Platycheirus ambiguus

 I may have bought a new camera (more on that soon), but I am by no means a Dipterist. Convenient then that when I took a turn round the garden to test the new kit that the very first thing I photographed happened to be Platycheirus ambiguus. Although not rare, this small hoverfly could not be described as common either, although the reason for that is almost certainly the small size (6mm). A happy accident.