After early mist lifted, we had a clear blue sky and 22 degrees: we might get 2 days like this a year. So off up to the forestry to see what was going on.
Eristalis Hoverflies are still in evidence, and the males were holding station on the pathway:
Manual focus on those!
This little Braconid wasp was one of many looking over and under Willow leaves. They're probably still looking for the last of the sawfly larvae to parasitise:
Those of you who have been following my travels will know exactly how I feel about Slender St. John's Wort. The specific name 'pulchrum' shows what the people who named this in the 1700's thought of it, too:
This tiny (3 mm) Chrysomelid beetle was posed adjacent to next year's Willow leaf bud: