My first walk round for some time today (12 minutes on my bike to lock up last night does not count!) and although it was fairly quiet bird wise it was great for inverts with my first crop of well grown Wasp Spiders in the grass before the Ken Barrett Hide, some interesting hoverflies including the Hornet mimic Volucella zonaria and a very good number of both whining Shrill and dull stripy Brown Banded Carder Bees feeding on the Black Horehound and Bristly Ox Tongue.
Waspies.... There is quite a lot of variation in the patterning of this charismatic species....
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