Male Sympetrum danae or black darter, quite a few still flying on Hallands Väderö this weekend.
Spent the 1st of the month with the team on our annual pilgrimage to Hallands Väderö, it is sadly too pricey to visit often but we always enjoy our day here each year. For a change nothing turned up on mainland BK to make us regret the journey. I think a light fall of common migrants may have taken place we certainly found spotted flycatchers and redstarts in every bush. Fifteen yellow wagtails were flying around the Kapelhamn area and that was about it. We spent most of our time looking for invertebrates but failed to find any brown hairstreaks. A painted lady was my first of the year though!
I think this is Arion rufus, although the complex is tricky to identify.
Painted lady at last!
Managed to identify this fly (Tachina fera), the larvae feed on noctuid moth caterpillars.
At the end of a long day walking the island the 'Nanny' was a welcome sight and somehow accommodated the huge number of people leaving the island on the last boat out!
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