Sun 2011-11-20 
From 2 years ago: Tachinid fly Gymnocheta viridis (Diptera: Tachinidae). I had assumed that my first sighting of this species was this one in May 2010 but I recently came across these photos from 2009 which I had previously taken to be of Lucilia sp.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-04-24.
Sat 2011-11-19 
Again from 2 years ago, a small fly with large antennae: probably a male Rhaphium sp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). There are quite a few species of this genus on the UK checklist and in only a few do the males have these large antennae, one of these being Rhaphium calignosum. The females have normal-sized antennae.
A few days later I caught another one in mid-flight:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-04-26 and 2009-05-01, respectively.
Fri 2011-11-18 
Another soldier fly from 2 years ago: this time probably a female Beris vallata (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-06-07.
Thu 2011-11-17 
From 2 years ago: a male soldier fly, probably a Beris chalybata (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). The females of this species have a metallic green thorax, smaller eyes, and lack the swollen first tarsi on the hind legs.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-04-26.
