Narroways

On the reserve this morning were 3 Blackcaps (Lynmouth Rd, gasometer and Simons Grove) 2 Chiffchaffs (gasometer and stony path). Insects as follows: Holly Blue 1 at gasometer, Speckled Wood 3 (stony path). Hoverflies (mostly cutting/stony path area): 1 Syrphus sp., 1 Pipiza sp., 1 Eristalis pertinax, 1 Syritta pipiens. Other flies: a couple of Yellow Dung-flies and a Tachina fera. Bugs: Cercopis vulnerata and a few Green Shieldbugs. Bees: 1 Buff-tailed Bumble and 1 Common Carder Bee, 1 Andrena sp. (mining bee). A couple of 7-spot Ladybirds and an Ichneumon sp.
 

Cercopis vulnerata

Holly Blue

Osmia rufa

Pipiza sp.

Syritta pipiens

Tachina fera

Andrena sp.

Back in Montpelier, Fairlawn Road produced a Holly Blue and a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, several Harlequin Ladybirds, a few Nursery-web Spiders, a number of of Green Shieldbugs including a mating pair, an Osmia rufa mining bee, my first Large Red Damselfly of the year and a Eupeodes luniger hoverfly. 

Large Red Damselfly

Small Tortoiseshell

Eupeodes luniger

Two Speckled Wood butterflies were having a territorial dispute this afternoon in Richmond Road.