There are two magnolia trees at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, both planted there long before we took over the site. The flowers have just opened and were a magnet for bees and flies, but particularly bees. Sweat bees, nomada bees, andrenids, others I couldn't ID, all swarming around the flowers, landing and crawling into the centre, back out and on to the next...

The warm weather also brought out more than insects. Gray treefrogs were calling from various locations in the garden, and toads were trilling in the ravine. I expect in a day or two they will also be calling from the pond.