Fat Legged Flower Beetle. Picture by John Madden.

Yellow-legged Mining Bee. These quite small burrowing bees have established colonies in the bare clay soil down within the pond enclosure. Picture Ray Baker

Fabricius Nomad Bee. Picture Ray Baker

Meadow Grasshopper. These are abundant in the meadows in high Summer. Picture by John Madden.

Roesell's Bush Cricket. Once a rare insect, they have spread across Southern England. Their song is like a small motor and continuous. Picture by John Madden.

Orange Underwing. This day-flying moth has quite a butterfly-like flight - photographed at end of March 2012, when no candidate buuterflies are on the wing though. Picture Ray Baker

Bee Fly. The flower that it is feeding on is osmanthus burkwoodii, which is found in the butterfly garden. Despite the fast exposure time (1/400th sec) this wings are moving so fast as to be practically invisible! Picture Ray Baker

Hoverfly. Picture Ray Baker