The Suffolk Argus
Safety Code As with any other activity, there are hazards in the countryside and everyone taking part in a Field Trip or Work Party has a responsibility (duty of care), for their own safety and that of others. We cry hard co ensure chat are Events present no greater hazard than any other walk in the countryside, but please note and act on the following:
I. Wear appropriate clothing and footwear. If there are unusual requirements, these are noted in the individual trip details. Stout shoes are a minimum requirement for any walk. 2. During the main summer season you may be exposed to strong sunshine for much or all of the walk. Take a hat, use suncream or protection for exposed skin. Make sure that you have adequate food and liquid to drink with you. Equally, sunshine can easily turn to cold and rain during the day. Be prepared. 3. The leader will provide a briefing on the trip before setting out, with details of any known particular hazards, and will also give advice on what to do in an emergency. Please listen carefully. 4. Ac the briefing, please let the leader know if:- you have a mobile telephone and are able to take it with you on the walk; you have First Aid qualifications.
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5. Joining the walk is an indication of your interest in butterflies. By their nature butterflies do not remain conveniently by the main path and will offer many opportunities (temptations) for you to wander away. Take particular care to look out fot hazards - rabbit holes, fallen or hanging branches, barbed wire, boggy areas, etc. Beware of wet grass, particularly on sloping ground. 6. Children are welcome on our walks, but if under 16 must be accompanied by at least one adult for two children. It is the responsibility of the accompanying adult(s) co ensure that the trip is within the children's ability. 7. Dogs are normally welcome on walks, but must be kept under control. Any exceptions are shown in the individual trip details. 8. If you are uncertain about any details of the trip, ring the leader/ contact in advance. There is always a telephone number given with the trip details. 9. If you decide to leave the event early, tell the leader. 10. Take care at all times, but ENJOY YOURSELF. We thank Upper Thames Branch for allowing us to publish their Safety Code. Please also refer to our own Safety Notes on the back of the Events Programme 2001 - Ed.
The full species list for the night was; Sixspot Burnet, Plutellaxylostella,Monochroa
palustrella,Agapetahamana,Cochylis dubitana,Ckpsisspectrana,Eucosmacana, Chilophragmiulla,Agriphilastramine/la, Agriphilatristella,Agriphila inquinatella, Agriphilageniculea,Pediasiacontaminella, Evergestis farficalis,Pyraustadespicata,Synaphe punctalis,Pimaboisduvaliella,Oxyptilus distam,Amblyptiliaacanthadactyla, Drinker, Chinese Character, Common Carpet, Yellow Shell, Yellow Belle, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Scarce Footman, Garden Tiger, Ruby Tiger, White-line Dart, Shuttleshaped Dare, Flame Shoulder, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, Lease Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Square-spot Rustic, Dog's Tooth, Bright-line Brown-eye, Campion, Tawny Shears, Lychnis, Ander, Hedge Rustic, Southern Wainscot, Smoky Wainscot, Straw Underwing, Dark Arches, Cloaked Minor, Rosy Minor, Common Rustic, Fenn's Wainscot, Dusky Sallow, Saltern Ear, Ear, Fen Wainscot, Rustic, Silver Y, Reed Dagger.
Butterfly Report for 2000 by RichardStewart (Suffolk Butterfly Recorder) To the already publicised Red Admiral, Peacock, Small and Green-veined White early records can be added another Red Admiral at Baylham, mid January (Mrs. Frost) with several more in February. The only new record still to be verified by photo is the very early Wall Brown at Cotton churchyard. The rest of the year didn't match this early promise: April was the wettest for a hundred years, Autumn was the wettest since records began, with no prolonged spell of very good weather at any time. Early flying Orange Tip had a poor year, with just one recorded at Landguard and, with a top equal benchmark of 203 tetrads covered for both Meadow Brown and Red Admiral, the fortunes of species less successful in 2000 can be gauged by comparative figures: Ringlet 90, Large Skipper 75, Holly Blue, 67, Brown Argus, 43, Grayling 40, Green Hairstreak 32, White-letter Hairscreak 5. The last mentioned puts this species just above the 4 recorded tetrads for the Dingy Skipper, Suffolk's rarest breeding butterfly. Despite a low total, the Green Hairstreak extended its range down the Orwell estuary to Landguard and Felixstowe Ferry (Mike Marsh, Steve Piotrowski, Nigel Odin, and J. Askins). Four other species had successful years. The resident Speckled Wood increased its range to embrace areas that included Mutford Oohn Warnes), the Shodey area (Martin Sanford), my transect from Tuddenham to Playford, the Foxhall and Brightwell area (Michael Metcalf) and a welcome clutch of records from the northern part of Ipswich Oohn Sadler, Stella Wolfe, Steve Goddard, Peter Steggles and
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