Empis stercorea
I wasn't targeting flies when I found this but I couldn't resist trying to identify it. I used Mike Hackston's key once I'd already got a pretty good inkling that it was either this or the rarer Empis aemula.
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male Empis stercorea, Hoe Rough (Norfolk, UK), 1st May 2026