Female Spherophoria spp , Tachinid Phania funesta and Yellow Loosestrife
Too hot to do much other than admire people's photos of the Black-browed Albatross at Bempton (of which there have been rather a lot - photos not albatrosses!!)
Locally the Purple Loosestrife is blossoming and this small patch of Yellow stood out.
The swans seem to have carelessly lost four of there six large youngsters - foxes or human 'intervention' ?? Who knows.
A heron is present most days but incurs the wrath of larger gulls especially when flying around.
The gull loaf was about 90 strong mostly moulting adult BHGs plus some juveniles and nine or so Med Gulls, again all moulting adults, and none ringed.
Noise from multiple Great Spotted Woodpeckers on both sides of the field indicated successful breeding and a family group of calling Whitethroats by the last house proved the same.
Butterfly numbers are dropping a little or else they're hiding from the heat.
This Tachinid Phania funesta (above) was the only obviously interesting insect in the midday heat.
