Narroways

There was some evidence of migration this morning with 3 Meadow Pipits and a Pied Wagtail flying SW over the hill. Also seen and heard today: a Raven which circled for several minutes a Jay, a singing Chiffchaff, a party of Long-tailed Tits and a Grey Wagtail, the latter in its customary place along the brook.

Raven

Small Copper

Melanostoma

Thecophora atra

Eristalis tenax

Plenty of invertebrate activity in the warm sunshine, including an uncommon fly called Thecophora atra which is my first ever. It looks like the first record for urban Bristol. Also seen: a Melanostoma hoverfly, a few Eristalis tenax hoverflies, a Small Copper butterfly, a Myathropa florea hoverfly, a Marmalade Hoverfly, a Dock Leaf Bug and a Speckled Wood. 

At nearby Fairlawn Road there were 2 one-legged Dark Bush-crickets (a bit of a coincidence), a couple of Green Shieldbugs, several Garden Spiders, a couple of Speckled Wood and a Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly.  

Dark Bush Cricket

Sphaerophoria scripta

St Andrews Park was quiet - just a Robin, Blue and Great Tits, Goldfinches and a Blackbird.

A Chiffchaff was calling outside my window this morning.