Sunday 22 July 2018

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Another cool, breezy night with a low catch but Southern Wainscot was new, Square-spot Rustic was first for the garden and two Ruby Tigers were best-of-the-rest. A couple of Lacewing spp were nice to see hopefully providing some 'defence' from aphids.

A Plump Duck breakfast and a pond circuit was pleasant but just House Martins overhead.

Another short but dispiriting visit to the nursing home with most time watching Swifts over the garden.

Later, the usual bees on the lavender bush included two Lassioglosums, some Red-tails, a Four-banded Flower Bee, a single Eristalis tenax and a couple of B. vestalis, the cuckoobee for terrestris which I've not seen here before.