Found in a dogs watering bowl outside the VC this morning.  This is the 2nd one I've on the patch and photos showing its smart undersid...

Scaeva selenitica , Hunstanton (attracted to M V moth trap) 25th June 2016

Paedarus riparius , Redwell Marsh 25th June 2016

Chrysura radians , Redwell Marsh, 25th June 2016

I came across these two Mullein Moth Cucullia verbasci caterpillars feeding on Water Figwort plants in The Paddocks ditch.  It looked like t...

The Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa flowers at Holme Dunes yesterday were smothered in feeding insects, and a couple of spiders hunting them. ...

Many orchid hybrids have been recorded in Britain.  This is one I found at Holme Dunes yesterday.  It is Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza ...

Someone, somewhere, will probably be able to identify these two insects I saw today! Thanks to James Emerson for a very prompt ID of both. ...