January
The Suffolk Argus
1994
Book.ham Common, Surrey, Saturday July 9th
Field Trips
by Jenny Kelsey
As promised, the following accounts will hopefully bring back the warm feeling of summer on these winter <lays. We really did spend some enjoyable hours out and about last year. Why don't you make sure you join us this season, it will be well worth it.
The elusive Purple Emperor, target far the trip to Bookham Common
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Early in the morning of Saturday, July 9th, a neet of car.~from Suffolk took to the A 12 in glorious sunshine, heading fur llookham Common in Surrey. The ft;rther south they went the greyer and gloomier the day became. flm minor details such as mist, signs of rain, and the apparent disappearance of the meeting place (it should have been dose to Bookham Station not Effingham Junction) could 11'1 dampen spirits or expectations. Once arrived, first (or second) breakfasts were consumed and members of the Suffolk Branch got to know each other a little more, while we waited for stragglers lost at Effingham Junction, and for Ken Willmott to arrive. He is one of Britain's greatest authorities on the Purple Emperor butterny, so to have him as our guide was a special bonus for the Suffolk Branch. Finally, 25 of us, including five children from 13 months to 13 years, set off across the Common - which turned out to be a very large wood. The sun began to shine, the mists to clear, and we began to see buuernies. In the long grass near the car park there were scores of Meadow Browns and Skippers, which examination revealed as Small, Essex and L·uge. There were Ringlets too, and one Small Tortoiseshell. Cameras came into use. Then into the wood, scanning bushes and trees. "There's a Purple Hairstreak. " "Look 1A White Admiral!" ",'Ind another!" ''.A Comma. " "Come _and see this Speckled Wood,
Mary." Many of us envied those with wellingtons and wished we had brought ours. Two days of heavy rain and many horses had turned
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