Although it hit 20c and was largely fine, the day had an autumn feel about it. Lots of the late summer flowers are now going over like Angelica, Hemp Agrimony and Common Fleabane. Wild Carrot is hanging on as is Water Mint and Japanese Knotweed is now blooming, but Ivy is a few weeks away yet. Numbers of hoverflies will start to drop dramatically over the next few weeks and be almost gone by October.
Today I recorded 23 species of hoverfly with highlights being another Rhingia rostrata (f), Volucella pellucens (m & f) and some late Chrysogaster solstitialis (7) on Wild Carrot. Eristalis pertinax (30) was again the commonest species.
6 species of butterfly were seen headed by Red Admiral (4), the only other insect of note was the Tortoise Shieldbug (2).
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