[richyrich7]

Shaun - what the heck is that? Green invader?

Richy do you have any particular flowers in the garden? I've found poppies do a grand job along with sunflowers in attracting them. I think the proper name is Mason Bees by the way.

Here is a good link on building a nesting site for mortar bees and other solitary bees.
http://www.foxleas.com/bee_house.htm

The links great Mike cheers I can feel a project on the way  
We have a crab apple at the top a hedge of hawthorn and hawthorn tree's at the back, after that we have a lilac bush, lots of hardy geraniums little else really that I can think off the "girls" have eaten or dug up the rest   but I'd really like to turn the back garden into a wildlife garden, so the hens may end up being in the run more often than they like