Ladybirds and bees busy on the blackcurrant bushes

This morning I spotted quite a few ladybirds on our two blackcurrant bushes.

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I hope they are feeding off any aphids and pests.

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I can see why they love the blackcurrant bushes as the flowers are wonderfully delicate.

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As well as the ladybirds, there were quite a few beed feeding off the flowers, although they would not keep still enough for me to get a photo so I just snapped the ladybirds.

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I did catch this bee feeding on the heather flowers.

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And just had to snap the bluebells all coming into flower.

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There's so much going on in the garden at this time of year.