A gap between dentist and chauffeur duties saw a quick circuit of PHP producing six overflying Sand Martins, a similar number of Buzzards, a returning Great Crested Grebe and both Black Swans, strangely being ignored by the Mutes who are always up for some argy-bargy. Gulls were absent but started to arrive with a guestimate of 50 Med Gulls most of which were soaring noisily overhead.
Bee-flies were the most obvious insects plus a few HfFBs and a single
Sphecodes but nothing else of note.
Back home this
Andrena nigroeanea and this hover
Platycheirus scutatus s.s were the best although a few others got away. Interesting to see if the first moth trap of the year produces anything.
