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a leafcutter bee      Megachile (centuncularis) ?
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Megachilidae
Capel Road garden, 10 June 2015
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This leafcutter bee may be either Megachile centuncularis or M. willughbiella

These are similar species which would require microscopic examination to determine, but both species are widespread and frequent in southern Britain and are frequent visitors to gardens.(Falk, 2015).