Early spring in the Downs

 Comma, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Dark-edged Bee-fly,  Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Red Dead-nettle, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 

Whitlow Grass, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Lesser Celandine,  Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 Cliff Mining Bee, Andrena thoracica, female, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 Black Oil Beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Cheilosia caerulescens - a new hoverfly for the patch

 Cheilosia caerulescens, Hunstanton, 24th March 2021, found on house leeks by Joan Fox