Messingham Sand Quarries.... A Great Visit,01.05.20.

A shopping trip out for us and the in-laws,saw me popping in here for a few hours mid-afternoon to see what was about and it turned out to be another great visit.
 Bird wise,9 Swift and 3 Common Tern were both new records for the year and also present were 6 Red-crested Pochard,male Cuckoo,Hobby and a 2nd summer Med.Gull.The latter was seen over the new and main lakes,associating with the breeding Black-headed Gulls and was constantly calling as it flew about overhead.
 I managed to find a few new insects today,with me adding Hoverflies Pipiza noctiluca and Cheilosia albitarsus to my personal list and a tiny parastic wasp watched on a Knopper Gall,Torymus auratus.
 The only notable member of the Lepidoptera i saw today,was also a new species,the Tortrix Moth Argyrotaenia lijungiana which was found roosting on a Alder.
 Other new for the year species included Kidney-spot Ladybirds,Small Copper,Dasysyrphus venustus and the parastic Tachinid Fly Gymnochaeta viridis.
 A productive visit as always and great to see some new species also.

Lady's Smock.

Small Copper.

Hoverfly - Cheilosia albitarsus.

Male St.Marks Fly.

Hoverfly - Rhingia campestris.

Hoverfly - Dasysyrphus venustus.

Hoverfly - Pipiza noctiluca.

Meadow Saxifrage.

Female Common Lizard.

Tachinid Fly - Gymnochaeta viridis.

The Tiny Parastic Wasp - Torymus auratus Female.

Micro Moth - Argyrotaenia lijungiana.