Suffolk Argus 63 Summer 2015 by Suffolk Naturalists' Society

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The Newsletter of the Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation

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White Admiral 2014 ϭ ƐŝŐŚƟŶŐ 2-‐9 max seen 10+ max seen

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Contents Branch Contacts New Members Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey 2014 Butterfly Report Purdis Heath SSSI Update May 2015 Notes on the Photos of Day-flying Moths AGM Photographic Competition Six of The Best in 2014 - Part Two New Beginnings Seventy-Four Years Later Farmers Do Listen - Sometimes!

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Suffolk Branch Contacts President Howard Mendel c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD Tel: 0207 938 8782

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%XWWHUÁ\ +DELWDW &RQVHUYDWLRQ 2΀FHU Matt Berry Tel: 07599 243026 email: matt@greenwings.co Newsletter Editor Peter Maddison Barnmead, Fishpond Rd, :DOGULQJÀHOG Woodbridge IP12 4QX Tel: 01473 736607 email: prmaddison@yahoo.co.uk

Treasurer Dominic Hill Tel: 01359 269855 email: domhill25@icloud.com Secretary Julian Dowding 84, Clapgate Lane, Ipswich IP3 0RE Tel: 01473 436096 email: julian.dowding@ntlworld.com

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2014 Butterfly Report Bill Stone and Rob Parker

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The Suffolk Argus

Purdis Heath SSSI update, May 2015

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Summer 2015

Suffolk Branch Photographic Competition Twm Wade

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Six Of The Best in 2014 - Part Two Richard Stewart

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Summer 2015

New Beginnings Bill Stone

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Seventy-Four Years Later Richard Stewart

On 16th July 2014 I visited Wheatfen Broad in Norfolk, a place I explore more frequently after discovering a convenient bus service. At this time of year I always visit a large sunlit bramble glade at the far end of the wood, hoping White Admirals may have returned, as there was a small colony present until a few years ago. There were just a few whites SUHVHQW XQWLO DQ RUDQJH ÁDVK ZDV VHHQ WKHQ D VHFRQG DQG WKLUG WLPH DOO EULHÁ\ DQG ZLWK WKH EXWWHUÁ\ QRW ODQGLQJ $W ÀUVW , WKRXJKW LW ZDV D FRPPD EXW , VRRQ realised it was larger, with different colouring and ÁLJKW SDWWHUQ , ZDV DOVR DLGHG E\ KDYLQJ ZDWFKHG Silver-washed Fritillaries in Wolves Wood just two days earlier. With some excitement I headed back to ÀQG 'DYLG 1REEV WKH ZDUGHQ , PXVW DGPLW , ZDV doubtful if this would be a new sighting as, in all my years of visiting Wheatfen, including when Ted Ellis was alive, the only time I had achieved this was E\ ÀQGLQJ D GHDG 6HD /DPSUH\ LQ D G\NH QHDU WKH FRWWDJH 6R LW WXUQHG RXW 'DYLG KDG ZDWFKHG LW IRU over an hour on 1st July and had two good photos to show me. These were of a male but subsequently, after my visit, a female was seen. To encourage a SRVVLEOH IXWXUH FRORQ\ 'DYLG DQG KLV YROXQWHHUV KDYH

already reshaped the glade, removing a few branches and coppicing nearby hazel to let more light in, but retaining some shade and honeysuckle in case White $GPLUDOV UHWXUQ 'RJ YLROHWV JURZ DORQJ 6OXLFH '\NH DQG WKLV LV EHLQJ ZLGHQHG WR UHGXFH VKDGH EXW retaining nearby trees as eggs are laid on them, the emerging caterpillars then crawling to the dog violets, which are the larval food plant. 7KLV EHDXWLIXO EXWWHUÁ\ LV RXU ODUJHVW IULWLOODU\ DQG its spread in many parts of the country includes 88 records from 31 2km tetrads as included in the 2013 Suffolk Report. Norfolk’s 2012 report lists records from 14 2km tetrads with County Recorder Andy %UD]LO FRPPHQWLQJ RQ DW OHDVW ÀYH EUHHGLQJ FRORQLHV 7KH QHDUHVW UHFRUG , FDQ ÀQG WR :KHDWIHQ LV RQH IURP 7KXQGHU /DQH LQ 1RUZLFK -XO\ SUREDEO\ about eight miles away. It will be interesting to see when this species is recorded at Strumpshaw Fen, just across the river and with suitable woodland habitat. As for the title, the last record at Wheatfen was back in 1940, and not surprisingly the person who saw it was Ted Ellis. 23

