In the end a brief trip to Waterstones for a book was nice if only for the company of this Robin and its spotty offspring over a coffee in the cathedral garden. Whilst waiting for its helping of Lemon Drizzle Muffin this character sat on the bench, my right foot and later my open glasses case!! The juveniles are still wary. Overhead a high Buzzard was noisily chased off by one of the Pegs to the east.
An hour or so subsequently at QECP produced a few new bits and pieces; hover Chrysotoxum festivum, Tachinids Tachina fera, Phasia hemiptera and Gymnosoma rotundatum, Conopid Sicus ferrugineus, longhorn beetle Agapanthia villosoviridescens (below) plus the first male Emperor Dragonfly on the pond. Many of the tadpoles are now mini-frogs and crawling around the muddier edges. Some of the orchids are now handsome tall spikes. Bird life here today was nil! Finally, the recent wet weather has been to the liking of Fungi with plenty on show (below).
