Monday, 31 July 2017

Five site ticks!!

What was intended as a short coffee and cake visit with a quick circuit produced some new stuff, the first being a very close sunbathing Adder which sadly slithered off quickly. Within a few minutes Criorhina berberina, Chrysotoxum bicinctum and Ferdinandea cuprea, all new for the park.
The usual suspects and unidentifiable mini-hovers were augmented by Scaeva pyrastri, Leucozona laternaria and glaucia. No Phasia hemiptera today.

Later, whilst trying to get photos of Chalkhill Blues a Brown Argus (also new) popped up and finally a massive insect launched out of the courtyard tree, clattered into guttering and the bumbled off high over the roof - pretty certain this must have been Urocerus gigas.

Finally a Sparrowhawk circled over the carpark.