A missed tick..

A short look around QECP after picking up a camera wrist strap in Chichester (no Ravens nor Peregrines today) produced a couple of Siskins, Goldcrests a single heard only Firecrest, a watchful Kestrel on the wires and two very vocal Marsh Tits which came to check out my pishing.

On the insect front a Red Admiral, Meliscaeva auricollis and another hover which I took for male Eupeodes spp. Posting to FB brought suggestions of Melangyna lapsiopthalma and Parasyrphus punctulatus but no final agreement sadly, as I think either would have been new.

Sadly the top area, so good for Vipers Bugloss and its attendant bees, Chalkhill Blues and orchids, is now covered in a 8-10 foot pile of soil/aggregate/spoil!!

Mystery hover

Veronica/Speedwell