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Norfolk Clearwings - a reference to flight times, lures and host plants.

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The days building up to this Breckland jaunt brought rain, and lots of it however for our outing only a light shower or two were forecast. David got to mine shortly after 10AM and we were soon travelling down the A11 towards Thetford and our first site of the day. Our first location was a fairly large SSSI that brought a mixture of calcareous and acidic Breckland grassland heath with scattered parcels of Oaks and Pine plantation. A quick walk round and we soon found an appropriate area to try for our first target – the Yellow-legged Clearwing . A VES lure was placed on top of an Oak stump and a thankfully brief wait begun - it only took a few minutes for the first of four males to investigate. Visits were brief and only one hung around for pictures. We failed to find the next target, the Orange-tailed Clearwing when we were unable to find any Wayfaring-tree or Guelder Rose. As we walked around the site we couldn’t help but notice large number...

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