Warm spring weather and Lletty Brongu is starting to awaken, with new for the year hoverflies in Dasysyrphus pinastri (f), Pipizella viduata (2), Episyrphus balteatus (2), Cheilosia vernalis (1), Eumerus funeralis (1) and Cheilosia proxima (1). General hoverfly numbers are starting to rise as well. Sycamore is now in blossom and attracts all kinds of stuff, Hawthorn will be next followed by umbellifers like Ground Elder and Hemlock-water droplet, then numbers will really kick off.
Cuckoo's seem to be everywhere as do Red Kites and Pheasant but Swallows are thin on the ground. The Nettle beds means other insect numbers are becoming more apparent.
Leucozona lucorum
Rhagium mordax - longhorn beetle
Red-headed cardinal beetle
Pheasant
Wood Speedwell
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