With a day off and a chance to visit two sites that I like, but don't spend much time on, I went both to the bog and the coast. Where it snowed! At least it snowed in between bouts of decent sunshine, allowing me to pick up my 4,000th species - this rather fetching Nomada fabriciana.
The supporting cast were Viola hirta, Agonopterix assimilella (micromoth larva in spun broom, bog edge) and Pine Cone Bug, from a Scots Pine also on the bog.
And that was that. Only 999 species to go until 5k, since I also picked up the dung beetle Aegialia arenaria, which was crawling around in numbers around the dunes. If I make it even close to half way there this year that will have been a very good year.
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| Sunny Beach, about 6 degrees! |
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| Nomada fabriciana |
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