Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service News SBIS contributes to Suffolk Day To celebrate Suffolk Day 2018 (21st June), Suffolk Record Office and SBIS put together a new A-Z, celebrating Natural Suffolk. This is the second year of ‘Suffolk Day’, when the county gets together to celebrate what makes Suffolk special. The full list can be found here >
https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/places/suffolk-day-2018/
Butterfly sightings 2018
Camberwell beauty Photo: Neil Rolph
There have been some exciting records of butterflies coming in this year. Bill Stone, Suffolk’s Butterfly County Recorder, maintains an active page for sightings on the Suffolk Butterflies website > Please visit the site to find out more or how to submit your own sightings. Camberwell Beauty 5th May River Gipping footpath between Needham Mkt and Badley. Large Tortoiseshell 4th July Mutford near Beccles. Silver washed fritillary Late June & early July Pakenham Wood, Brimlin Wood (near Hintlesham), Bonny Wood (near Barking Tye), Easty Wood (Cavendish), Bradfield Woods, Groton Wood (Kersey), Hadleigh Railway Walk, Arger Fen, RSPB Minsmere, Gt Barton, Landseer Park Ipswich, Northfield Wood (Onehouse)
White Admiral Late June & early July Tunstall Forest, Brimlin Wood, Bonny Wood, Bradfield Woods, Groton Wood, Arger Fen, RSPB Minsmere, Sutton, Cutlers Hill (Wherstead), Wolves Wood. Marbled white (extremely rare in Suffolk) Possibly colonising in Haverhill and Stradishall, Landseer Park, Ipswich and Piper’s Vale Local Nature Reserve, Ipswich
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