Pondside

Another walk around Nythe pool and wood this afternoon. It was fairly windy, but in the sheltered spots and especially when the sun came out, there dozens of insects to be found along the nettle beds and hedgerows.

The warblers are now pretty much silent and all that I heard and saw were 2 male Blackcaps and a single Willow Warbler. Both Woodpeckers were about today, the male Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen checking up with his mate in the new nesting hole this year and a Green Woodpecker flew off towards the big Oak just downstream of the Dorcan Stream footbridge.

Some of the insects I recorded were to the best of my knowledge:

Early Bumblebee, Bombus pratorum
Mining Bee, Andrena scotica (carantonica)
Grey Mining Bee, Andrena cineraria
Cuckoo Bee, Nomada flava
Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris
Common Dronefly, Eristalis tenax
White-footed Hoverfly, Platycheirus albimanus
Hoverfly, Xylota segnis
A House Fly from the Muscidae family

A Fly, Phaonia palpata
Common Nettle-tap moth, Anthophila fabriciana
Common Nettle Capsid, Liocoris tripustulatus
Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis

Here are a few images from today:

Early Bumblebee, Bombus pratorum

Mining Bee, Andrena scotica (carantonica)

Grey Mining Bee, Andrena cineraria (Also known as an Ashy Mining Bee)

Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris

Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris

This is most likely a Cuckoo Bee, Nomada flava

Common Dronefly, Eristalis tenax

Possibly White-footed Hoverfly, Platycheirus albimanus

A male Hoverfly, Xylota segnis

Possibly from the Muscidae family of House Flies. And there are quite a few.....

Possibly Phaonia palpata

Common Nettle-tap moth, Anthophila fabriciana

Common Nettle Capsid, Liocoris tripustulatus

Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis