An hour here on the way home produced a mixed bag. The new boggy pond was alive with chasers but the ground was too muddy to get within camera range. At least one Scarce Chaser sat up but was heavily back lit. Three new hoverflies for the year - Chrysotoxum bicinctum (pictured), Eristalis nemorum and a very nice Volucella bombylans var plumata.
A few Speckled Yellows were buzzing around and a pair of Hairy Shieldbugs were joined end on end.
A Garden Warbler sang away nearby and within a few yards of a Blackcap doing likewise, for a nice comparison. The roadside vegetation held the usual damsels but no dragons. Two nice tachinid flies namely
Tachina fera and
Cistogaster globosa
