Saturday 24 September 2016

Quick outing

After a very thin moth trap (this very small Willow Beauty being the best), a couple of Grey Wagtails flew over the house.

At QECP warm and sunny but with a strong breeze which made photographing insects a challenge. Patches of flowering Ivy were loaded with insects, at least 20 Red Admirals and a few Commas, lots of Eristalis hoverflies plus a few Meliscaeva auricollis, Syrphus spp and the odd Marmalade Fly.

Single Buzzard and a  few Chiffies were the only birds.

This calliphorid fly Stomorhina lunata was the best of the insects.