Bee Fly and Gropper

While out replacing some posts on a fence line around the saltmarsh this morning, I heard my first Grasshopper Warbler and Reed Warbler coming from the same reedbed on Machynys golf course. Some nice early records and nice to hear them both singing.

On the reserve, this Bee Fly was on one of our reptile piles, as was my first Common Lizard of the year.

A pretty cool looking insect!

Common Lizard

There are a fair few hoverflies out now too, including this which a believe is Epistrophe grossulariae.