Wakeham
I can't wait to visit my local patch again, but for the time being I'm afraid it's more sightings from the back garden. With the forecast of rain today, I managed to get out into the back garden fairly early this morning. There was a fair bit of cloud cover and a stiff easterly breeze again, but I managed to record a few insects.
Having not seen a butterfly in the garden for a few days, it was good to see a Red Admiral, albeit for a few seconds before it took shelter in my neighbours Buckthorn.
On the bird front the main highlight was watching 2 Swifts heading west.
Here are my garden sightings from this morning.
I'm still struggling to see the third chick. Feeding time will be a good time to check.
There were a couple of Ichneumon wasps, this one was by the pond and....
.........this is the still unidentified one seen on the Holly Bush for the past 3 days. Hopefully one of these day's, I will to identify them both.
A short video of the "Holly" Ichneumon Wasp
Just the one hoverfly species seen today, with at least 5 Marmalade Hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus) seen around the garden
A very black fly which sort of looks familiar, but at the moment will remain a fly sp.
