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Showing posts with label Sphecodes gibbus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sphecodes gibbus. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 January 2022

MMXXII Begins - A Retro Tick

HNY to all.

Let's hope 2022 brings better health, peace of mind and happiness in whatever you're doing.

I'm not one for resolutions, but I do need to make one. The last couple of years have been a bit weird with covid restrictions and cancer concerns - to say the least - which meant that for one reason or another I spent a lot more time at home than I would have normally, and more time out and about in my home square but less time out and about away from home. And, crucially, less time focussed on work. I am conscious that my work-life balance has swung way too far to the work end over the last few months since recovering from surgery and seeing covid restrictions relaxed. My job role is not one that I can easily ignore and completely put aside overnight or for the weekend, but I have got to find ways of making time to relax and wind down a bit!

Anyway, nothing current or topical to post about but I have found a retro tick today: a bee that I'd originally mis-identified from Croft Hill on 10/07/2020 and then forgot about. I had a good look at photos today, stumbled through the key and speculatively came to an ID that Steven Falk agreed with.

Sphecodes gibbus

I've still got a bit of tidying up of 2021 records to do, with a few moth gen dets outstanding. I'll try and get that sorted and finalise my aborted home square list for the year over the next couple of weeks. Whilst the square listing fell by the wayside in late summer, I suspect the final numbers will still throw up some observations.