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White Admiral Newsletter W h i t e A d m i r a l Newsletter 90 Spring 2015 Suffolk Naturalists’ Society C o n ten t s E di to r ia l Ben Heather 1 Logo Challenge Ben Heather 2 Spring Members Evening 2015 & AGM 3 W ha t’ s o n? 4 Chalcid wasps Martin Cooper 6 Some observations on Agromyzidae Martin Cooper 7 A Research Hole in the Red Crag Bob Markham 9 Return to Walberswick Patrick Armstrong 11 High Brown Fritillary at Landguard Nigel Odin 14 Saving a bird on the brink Samantha Lee 16 Updating the Flora of Suffolk Martin Sanford 19 Observation of a Water Shrew Adrian Knowles 22 Shield bug obsession? Trevor Goodfellow 23 Stoat in my Neighbour’s Garden Colin Hawes 26 New Bursary available 26 Late Red Admirals Richard Stewart 27 Split Gill fungus, in Suffolk C. J. B. Hitch & 28 L. Washington Three seasons of looking for leafhoppers Colin Lucas & Tricia 30 Ta y lo r Scarce (Yellow - legged) Tortoiseshell Bill Stone 32 The Breckland Bat Project Dr Stuart Newson & 34 James Parry ISSN 0959-8537 Published by the Suffolk Naturalists’ Society c/o Ipswich Museum, High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3QH Registered Charity No. 206084 © Suffolk Naturalists’ Society Cover photo: Emerging Adder by Kevin Robson https://www.flickr.com/photos/khrimages/ SuffolkThe Naturalists’ Society Newsletter 90 - Spring 2015 Welcome to the Spring issue of the White Admiral newsletter. I have been inundated with copy for this issue which is brilliant and I have had to put in four extra sides to accommodate it, please keep the copy coming in. It has also been excellent to get copy from some new contributors commenting on some pleasing subjects from Suffolk. One piece I would like to highlight is on page 16. This calls for sightings of Turtle Dove to be submitted via the Suffolk Biological Records Centre’s online recording pages. These online recording pages will allow users to use interactive recording forms to submit wildlife sightings. The system, which is built upon the same technology being applied by the likes of iRecord, is in its final stages of testing and will be formally launched very soon. However, parts of the site, including the Turtle Dove recording form, are fully operational and can be found here www.suffolkbrc.org.uk/turtledove. Please may I draw your attention to the list of bioblitz and recording events that SNS is getting involved in this year, these can be found on page 4. One of these events, the Holywells Park bioblitz, is being organised by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and their new HLF funded ‘Closer to Nature’ Project. This project, by working with Ipswich teenagers, hopes to encourage the next generation of natural historians and they are also keen to work with Ipswich Museum and use its natural history collections. Finally, on a more sombre note, Darsham Common, adjacent to Darsham Marshes has been donated to SWT in the memory of Peter Lawson, SNS member and respected botanist who passed away last year. Editor: Ben Heather Suffolk Biological Records Centre, c/o Ipswich Museum, High Street, Ipswich, IP1 3 Q H [email protected] White Admiral 90 1 Logo Challenge - Still Accepting Entries! The logo challenge continues to accept entries so there is still a chance to send in a design or simply an idea that could form part of the new SNS logo. Above are a few ideas received so far to get you thinking. Designs need to be graphic based and ideally contain no text. Designs will be digitised into a suite of logo layouts of which some will contain our letterhead. Please send your ideas and designs to the editor using the contact details on page 1. If sending images via email please do not send items over 10mb. 2 White Admiral 90 Spring Members Evening 2015 & AGM Tuesday 14th April | 7.30pm Cedars Hotel, Needham Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2AJ Speakers and Talks: Agenda: Apologies for absence Minutes of the 85th Annual General Meeting Chairman’s Report – Martin Sanford Treasurers Report – Joan Hardingham Secretary’s Report – Gen Broad Election of members to the Council: Ordinary Members proposed: Howard Mottram, Kerry Stranix Any Other Business (The Chairman reserves the right to consider only items submitted in writing 2 weeks before the AGM.) Following the conclusion of formal business and refreshments there will be a series of short presentations on natural history by members and projects funded by SNS. Drinks available from the pay bar on arrival and half - time refreshment break provided (tea and coffee). Contributions to White Admiral Deadlines for copy are: 1st Feb (Spring issue), 1st June (Summer issue) and 1st Oct (Autumn issue) The opinions expressed in White Admiral are not necessarily those of the Editor or of the Suffolk Naturalists’ Society. White Admiral 90 3 W hat’s o n? Suffolk Bioblitz & Recording Events The Suffolk Naturalists’ Society is going to be involved