[tosca100]

There was a dead frog in my pond yesterday    also no spawn

Might be worth having your water tested if you find any more dead things. My sister is totally over run with frog and toad spawn, she's never seen anything like it, amphibians everywhere.

[devonbarmygardener]

My mother in laws pond has been like a mass orgy for some time now

[diospyros]

Wriggling masses of tadpoles in my pond, with newts wading through it all and stuffing their faces!

[diospyros]

I saw one of Beetroot Queen's Bombylius major bee flies!  And I don't think I'd ever seen on before, isn't it funny how that happens!

[Snoop]

Blue orchard bees. This is only the second year since we've been here that I've seen them. Perhaps they managed to survive elsewhere due to the mild winter and have spread their range. They're huge and make a tremendous buzzing noise.

[Springlands]

Lots and lots and lots of ladybirds - proper ones not those alien invaders. Wonder if this going to be a ladybird year. Anyone else seen many. 

[devonbarmygardener]

Lots and lots and lots of ladybirds - proper ones not those alien invaders. Wonder if this going to be a ladybird year. Anyone else seen many.

I think they overwinter in my Magnolia (which is near the greenhouse) - I have loads but I mainly see them through winter and spring.

[snowdrops]

Yes there's been loads of ladybirds on the allotment this year.

[Paul Plots]

I haven't noticed a single ladybird but next-door has a family of squirrels in their loft!

The squirrels have a home for life knowing my neighbours speed of action. 

[blackberryjam]

I haven't noticed a single ladybird but next-door has a family of squirrels in their loft!

The squirrels have a home for life knowing my neighbours speed of action. 

Let's hope they are squirrels and not  Glis Glis
I've seen ladybirds on my allotment, but none in my home garden yet,

[Snoop]

Lots of ladybirds here too. Likewise, the proper ones rather than the invaders.

[devonbarmygardener]

I haven't seen a Harlequin ladybird for a good couple of years - maybe they weren't as invasive as the experts thought

[mumofstig]

I don't know about elsewhere, but there are a lot of enormous bees here.

They keep getting indoors, and getting angry because they can't find a way out - despite doors and windows being wide open  Silly things.

[diospyros]

Yes there were at least two queen wasps scouting out the workshop for nesting places.  I stamp my foot, point and say loudly "OUT!" and they generally go.  Last year one tried the bottom of the compost heap right next to the back door and I found her just in time and had to destroy the nest (eggs had just hatched).  Hopefully she had time to start again elsewhere.

[Snoop]

At the moment, I reckon I'm destroying three or four starter wasps' nests a day. And they're just the ones I see about the place. It was such a mild winter here, the wasps are going to be a serious problem this year.