Thanks Dave , 3pm is Peacock fun time it would seem! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2024 Tuesday 30th looked like the last day of sunny weather for a while, at least until I returned to work…! The first Sussex Pearl-bordered Fritillary had been reported the previous day so I took up Ne...

That's a very plump female Grizzlie!

Thanks Trevor , no more than an hour old she was, wings still soft :) ! Thanks Wurzel . That Adder was only the second I’ve ever seen, the other a rear end vanishing into the grass, also at Mill Hill a year or two ago. Might have to join Neil one spring to get a proper view of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

David M wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:49 pm

Neil Hulme wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 10:13 amAt last ... wall-to-wall sunshine, and no wind!

At last indeed, Neil! Amazing that it should take so long to arrive.

Great to see that PBF.

It only lasted 24 hours mind, the next 3 days were back to grey with damp periods... until my return to work when the sun came again!

Thanks Wurzel . ‘Inner City Hairstreak’ that sounds like a 90’s house music hit! Thanks David , small or well hidden, whatever it will be interesting to see if they are still there next year. Thanks Dave , like all the Hairstreaks, probably very under recorded ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

Yes, you definitely interrupted those lizards in some form of plotting. Perhaps the conspiracy theorists are correct and we are ruled by Lizard People!

Thanks Trevor . I wasn’t that bothered though, I had other priorities at the time to worry about the Holly Blue too much! I too released a few expletives, but more in excitement :) Haha, thanks Wurzel , nothing that exciting but remember this is east London, regionally adjusted expectations! Thanks ...

A little something to get May off to a pleasant start!

April 2024 Friday 26th . A sunny morning leading to an overcast afternoon was the prediction locally, with southern counties shrouded in cloud all day, local patches it was then. However, the predicted complete cloud cover didn’t happen until late afternoon so it actually turned into an all-day ses...

Thanks Mark, I had noted that site as a possibility if the weather is on my side

Thanks Trevor although we shouldn’t read too much into the preserved interaction, I don’t think there was any intentional interaction, the one settled I think was just in the way of the other one. Once both were settled they ignored each other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2024 Thurs...

I needed your whispering talents this morning, a nice fresh female refused to play ball!

Colletes sp. maybe? Hymenoptera aren't a strong point for me but it does remind me of the Ivy Bees we see in the autumn.

Follow the road as far as it goes along the glen and you might get scotica Large Heath too.

My first Small Copper of the year on the local Marshes wasn't the most exciting event of the day for me! More details in my PD soon

Thanks for that guys, the nudge to the genus was a great help. Since that genus of Bees are cuckoo bees on solitary mining bees, the presence of numerous Ashy Mining Bees Andrena cineraria lead me to Lathbury's Nomad Bee, Nomada lathburiana :) Ashy Mining Bee, Wanstead Park.JPG I love how everything...

So in mid June I shall be spending a few days based in Llandudno primarily to explore the Great Orme peninsula and it's couple of specialities. However, if I am lucky enough to get more than an afternoon of sunny weather does anyone know of any other sites within reach that might be worth exploring....

Not sure I'll be seeing anyone next week if the BBC forecast is anything to go by. It may be getting warmer but other than that it looks worse than this week!

Hi,

Anyone care to have a stab at this little Bee/Wasp? Wanstead Park yesterday Thanks in advance

It sounds like you were Wanstead Flats Wurzel . Less productive than the park, as it’s name suggests it’s very flat and exposed to various elements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 2024 Wednesday 24th . Day two of my break and the weather wasn’t promising a great deal. Sunny spells in t...