As @sjbknott.bsky.social has said, this is the superb Three-lined Soldier, Oxycera trilineata (a male), which breeds in shallow ditches and pools and fens, and can cope with slightly brackish conditions #soldierflies
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Heres one for #flyfriday that I came across in late June at Dungeness ,a rather "funky^ Green (Hover ?) fly ,no idea what species.......it was very striking !
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