First visit of the year, for the following three reasons. Firstly the new Dragonfly ponds (thanks Sid) has a small patch of Devilsbit Scabious which allowed me to record some of the bigger hoverflies like Sericomyia silentis and Volucella pellucens. Secondly I wanted to check out the extensive Ivy Bank, which had a small number of florets already in bloom, on which I saw Myathropa florea, with the main blossoming about 2 weeks away. Thirdly I wanted to check out the "wildflower patch" that has been good in the past, although many of the flowers are ornamental rather than British wild flowers. Here there were five species of Eristalis as well as Eupeodes luniger, Cheilosia bergenstammi and Helophilus pendulus. A total of 17 species were recorded in about an hour.
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