Norfolk 2023

Hickling Broad - July

Hickling is the epicentre of wildlife on the broads and an important part of the wider broadland landscape, Hickling is a haven for many of the UK’s rarest animals and plants. You can’t visit Norfolk without calling in here, usually twice.

Images - Fen Mason Wasp, Waisted Duckfly, Tooth-thighed Hoverfly, Swallowtail (caterpillar), Flecked General Soldierfly, Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle, Grass Snake, Dingy Tachina, Adder, Twin-lobed Deerfly, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix, Norfolk Hawker.

Kelling Heath - July

The heath can a challenge for insects but is home to Nightjar and Dartford Warbler, I usually call here for a couple hours on the way down.

Images - Red-flash Bug, Large Shaggy Bee, Stenurella melanura, Red Longhorn Beetle, Stripe-legged Robberfly, Welsh Chafer, Mottled Grasshopper, Banded Alder Sawfly

Ruston Heath - July

This is only a small site but a hidden gem. It basically a local common to a small village but is great for insects and apparently Turtle Dove can be seen here but not by me yet.

Images - Green-eyed Flower Bee, Shieldbug Stalker, Bee Wolf, Intermediate Shield Wasp, Fat-palped Tachina, Platydracus stercorarius, Silver-studded Blue, Silver-washed Fritillary, Small Heath

Upton Fen - July

Upton Fen is a mecca for dragonflies, if you want a dragonfly shot this is your place. It is also great for insects and fenland flora, its well known for holding Fen Orchid and Marsh Lousewort among many others.

Images - Red Collar Soldier Beetle, Bog Pimpernel, Cream-spot Ladybird, Norfolk Hawker, Golden-haired Robberfly, Willow Emerald, Plateumaris rustica, Poplar Leaf Beetle, Twin-lobed Deerfly, Fen Orchid, Four-banded Longhorn Beetle, Marsh Click Beetle, Fungus Gnat species, Keeled Skimmer, Flecked General Soldierfly