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NORTH NORFOLK: Natural Surroundings Rhagium mordax

Early June 2021

After over a year of avoiding busy places we now have a backlog of places to visit, and near the top of the list was Natural Surroundings at Bayfield. We took Margaret and had lunch before a good look around the grounds. A plant I didn't recognise was growing in the woodland near the car park, which was identified by Andy Musgrove as Fringecups. The undoubted wildlife highlight of the visit though was a longhorn beetle, Rhagium mordax, found by Cathy. For some reason this species has a slightly alien look about it and has long been on my target species list.



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