A slightly curious day with nothing too special but just enough to keep entertained. Early arrival, and with no moth trap, a quick coffee by the pond and a check for last week's 'mysterious' hoverfly to no avail. A flyover calling Tree Pipit was followed by a calling but invisible Yellow Wagtail. Later, this Kingfisher popped up, sadly badly lit in front of ISH, so this is a pretty poor shot; later it or another was perched up in front of IVN. Interestingly, three different calling Water Rails on Silt Pond and from IVS and IVN, so maybe breeding on site??
A total of 17 species/genera of hoverfly including Dasysyrphus albiostratus and tricincta, Eristalinus sepulchralis and Chrysotoxum bicinctum was pretty good for little effort and very few individuals.
Searching for Colletes cuckoos in the 'sweeping meadow' produced a few Epiolus, probably variegatus rather than cruciger and a handful of Brown Argus, plus plenty of 'kicked-up' grass moths, probably Agriphila straminella or thereabouts.
A 'tog fest' with John, Bruce, Bill and Maurice in Tern Hide was fruitless with just two distant Ravens and nothing along the shoreline. Otherwise just the usual numbers of geese, cormorants, grebes and herons
