Yesterday, the usual exercise route produced the first three Swallows of the year, rather more Holly Blues and both sexes of Orange Tip, a few dock bugs (Coreus marginatus) and this female Andrena labiata. There were also plenty of these Tipula vernalis craneflies.
On the pond a pair of Coots had a few young but most were hidden in the reeds and a Great Black-backed Gull was resting but sadly, other than a few Med Gulls, the blue skies were empty of interest.
In the evening a quick look at the night sky at 9pm showed the Starlink satellites passing directly overhead; after fifteen I gave up!!
By Wednesday the wind had moved round from a north-easterly to an easterly which meant the west-to-east hedge was no longer sheltered and insects were harder to find and with no new additions. This one of four Med Gulls (3cy) dropped in but departed immediately and the Coots appear to be feeding just four young. A male Brimstone was the first I've seen since lockdown.
