A sunny morning with a very light south-westerly breeze was excellent for insects but pretty dire for birds.
The Cuckoo is still calling and as he was driving away Dave performed an emergency stop as it flew across the track in front of him. I was some way behind and saw him stop but missed the bird.
At least 49 Swifts were hawking insects with House Martins high over the fields between Morton Bagot and Studley, and the pair of Shelducks are now on the main pool.
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| Shelduck |
So to insects. The butterflies comprised Large Whites, Small Whites, Green-veined Whites, Peacock, Small Heath and Orange Tips. Dragonflies were Large Red Damselfly, four Beautiful Demoiselles, and two Common Blue Damselflies.
Other insects were photographed but not necessarily identified to species level.
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| Wasp Beetle |
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| A male Tipula fascipennis |
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| A female Tipula fascipennis |
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| Probably Common Dronefly - Eristalis tenax |
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| Rhingia campestris (or possibly Rhingia rostrata) |
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| I think this is an Ashy Mining Bee |
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| Large Red Damselfly |
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| Green-Veined White |
I will be googling the unidentified flies, bees etc in the hope of coming up with some names for them in due course.
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