Garden wildlife photography 2010: readers' shortlist

Bee by Mike Foster . 'At first I thought honeybee but this looks more like another mining bee but a different species. Anyone help? Andrena tibialis or Andrena haemorrhoa ?' Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Tiny hoverflies on a buttercup flower in a wild flower garden by Blue Melanistic Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Fox by Andrew Richard Mills . 'Straight at me though grass. Almost looks like it's in the wild, but just in my uncut grass in my garden,' he says Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Green hairstreak on gorse by Pat The Plant . 'It was a big surprise to see 30 of these beautiful butterflies which I had probably passed many times but never noticed before.' Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Squirrel by psc631798 Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Weevils mating by [email protected] Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Female speckled bush cricket by dcpbath Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Jay by Lynsey Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Spider by Rosemarie.s.w . 'When I took this the hairs on the back of my neck were standing up and I was thinking eeuuuk but how interesting its details are close up,' she says Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk 'A very slow slow worm that crawled out onto the freshly cut grass in the garden,' says andynayler Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Bee-fly, Bombylius major by [email protected] Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Blackbird youngster by Laura Whitehead . 'Was pleased with this shot, all except for leaving out the feet! Another two young blackbirds appeared today, very fresh out of the nest, and rather curious as to what the garden had to offer whilst they explored their new surround.' Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Ladybird enjoys a lazy Saturday afternoon in a Norwich garden by Martin Barber Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Toad by dcpbath Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk House sparrow feeding its fledgling chicks by Martin Baldwin Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Large red damsel fly by Andy Trickett Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Slithering by Andrew Richard Mills Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Great spotted woodpecker chick, by Wurzel Pete Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk Eye to eye with a young mouse by Blue Melanist ic Photograph: Flickr Photograph: guardian.co.uk