After the rain the bees and butterflies return

The weather over the last few days has been truly awful but don’t despair – after the rain comes the sun and with the sun comes bees and butterflies. Here are a few pictures I took in the Walled Garden at Parke yesterday afternoon. Nature is very resilient – we should learn from it!

A honey bee

A buff-tailed bumblebee

The underwings of a common blue

The same animal from above