On a full flowering Blackthorn on a walk around Capel, I found a few solitary bees. There was a drone fly as well, but I didn't ID that.
Here is the female bee, which might tentatively be identified as Andrena dorsata on the basis of the limited narrow hair fringes on the abdomen, the tawny hairs on the thorax - maybe white beneath, like the head hairs? Maybe the hairs on the legs are also a bit reddish, which should fit.
and here is a male which was close by, possibly an entirely different species, of which i couldn't begin to guess.
