Wed 2012-03-21 
From Monday afternoon, my first bee fly of the year: a male Bombylius major (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Spring is now well under way.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-03-19.
Tue 2012-03-20 
From my Sunday afternoon walk: a treecreeper (Certhia familiaris). It was flitting from tree to tree, walking up and down their trunks and poking into crevices.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-03-18.
Mon 2012-03-19 
From over four years ago: a dead harvest mouse, Micromys minutus.
Photo taken in Alexandra Road or Elmhurst Road, Reading, UK on 2007-09-09.
Sun 2012-03-18 
A male Harpocera thoracica (Hemiptera: Miridae).
The females have less black and more brown:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-05 and 2010-05-17, respectively.
Sat 2012-03-17 
Female muscid fly Phaonia tuguriorum (Diptera: Muscidae). Identification confirmed by 'oxycera' here.
Photos taken in Whitenights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-03-15.
