Friday, 4 August 2017

Park loop





















The usual park loop was a bit of a slow hobble today; the near end of the bottom track had been 'tidied' which made access a little easier but ensured not too mch activity near the path. The shaded patches of Hemp Agrimony held three male Volucella inanis (new for this site I think) although little else of note and the brambles on the short slope to the bottom path had a nice C.bicinctum.

Near the very flattened molehill another Adder, also a female but much more ginger than earlier in the week - sadly it was too alert and was off into the grass. A couple of Phasia hemiptera males and the usual other hover suspects. This Common Darter was sheltering and the hotter areas still had a few Chalkhill Blues although not to much else.