Locally, the pond was very empty with no Tufted Ducks nor Cormorants and only a couple of dozen gulls - maybe due to earlier presence of water quality engineers out in an inflatable.
A number of these Lassioglossums were doing their best on the warm but rather rough ground in front of a bench. Unsurprisingly, Andrena flavipes outnumbered all other insects by a factor of 10+!! This female Hairy-foot was first of the year but there were plenty of males and a few Bee Flies.
Eristalis pertinax (not photographed) and this Platycheirus albimanus were it for hovers and this Anthomyiidae was the only fly I bothered to photograph.
Rather surprised to not hear any Blackcaps today in nice sunny conditions. A single Buzzard was dodging crows. This swan's nest has at least one egg in this very exposed site; not sure they'll succeed here especially this early in the year but time will tell.
And finally, Peacock was the only butterfly.
