Osmia bicornis - male and female

Temperature extremes in 2022

The weather for 2022 was reported as being the warmest yet, and here are a couple of graphs based on the local temperature data which highlight just this.

The first graph shows the temeperature range over the entire year, i.e. the difference between the highest maximum and the lowest minimum, and compares this to an average value. It can be seen that the temperature range for 2022 was by far higher than any of the years compared.

Now look at the year 2022 month by month, again looking at the extremes compared to the average extremes. It can be seen that the minimum temperatures were generally warmer on average, and it was the sudden cold snap in December coupled with the mid-summer highs that gave the much larger extremes.

Timberland Ortholite update 2

Four months and 346 km in, and still very little sign of wear in them. They are still pants for letting in water, but I am impressed with their ruggedness and how little they have worn compared to the Mountain Warehouse boots.

On the Rhines - Whirligig Beetles

A group of whirligig beetles darting about while grouping.

On the Rhines - Common Darter

Flitting around the Rhines today in Thornbury - a male Common Darter.

Hiding in the bean flowers

Lasioglossum albipes, the Bloomed Furrow Bee.

Local wildlife: Ancistrocerus

A type of potter wasp.