore the sun.
I love the sun on water, the way it makes it shimmer and shine.
Without the sun we would not have plants. This one is a native Irish plant called the perennial sow-thistle. But I like to think of it as our own sunflower. They are tall plants – from 80 cm up to 150 cm with these glorious yellow heads and they are loved by bees and other pollinators.
With the sun, comes shadows and butterflies too of course.
And without the sun we wouldn’t have sunsets.
Many thanks to Amy for this week’s lovely challenge.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #212 – Motion
Had to think about Patti’s challenge this week – but maybe the motion of busy bees will fit the bill.
Lens-Artists Challenge #211: What’s your photographic groove?
Six on Saturday – 11th June 2022
I have been missing out on Six and Saturday the last while. Life is busy and Saturday’s are equally so. But here are my six for this week. The wildflower meadow is just getting going.
Lots of blues and purples in the garden – like this iris
Sage is looking good.
As is the lavender.
And for a change of colour – how about a pink geranium?
And finally this week an aquilegia seed head.
For more Six on Saturday check out Six on Saturday’s host page here – The Propagator.
Silent -Sunday – 29th May 2022
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #200 — Every Little Thing
This week, Amy asks us to share little things that makes us smile. Well anyone that follows me will probably guess that I would share a bee photo. They always make me smile.
Nature is amazing and there are so many tiny creatures to wonder at. Here is one I have shared before. Ladybirds always make me smile.
The other things that makes me smile are chickens. Here is one of my daughter’s silkies. A double smile, because they make her smile too.
Silent Sunday – 15th May 2022
Murtagh's Meadow 