Am I just unlucky or is the insect population very low this year. During a visit to Wrabness Nature Reserve yesterday (16/05/2013) all that was seen were one or two Red-tailed Bumble bees, a small number of unidentified flies, one Large White and a Large Red Damselfly hawking gnats over a pond. A bonus was to see my first Cuckoo this year and excellent views were had of 2 Turtle Doves one of which is the subject of the below photograph.
On a previous (07.05/2013) visit we did observed a large flight of Alder Flies which attracted a group of Black-headed Gulls together with 4 Mediterranean Gulls.
On a previous (07.05/2013) visit we did observed a large flight of Alder Flies which attracted a group of Black-headed Gulls together with 4 Mediterranean Gulls.