This is the female Speckled Wood. There was one tiny patch of sun and the butterfly was taking full advantage.
This is one of the Blue-bottles or blowflies. A Calliphora, perhaps vomitoria.
I spotted this pale bluebell covering a verge. Perhaps the Spanish Bluebell (an escape) or the hybrid between that and the common Bluebell of the woods.
This is a St. Mark's Fly, so-called because it appears around St. Mark's day - April 25th. A male, about 8 mm long.
Bibio ferruginatus.
Two sets of buds, now. On the left, the Elder: On the right, the Hawthorn.
