500

Have just keyed out a hoverfly netted on the Nunnery Lakes reserve as a female Melanostoma scalare which brings us a nice landmark total of 500 species (or aggregate taxa) so far this year. As well as the fun of the competitive element of the TEAL challenge, it's also good that it gives us the impetus to have a good look at just what we've got on our respective reserves. I'm sure there will be a number of exciting discoveries as the summer progresses.