Started with coffee in the cafe.
Bird wise pretty poor with just a few Swifts and, later in the morning, two or more Bearded Tits calling but sadly not visible.
MF's earlier Little Gull had done a bunk and the sea was empty of interest at high tide and just a handful of Turnstones in the harbour.
Luckily, much of the west side was well sheltered and warm in places and with lots of Buttercups and flowering Hemlock Water Dropwort and so insects were numerous and interesting; certainly the best day of the spring so far.
So,
Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Hairy Hawker
Peacock, White spp, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue
Tropidia scita, Syritta pipiens, Helophilus pendulus, Myathropa florea, Eristalis pertinax, Episyrphus balteatus, Anasimyia lineata, Eristalinus sepulchralis, Eupeodes luniger, Parhelophilus spp, Epistrophe eligans, Cheilosia albitarsis agg, Syrphus ribesii, Pipiza austriaca, Melanogaster spp, Platycheirus scutatus s.s
Graphomya maculata, Tachina lurida
Cardinal Beetle, Malachite Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Grammoptera ruficornis, Plateumaris sericea
Nomada spp flava type, Buff-tailed Bee, Early Bee, Common Carder Bee
Chrysis ignita type Ruby Wasp
Crab Spider Misumena vatia
Red-and-Black Froghopper Cercopis vulnerata
The Tachina lurida was the best of the bunch as it's not a species I'd seen before; and helpfully confirmed by Steven Falk within hours.
