Warmest day of the year so far at 23c in the afternoon. What seemed like a slow day turned up 26 species of hoverfly. The Hemlock Water-droplet has yet to blossom, only 10% worth so far. The Ground Elder also is only now starting to blossom and numbers of hoverfly per species has yet to peak here. That said new for the year were Orthonevra nobilis (1), Melanogaster hirtella (10), Xylota sylvarum (1) and finally Eristalis arbustorum (1). Chalcosyrphus nemorum seems to be having a good year.
Not much on the bird and insect front except in the first of the year of the longhorn beetle Rutpela maculata and a large emergence of the soldier fly Broad Centurian.
Dasysyrphus venustus - side view
Chalcosyrphus nemorum
longhorn beetle - Rutpela maculata
Soldierfly - Broad centurian
Common Pheasants are becoming much bolder - this one at the entrance to the sewage works.
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