The Lesser Whitethroat pair were busy collecting food and the male Tufted Duck made an appearance on the Main Pond, but aside from these scarce breeders there was little else noted.
Other Wildlife: The cool weather wasn't favourable for dragonflies so the appearance of a female Black-tailed Skimmer in Skipper Meadow was a nice surprise.
Black-tailed Skimmer - Alan Keatley
Other new insects for 2024 included Pouting Woodlouse Fly Rhinophora lepida, the snipeflies Rhagio tringarius and R. lineola, and the soft-winged flower beetle Cordylepherus viridis.
Rhagio lineola - Alan Keatley 
Cordylepherus viridis - Alan Keatley
Hunting wasps included Red-banded Grasshopper Grabber Tachysphex pompiliformis seeking out the increasing numbers of grasshopper nymphs and Vertical Spider Wasp Agenioideus cinctellus hunting jumping spiders.
Tachysphex pompiliformis - Alan Keatley
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