Hoverfly Identification at Aden Country Park, Mintlaw on Wednesday 17 July 2019, 10:30am-2.00pm Would you like to be able to… Read more »
Hoverfly Identification at Aden Country Park on 17 July 2019
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This is a female Clarke's Mining Bee, Andrena clarkella, seen recently at Inchgarth, Aberdeen by the River Dee. Note the female's orange back legs and feet (tibiae and tarsi). It is one of the earliest mining bees to be active in NE Scotland and will mine small burrows on bare or sparsely vegetated ground. It will visit willow catkins just now to find pollen. We don't receive many records of this species but it is probably under-recorded so do keep an eye out for it just now and let us know where and when you find one. Thanks to Ian Broadbent for this great photo and for the record details.
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North-East Scotland Bird Report 2019 has recently been published and a new supporting website has been launched at nescotlandbirdreport.org.uk![]()
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Go to the website to purchase copies of the report. Contents include a systematic list of bird species recorded in the year, together with numerous articles on breeding, ringing, rarities etc. and generously illustrated with photographs, artwork and charts. There are also sections on Mammals and Amphibians & Reptiles based on records sent in to NESBReC. It promises to be a great read!
3 weeks ago ·