Bees and waterbirds

Although the afternoon and evening have been dull and rainy today, this morning was beautiful. Lots of bees enjoying the sunshine on the Hypericum bushes in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens

buff tailed / white tailed bee 

honey bee 

Lovely to see the waterbirds enjoying the sunshine too - here's a moorhen in the Chinese Garden pond 

 The pond is covered in waterlilies at the moment

 and you get a lovely shady view from the little pagoda 

In the main pond, the mallard ducklings are growing up quickly