Editorial by Trevor Goodfellow

Editorial

Trevor Goodfellow

Firstly, I would like to apologise for some oversights in the Autumn 2020 Argus and many thanks to all those contributors who made the issue so interesting.

Simon Waters’ Brimstone egg photo which was referred to on page 27 can be seen on page 27 and I am too embarrassed to list the other mistakes here. Please spare me any other reminders.

Richard Stewart’s wonderful new book featured on page 24 describes the wildlife found at Trudie Willis’s garden at Aldeburgh. Including many of Liz Cutting’s beautiful photos and Richard’s attention for detail, I can highly recommend this book.

As I started writing this in our second lockdown, I reflected on the contrasting weather and daylight hours of the first one. If like me, you suffer from S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder) then this is a more difficult time to deal with. I fill my spare time with trawling through thousands of photos taken other previous months, deleting many poor or average shots to save cluttering up my hard drive. But as time passes, one must allow headspace to reflect fondly of better times and see the glass as half full, and fingers crossed for a bit more freedom this year.

2020 was a disappointing year for my moth trapping as I had the lowest species count for 5 years. Under 300 species recorded, despite 20+ new species to add to the overall total of over 700. I hope this is temporary and not a trend, and I also hope that the Bats are not playing too much of a part in this as they relish trapping nights.

For me, the pleasant sight of the occasional butterfly showing during the short mild days of winter has been offset against the Cormorants

and Herons by day and Otter by night, stealing my fish. Isn’t nature wonderful?

The unfortunate cancellation of the 2020 AGM due to COVID-19 regulations was disappointing, but hopefully the rescheduled 2021 date will go ahead but always check SBC website for upto-date details. And now we are in ‘Lockdown 3’ and the vaccines are rolled out, I send good wishes to all SBC members and their families.

Members are reminded that SBC pin badges will then be on sale again. The 25mm enamelled badge is selling for a mere £2.50.

Copy date for the next Suffolk Argus is 23rd May 2021

Cover image: Purple Emperor by Trevor Goodfellow

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