Y's after the event

As I write this, it is a foggy evening and there will not be a sunset. Well, obviously there will be a sunset, but it will not be visible through the murk. This morning was very different, we awoke to warm sunshine, so sunny, in fact, that when Our Lass left for work it was already rather hot. Before she drove off, we stood for a while and marvelled at the goings on in what passes for our cottage garden border. There were many moths, busy nectaring amongst the Red Campion. And several species of hoverfly, basking on leaves or flowers.

The moths were Silver Y, an immigrant species, and there must have been an influx overnight, as the local wildlife social media sites were all a-flutter with the news. I managed to take a short burst of video to illustrate the abundance, see here. I then returned indoors to swap my phone for a proper camera, the better to photograph the hovers.

Silver Y, Autographa gamma

Leucozona lucorum

Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)

Scaeva selenitica