Dark-edged beefly is a parasitic fly which targets miner bees and other insects. They're great looking things and this one at Carr Mill Dam today was my first in St Helens. The first I ever saw was at Pennington Flash a few years ago.
This is one of the host species, Clarke's mining bee Andrena clarkella.
On the water, the female common scoter was still present today.
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