As near to summer as you get in winter

The past couple of days have been fantastic in terms of weather and photographic opportunities, to the extent that I've spent my lunch hours in a local park getting to grips with a new lens. Yesterday the squirrels made good subjects and today it was the turn of the insect life. I was actually surprised at just how many insects were around. They were probably taken just as much by surprise as the human population that the sunshine was giving quite some warmth in the depths of the winter. Even the bees were out, I kid you not, collecting pollen from the few remaining plants in flower. Here's a shot of just one such example of parklife in evidence today: