500 up in Norfolk

A couple of warmer days have produced an increase in insects, sign of things to come I hope. The most impressive beast is one I catch quite a few of in my light trap - Hydrophilus piceus, the Great Silver Water Beetle, one of the biggest beetles in Britain

Just flushed a bonus Woodcock from a local copse, thought I might have missed them this year. The garden list has now hit exactly 1800 species. Here's the species seen since my last post:

479	Nicrophorus humator	Coleoptera	Black Sexton Beetle	02/04/2018
480	Poecilochirus carabi	Arachnids	Mites on Nicrophorus beetles	02/04/2018
481	Amara aenea	Coleoptera	Carabidae	03/04/2018
482	Ranunculus ficaria	Vascular Plants	Lesser Celandine	03/04/2018
483	Bombus pratorum	Hymenoptera	Early Bumblebeee	03/04/2018
484	Meliscaeva auricollis	Diptera	Syrphidae	03/04/2018
485	Ophion scutellaris	Hymenoptera	Ichneumonidae	03/04/2018
486	Diurnea fagella	Lepidoptera:moths	March Tubic	03/04/2018
487	Anotylus tetracarinatus	Coleoptera	Staph.	03/04/2018
488	Lithophane hepatica	Lepidoptera:moths	Pale Pinion	03/04/2018
489	Hydrophilus piceus	Coleoptera	Great Silver Water Beetle	03/04/2018
490	Pterostichus madidus	Coleoptera	Black Clock Beetle	03/04/2018
491	Agonum muelleri	Coleoptera	Carabidae	03/04/2018
492	Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	Blackcap	04/04/2018
493	Trifolium repens	Vascular Plants	White Clover	04/04/2018
494	Vicia sativa	Vascular Plants	Common Vetch	04/04/2018
495	Scathophaga suilla	Diptera	Scathophagidae	04/04/2018
496	Hebecnema nigra	Diptera	Muscidae	04/04/2018
497	Aglais urticae	Lepidoptera:butterflies	Small Tortoiseshell	04/04/2018
498	Aglaostigma aucupariae	Hymenoptera	Symphyta	04/04/2018
499	Eudasyphora cyanicolor	Diptera	Muscidae	04/04/2018
500	Scolopax rusticola	Birds	Woodcock	04/04/2018
501	Myosotis sylvatica	Vascular Plants	Wood Forget-me-not	04/04/2018
502	Epilobium parviflorum	Vascular Plants	Hoary Willowherb	04/04/2018
503	Oxalis articulata	Vascular Plants	Pink-sorrel	04/04/2018
504	Sonchus oleraceus	Vascular Plants	Smooth Sow-thistle	04/04/2018