The Suffolk Argus

Farmers Do Listen – Sometimes! Mervyn Crawford

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Small Eggar Moth by Mervyn Crawford

Summer 2015 allowed me to drive through the area, and, VXUH HQRXJK VHYHUDO RI WKHVH WRXJK ZKLWH SDSHU\ ZHEV FRXOG EH VHHQ IURP WKH FDU LQFOXGLQJ D YHU\ H[SRVHG RQH DOPRVW PP in length. Although a nationally much declined, even threatened species, it has never been that GLI¿FXOW WR VSRW WKHVH ZHEV LQ WKH KHGJHURZV LQ WKH 1HZPDUNHW :LFNKDPEURRN +DYHUKLOO WULDQJOH 7KH IHPDOHV VHHP WR SUHIHU KHGJHV ZKHUH %ODFNWKRUQ ZLWK DW OHDVW D WZR \HDU UH JURZWK SUHGRPLQDWHV , VXVSHFWHG , ZDV still in Cambridgeshire, so continued across FRXQWU\ WRZDUGV WKH URDG IURP 'DOKDP WR .HQWIRUG WR VHH LI , FRXOG ORFDWH DQ\ µ6XIIRON¶ ZHEV 2Q P\ ZD\ , HQFRXQWHUHG VHYHUDO PRUH LQ WKH $VKOH\ 'DOKDP DUHD DQG ¿QDOO\ D µKRPH JURZQ¶ H[DPSOH RQ WKH URDG GRZQ LQWR .HQWIRUG $V WKLV ZDV RQ D IDPLOLDU URXWH IURP P\ GD\V WHDFKLQJ DW +03 +LJKSRLQW , ZDV DEOH WR keep a watch on these webs until one day DOO IRXU WRJHWKHU KDG VXGGHQO\ GLVDSSHDUHG Somewhat alarmed, I pulled into the nearest ¿HOG JDWHZD\ DQG ZDONHG EDFN WR WKH VSRW , actually located where two had been cleanly cut away and was then able to see one lying LQ WKH ¿HOG WKURXJK WKH KHGJH 2QH RU WZR QHDUO\ IXOO\ JURZQ ODUYDH ZHUH VWLOO RQ WKH KHGJH LWVHOI YHU\ FRQVSLFXRXV DV WKH WZLJV ZHUH TXLWH GHIROLDWHG , WUHVSDVVHG LQWR WKH ¿HOG DQG IRXQG WKUHH UDLQ VRGGHQ ZHEV MXVW lying on the ground. Several larvae could be seen quite active still under the various OD\HUV RI WRXJK VLON DQG WKDQNIXOO\ , FRXOG QRW GHWHFW WKH VPHOO RI LQVHFWLFLGH VSUD\ Without even stopping to consider the µFRUUHFWQHVV¶ RI P\ DFWLRQV WKH ZHEV ZHUH SXW LQ WKH ERRW RI P\ FDU DQG GULYHQ KRPH to Mildenhall. I had an ulterior motive in 25

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Summer 2015 Purdis Heath 2014 - 2015 See the Ipswich Heaths Project Update on page 18

Purdis Heath northern section

Scraping off the surface trash

Heather clippings being spread

Small Eggar moth larval web See ‘Farmers Do Listen Sometimes’ Page 24

Enter the Photographic Competition 2015 See page 21 for details

Day-flying Moths The Suffolk Argus See Trevor Goodfellow’s notes on page 20

Red-tipped Clearwing

Commophila aeneana

Red-tipped Clearwing

Pyrausta despicata

Commophila aeneana

Pyrausta despicata

Red-tipped Clearwing

Hornet Clearwing Hornet Clearwing

Hornet Clearwing

Forester Forester Forester

Commophila aeneana

Pyrausta despicata

Six-spot Burnet cocoon

Five-spot Burnet

Mother Shipton Mother Shipton

Mother Shipton

Plume moth Pterophorus pentadactyla Longhorn Nemophora degeerella 28