With the focus being on work I haven't been out a great deal recently. Sunday called for a break though so we headed up to Felbrigg Hall.
The walled garden there was in full bloom so I spent a little time looking to see what insects were about. To my delight I found my very first Wool Carder Bee nectaring on a patch of Betony. A large chunky bee that was very distinctive. Also in the garden the stripey fly Graphomya maculata was another new one. Speckled Bush Cricket and Ferruginous Bee-grabber were also seen but a walk taking in the church and pond on the estate coincided with a deterioration in the weather so was devoid of anything interesting!
After leaving Felbrigg we opted for a quick walk up Beeston Bump which we timed perfectly between heavy downpours. I quickly found several of the rare and localised Yarrow (Purple) Broomrape plants along the clifftop with plenty of Pyramidal Orchids there too and some naturalised Garden Lady's Mantle. Sand Martins were of course whizzing up and down the clifftop
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