A change of scenery today,saw me visiting the superb Crowle Moor in the hope of finding among other species,some interesting insects.
I arrived at around 9am,allowing the air temp to get sufficiently warm in the hope of connecting with some Odonata,but sadly it was a poor showing unfortunately.
I did though find some nice insects and a couple of new species for myself and and a couple of personal new ones for the site.
As i have in the past and because of the number of different families of species involved,i have split them up.
Birds: 42 species were noted on today's visit,with highlights going to singles of Hobby and Tree Pipit,2 male Cuckoos and the best of all Garden warblers,the latter are subtley beautiful,with that lovely liquid song.
Odonata: Please see my Dragonfly & Damselfly sightings blog for a full list and photos here at https://LincolnshireOdes.blogspot.com
Diptera: This mostly consisted of Hoverflies of which i have a big interest in and the following species were observed which included a site first for me,Volucella zonaria.
Other species of Syrphidae included Volucella bombylans,Volucella pelluscens,Eristalis intricaria,Eristalis aeneus,my first Sericomyia silentis of the year and several Myathropa florea.
Another interesting species family are the Stiletto Flies,of which i managed to photograph one which is probably Thereva nobilitata.
Other flies included several Hybomitra bimaculata with its stunning striped eyes,Common red-legged Robber Fly and Slender-striped Robber Fly.
Lepidoptera: I managed to record 7 species of Butterfly,of which 2 were new for the year in the forms of Ringlet(1) and Large Heath(5),the latter a pretty poor count to be fair.
Moths were represented by the stunning Degeer's Longhorn Moth,a lovely Marbled Whitespot and the most numerous species here Brown-silver Lines.
Hymenoptera: The most challenging family for me personally,but i did find one of which i'm not 100% sure on ID,Yellow-striped Darwin Wasp.
Coleoptera: A couple of stand out species,included a new Click Beetle species for myself,Belted Click Beetle of which i managed to find 2 and several of the striking Black and Yellow Longhorn Beetle.
Orthoptera: A personal site tick was a single Short-winged Conehead nymph,identifiable by the kinked cerci even at the insects age,i have attached a photo.This species along with its relative Long-winged,seem to be spreading through the country at a rapid rate.
Heteroptera: Two species which i found today included a single Meadow-plant Bug and a Parent Bug.
Mammals: Two species observed,a Buck Roe Deer and a lovely duo of Red Deer Hinds.
An enjoyable visit today,but some species are certainly lacking in numbers after the horrendous,wet,cold spring we experienced.
Belted Click Beetle. 
Black and Yellow Striped Longhorn Beetle. 
Common red-legged Robber Fly. 
Hoverfly - Eristalis intricaria. .jpg)
Horsefly - Hybomitra bimaculata 
Large Heath. 
Male Yellow-striped Darwin Wasp. 
Marbled Whitespot. 
Parent Bug,With Young. 
Meadow-plant Bug. 
Male Short-winged Conehead Nymph. 
Stiletto Fly Sp. 
Hoverfly - Volucella zonaria.
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