Sericomyia silentis
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Sericomyia silentis, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic but normally encountered in small numbers in mountain regions and moorland and bog locations. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 300 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly sightings, Cairngorms National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms National Park (70 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
