On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 16:34:55 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Dixon"
wrote:

They're flying - en-mass in my garden - Hoghton nr Preston, Lancashire -
this afternoon

None seen here further south; maybe I've missed them this year, but my
Dad used to call it "flying ant Sunday". It is usually last Sunday in
July or first in Aug. Why Sunday? No idea but it always seems to be
so!

Pam in Bristol