Sunday 22nd - took Duncan to play rugby at Browick Rd in Wymondham which gave me the opportunity to try out my new found bee skills. Collected a fair few but will now need to find the time to work through them (not managed three weeks later, at time of writing!) Did identify Anthophora plumipes, Bombus pascuorum, Bombus lapidarius, Andrena fulva, Incurvaria masculella, Orange-tip, Brimstone, Sloe Bug and variety of other things I really should be able to put a name to. In the afternoon, a scout meeting in Fressingfield, Suffolk, produced a nice Nomada bee for later identification (hopefully!) In evening, a Stoat on the common.
Saturday 21st - Swallow on Shotesham Common, first back here - also Reed Bunting still singing. Then went up to Sheringham Park for a super day learning how to identify solitary bees. Dull weather so not many active, but was shown Andrena nitida and A. dorsata. At least one singing Firecrest here too was a bonus. On the way home, a Peregrine flew over by Caistor Fort. In the evening, relocated the case-bearing micro Luffia ferchaultella in the village on the wall opposite All Saints. Feeble night in the moth-trap - one Hebrew Character!
Friday 20th - three Stone-curlews in the Brecks.
Wednesday 18th - two newly arriving migrants at the Nunnery Lakes: a Whitethroat and five House Martins. Also 30 Swallows and a Cream-spot Ladybird. Early Forget-me-not by the office (checked with microscope).
Tuesday 17th - put some pitfall traps in garden and identified the centipede Lithobius forficatus and the woodlice Porcelio scaber, Philoscia muscorum and Armadillidium vulgare. All dead common. At work, netted the hoverflies Syrphus ribesii and Cheilosia urbana (previously C. praecox) - the latter a new one for me. Back home, Small-flowered Cranesbill found on verge (5 out of 10 stamens with anthers).
No photos yet - some still to add though when/if I get round to it...
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