Bug ID please

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  1. Songbird

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    Hello everyone. Have just spotted this little thing on our table in the garden. Can’t say I have seen one before. Anyone know what it is please? TIA IMG_3993.jpeg
     
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      Looks like some sort of mining bee
       
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        Thanks @flounder . I’ll research that one and compare some images. Thanks again.
         
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          Have a search for Tawny Mining-bee.
           
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            @Sheps thanks think you’re right- quite small and thin and unlike a normal bee.
             
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