It's wonderful when you take a photo of blossom on a Cotoneaster tree - and find a visiting bee buzzing in the shot! Taken in my garden in Ringwood.

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This Cotoneaster tree is outside my window, and is a major food source for insects when it's in flower, and birds when it's covered in red berries.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: My garden in Ringwood, Victoria, Austtralia
Photo credit: © GPNaturePhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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