in the following bioblitz & recording events in Suffolk: Dunwich Heath Bioblitz with the National Trust - 24 hour bioblitz which is taking place from 12 noon on the 27th & 28th May. Holywells Park Bioblitz with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s ‘Closer to Nature’ Project - Taking place on Sun 7th June. Touching the Tide Surveying and Recording Day at Trimley Marshes - Taking place on Sat 18th July. Lackford Lakes Bioblitz with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust - 24 hour bioblitz which is taking place from 4:00 pm on Saturday 1st August (ending 4:00 pm Sunday 2nd). When more information is available this will be placed online at www.sns.org.uk E ar s ham B i o bl i t z River Waveney Trust Association Bioblitz at their Earsham Headquarters (The old Otter Trust). Taking place 18th and 19th July. More information will be available here http://groupspaces.com/ RiverWaveneyTrust/ The British Plant Gall Society SNS members are welcome to a gall recording meeting to be held at RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve on Saturday 10th October 2015, 10am - 4pm. Meet at the visitor centre (IP173BY). Leader Jerry Bowdrey (01728 603526) or [email protected]. Bring packed lunch or purchase from the centre. Ample parking and the usual facilities are available. The meeting is suitable for both enthusiasts and beginners alike. 4 White Admiral 90 Counting Butterflies A Butterfly Transect Training Session run by the Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation. - Saturday 2nd May An indoor presentation for novice & potential volunteer transect walkers, followed by field work on the Spring Lane Transect on Tayfen Meadows. Assemble at 09:50 in the Bury St Edmunds Library Conference Room. Time: 10:00 indoors, 12:00 short walk to site, Finish approx 14:30. The event is free, but places need to be booked in advance. Contact Rob Parker [email protected] for more details. Register: as soon as possible, as places are limited. The training is aimed at butterfly fanciers involved in existing butterfly transect walks, or novices prepared to volunteer to walk regular transects (26 weeks/year). Butterfly Conservation Field Programme The Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation have released their 2015 field programme see www.suffolkbutterflies.org.uk/events.html. Up and coming events include: Butterflies - Illustrated talk by Suffolk Butterfly Recorder Bill Stone with Shotley Peninsula Wildlife Group. Thursday 23rd April, 7.30pm to 10.00pm, Tattingstone Village Hall. New Members and Novice Recorders Day - An indoor training session, followed by practical butterfly watching on an excellent site. Sat 25th April, 10:00am, Barnham Village Hall, Enrol in advance - Rob Parker 01284 705475 Dingy Skipper surveys in the King’s Forest - Assemble at access track to John O’Groats cottages, on west side of B1106. First count at King’s Archery Site. Please enquire in advance to notify availability and whether you can assist with other locations. Surveys continue until end of May. Wednesday 13th May and Wednesday 20th May, 10:30am, Leader is Bill Stone 07906 888603 White Admiral 90 5 Chalcid wasps J ew el -like inhabitants of Suffolk gardens and countryside Chalcid Wasps are tiny, beautiful and often overlooked insects. I became aware of them by chance. In October 2014 I found a small green wasp resting on a parsley plant in my garden near Christchurch Park in Ipswich. At the time I thought it was a fly! However, under the microscope I saw it was worth photographing because of its striking colour and the interesting sculptured texture of its surface. I posted the photos on the Facebook Hymenopterists Page where the family was quickly identified as Pteromalidae. A key to the European Pteromalid species indicated that it was a male Halticoptera flavicornis, a parasite of flies. Hannes Baur, an expert on these wasps based at the Natural History Museum at Berne in Switzerland, subsequently confirmed the identification. Pteromalus cf. albipennis Halticoptera flavicornis 6 White Admiral 90 Having become interested in these cf. albipennis. These wasps are tiny insects, I remembered a parasitoids of fruit flies specimen I had collected near the (Tephritidae) developing in flower Martlesham Recreation Ground in heads of Asteraceae, for example July. I photographed it and the Banded Burdock flies (Terellia consulted Hannes Baur once again. tussilaginis) of which there is a He identified it as a species close large colony on the Burdock plants to Pteromalus albipennis. The (Arctium) near to where I found it. taxonomy and nomencla- I have now sent the wasp to ture of Chalcids is com- Switzerland to be added to Hannes plicated and for now Baur’s collection. this one has to be labelled Pteromalus Martin Cooper Some observations on Agromyzidae This note records two in the street near my house.
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