The chance to get out today in some decent weather, saw me heading over to the Army School of Transport and meeting up with Tim and others to carry out part of the weekends bioblitz.
The forecast was spot on, if not a bit too windy, but at least it cooled us down a bit in the strong sunshine.
Some really nice insects were found during the visit which included a new species of Hoverfly for myself and the site, which i found while searching some excellent habitat.
Riponnensia splendens has only been recorded on 3 occasions in East Yorkshire according to the NBN Atlas records, so was a pleasing find.
Other species of Hovers included Eristalinus sepulchralis, Eristalis intricaria, Horticola, Arbustorum, Tenax and Nemorum and Myathropa florea amongst hundreds of Episyrphus balteatus.
A nice Soldier Fly was found in the from of Oxycera rara, but i only managed a record shot unfortunately.
Now we are progressing into the later part of summer, Orthoptera are making an appearance as insects become adult and are far easier to find and ID. So it was really nice to find a female Speckled Bush Cricket basking on a Field Maple leaf. This is the first time i have seen this lovely species in Yorkshire. Other species recorded, included Roesel's-bush Cricket which took a liking to me and bit me on my hand and a profusion of Field Grasshoppers.
Lepidoptera featured heavily in the days sightings, with Marbled White being the star, but several Holly Blues were really nice to see in amongst the commoner species.
Bird wise it was fairly quiet, with Marsh Harrier & Kingfisher being the highlights.
The following are some of my favourite photos from the day.
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| Hoverfly Species - Eristalinus sepulchralis |
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| Hoverfly Species - Eristalis horticola |
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| Comma |
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| Hoverfly Species - Myathropa florea |
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| Hoverfly Species - Eristalis nemorum |
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| Hoverfly Species - Riponnensia splendens, A New Species For Myself & The Site |
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| Soldier Fly Species - Oxycera rara |
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| Holly Blue |
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| Female Speckled Bush Cricket |
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| Male Field Grasshopper |
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| A Rather Rufous Coloured Female Field Grasshoper |
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