Another warm one with a small increase in insects. The Marsh Marigolds had Neoascia spp for the first time but no other new hovers. Unsurprisingly Speckled Woods were out and a good few male Orange Tips all disinclined to land for photos and Green-veined White also flighty.
The raised beds behind the building had plenty of Andrena activity( at least some cineraria) but nothing still for photos; the Nomada marshamella above presumably has a relationship with them. A very bright Andrena looked like fulva but was gone in a flash.
Birdwise, Common Whitethroat was new and both Reed and Sedge Warblers are now singing in small numbers and the Cuckoo was calling distantly but no aerialists at all. Still a few godwits and 60+ Turnstones but no other waders of note.
The Brimstone was taken on the macro and the Speckled Wood at 896mm effective handheld!
