Last Tuesday (3rd) was a nice day weather-wise and a few insects were about including Peacock, plenty of Yellow-legged Mining Bees, Hairy-footed Flower Bees and a Cheilosia spp hoverfly.
Jays have never been common around here and usually pop up in the Autumn but recently birds have been more frequent with this one of two at the end of the 'butterfly walk'.
Today, in chillier weather, much the same with the addition of some new-for-years namely Common Carder, Andrena spp presumably of minutula group, Eristalinus aeneus and the first singing Blackcap of the year near the lone gorse bush. A single Jay in that same area - maybe breeding locally this year - and a single Brent Goose in the refuge presumed to be the same as last week and, I assumed, poorly. But, distracted by gull noise above, the goose had vanished, presumably flying back out into the harbour so maybe OK health-wise.
Two, possibly three, Cettis but no Chiffchaffs yet and a single noisy Kestrel in the furthest conifers.
