Squash bug - Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus. Thankyou to @NHM_ID Team for confirming the ID.
The sun brought the creepy crawlies out, it's good to see them start showing themselves.
Esperia sulphurella. This was spotted on the logpile insect hotel built in May 2014, the larvae of the moth feed on dead wood, result! Thankyou to @NHM_ID Team for confirming the ID.
Early mining bee (?), Andrena haemorrhoa
Nursery web spider (?), Pisaura mirabilis
Nitrogen-loving Cushion Xanthoria (?) lichen on a fallen twig from the pear tree (the magpies have been harvesting nesting material). This OPAL Lichen Identification Guide was useful to help hazard a guess.
7 Spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata. We are recording all our ladybird sightings for the UK Ladybird Survey.
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