Thursday 8 September 2016

Vulgar vespids

Another load of dopey wasps and Large Yellow Underwings, a few Hawthorn shieldbugs and caddisflies. An Old Lady was nice as yesterday's was a corpse on the garage floor - talking moths here!! And today's saving grace was Nfg 152, Lunar Underwing (below).

Later, at QECP a single Dasysyrphus tricinctus, the first I've seen this year, a couple of Southern Hawkers on the pond and a desperately tatty Silver-washed Fritillary nectaring along the access road. Some nearby flowering Ivy was stuffed with insects, but nothing stood out.

At Butser just 100+ House Martins, a few Phylloscs, two Kestrels and three Buzzards with two more distantly well to the south. A couple of Tree Pipits flew over and, for a change, were visible.