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Suffolk Argus Suffolk Branch Contacts Summer 2015 SuffolkThe Argus The Newsletter of the Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation photo Bill Stone Small Tortoiseshell on nectar-rich Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ on nectar-rich Small Tortoiseshell Summer 2015 Volume 63 1 2014 Butterfly Report 2014 Butterfly Report 2014 Butterfly Report The SuffolkDistribution Argus of Suffolk’s 2014Distribution Butterfly2014seven Butterfly BAPof Report Suffolk’s species Report seven BAP species Dingy Skipper 2014 Distribution of Suffolk’s ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ seven BAP species 2-9 max seen DistributionsevenDistribution2014 BAP of Butterfly Suffolk’s species of Suffolk’s Report 10+ max seen 2014 Butter!y Report seven BAPseven species BAP species Distribution of Suffolk’s Distribution of Su"olk’s seven BAP BAP species species (Pages 11-14) Silver-studded Blue: 2014 tŚŝƚĞͲůĞƩĞƌ,ĂŝƌƐƚƌĞĂŬϮϬϭϰ ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ 2-9 max seen 2-9 max seen 10+ max seen 10+ max seen White Admiral 2014 Grayling 2014 ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ 2-9 max seen 2-9 max seen 10+ max seen 10+ max seen Wall: 2014 ^ŵĂůů,ĞĂƚŚϮϬϭϰ ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ ϭƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ 2-9 max seen 2-9 max seen 10+ max seen 10+ max seen 2 Summer 2015 Contents Branch Contacts 4 New Members 5 Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey 5 2014 Butterfly Report 6 Purdis Heath SSSI Update May 2015 18 Notes on the Photos of Day-flying Moths 20 AGM 20 Photographic Competition 21 Six of The Best in 2014 - Part Two 22 New Beginnings 23 Seventy-Four Years Later 23 Farmers Do Listen - Sometimes! 24 Editorial Peter Maddison When this newsletter drops onto your WKH$*0'HWDLOVRIERWKWKHFRPSHWLWLRQ GRRUPDWRU,QER[RXUKLJKVXPPHUEXWWHUÀLHV DQGWKHQHZYHQXHIRUWKH$*0DUHZLWKLQ will be emerging. 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Competition, with judging to take place at 3 The Suffolk Argus Suffolk Branch Contacts President &RQVHUYDWLRQ2΀FHU %XWWHUÁLHV Howard Mendel Rob Parker c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell &RUQÀHOG5G Rd, London SW7 5BD Bury St Edmunds IP33 3BN Tel: 0207 938 8782 Tel: 01284 705476 email: [email protected] Chairman Mike Dean &RQVHUYDWLRQ2΀FHU 0RWKV Coach House, Ixworth, Tony Prichard Bury St Edmunds IP31 2HL 3, Powling Rd., Ipswich IP3 9JR Tel: 01359 230292 Tel: 01473 270047 email: Michael.Dean2@ virginmedia.com email: [email protected] Membership Secretary %XWWHUÁ\+DELWDW&RQVHUYDWLRQ2΀FHU Susan Sidle Matt Berry Five Gables, The Ling, Wortham, Diss, Norfolk Tel: 07599 243026 IP22 1ST email: [email protected] Tel: 01379 643665 email: [email protected] Newsletter Editor Peter Maddison Treasurer Barnmead, Fishpond Rd, Dominic Hill :DOGULQJÀHOG Tel: 01359 269855 Woodbridge IP12 4QX email: [email protected] Tel: 01473 736607 email: [email protected] Secretary Julian Dowding 5HJLRQDO2΀FHU(DVWHUQ(QJODQG 84, Clapgate Lane, Sharon Hearle Ipswich IP3 0RE 50, Barry Lynham Drive Tel: 01473 436096 Newmarket, CB8 8YT email: [email protected] Tel: 01638 484145 HPDLOVKHDUOH#EXWWHUÁ\FRQVHUYDWLRQRUJ &RXQW\%XWWHUÁ\5HFRUGHU Bill Stone Website 26, Thomas Crescent, Kesgrave, Richard Perryman Ipswich IP5 2HN, Tel: 01473 570204 email: [email protected] HPDLOEXWWHUÁLHV#VQVRUJXN WCBS Co-ordinator Committee Member Twm Wade Helen Saunders email: twm.wade@ yahoo.com email: [email protected] 7KH6XͿRON$UJXVLVSXEOLVKHGE\WKH6XͿRON%UDQFKRI%XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQ7KHRSLQLRQVH[SUHVVHGLQWKLVQHZVOHWWHUDUHQRWQHFHVVDULO\ WKRVHRI%XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQRUWKH%UDQFK$OOULJKWVUHVHUYHG)RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQVHHZZZVXͿRONEXWWHUÁLHVRUJXN %XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQ &RPSDQ\OLPLWHGE\JXDUDQWHHUHJLVWHUHGLQ(QJODQG 5HJLVWHUHG2΀FH0DQRU<DUG(DVW/XOZRUWK:DUHKDP'RUVHW%+ 5QP Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268) 4 Summer 2015 New Members Susan Sidle, Branch Membership Secretary 7KHIROORZLQJQHZPHPEHUVDUHZDUPO\ZHOFRPHGWRWKH6XIIRON%UDQFK 0V/$QGUHZV 0U60RRUH )DPLO\/RZHVWRIW 0UV5 0U/1LFKROOV8SSHU/D\KDP 0LVV-&DUWHU)HOL[VWRZH Ms C Prendergast, Merton Miss K M Charlton, Stowmarket 0U&6DPSVRQ%DQFURIW6WRZPDUNHW 0UV/ 0U6&ULFN )DPLO\%XU\6W(GPXQGV 0U0'6PLWK*OHPVIRUG 0U5&UR]LHU1HHGKDP0DUNHW 0UV6/ 0U':6RXWK/DZIRUG 0U+0 0UV6)DXOO&RJJHVKDOO Mr C A Stadler, Ipswich 0U3-DFNVRQ%XQJD\ 0U3-6WHHU+DOHVZRUWK Mr R Kitchener, Ipswich Mrs D Todd, Bury St Edmunds 0UV$ 0U50DUWLQ )DPLO\%OXQGHVWRQ 0V+:DWHUV,SVZLFK 0U%0DWWRFN5HQGOHVKDP)RUHVW 0LVV6:RRG/HLVWRQ 0UV0 0U'1LFKROOV0RQNV(OHLJK ,QDGGLWLRQWR%XWWHUÀ\&RQVHUYDWLRQ¶V:HOFRPH3DFNDOOQHZPHPEHUV LQFOXGLQJWKRVHMXVWQHZWR 6XIIRONEUDQFK VKRXOGKDYHUHFHLYHGD:HOFRPH/HWWHUIURPPHDV0HPEHUVKLS6HFUHWDU\E\HPDLO RUWKURXJKWKHSRVW,I\RXGRQ¶WWKLQN\RXKDYHUHFHLYHG\RXUEUDQFK:HOFRPH/HWWHUSOHDVHOHWPH know. :HORRNIRUZDUGWRPHHWLQJVRPHRI\RXLQWKHVHDVRQDKHDG Contact details for Susan Sidle: [email protected] or 01379 643665. 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