Sawfly

A black sawfly with reddish 'shoulders': probably a Dolerus haematodes (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-18.

Mining Bee

Among the first insects flying each spring are the mining bees.  This one is an Andrena sp, possibly Andrena angustior (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).  So-named because they burrow into sandy soil.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-04-07.

Ichneumon Wasp

 

A female ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), I have no idea of the genus nor species.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.

Sawfly

From last spring: a bright green sawfly, a Rhogogaster sp (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-05-16.

Dead Deer

From back in late February: a dead muntjac deer, Muntiacus reevesi.  It was in woodland, well away from any road, so I can only assume it was killed by a dog.

This was actually the first of two dead muntjacs that I came across on that day.  The second was beside the Warren (a road) and had probably been hit by a car.

By early April all that was left was a few tufts of fur and the skull:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-02-28 and 2013-04-07, respectively.