Notes and Observations Grey Squirrels Since moving to Ipswich late in 1972 I have kept a record of every grey squirrel seen in the municipal area and my figures for the last five years are given in the table below. As during this period my own habits have been very regulär there would not have been any appreciable observer bias. The squirrels were mainly recorded in Christchurch Park, the larger open spaces as along Valley Road and in the larger gardens, e.g., those bordering Constitution Hill. The steady increase in numbers speaks for itself. Year Jan Feb Total 1973 1 — 1974 2 4 1975 9 12 1976 15 14 1977 21 13
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1 5 4 3 21 1 2 8 13 65 5 12 15 16 136 2 9 11 21 141 6 18 31 28 235
R. B. Warren, Ipswich Muntjac At about 11.15 p.m. in late September last year, we heard what we think must have been a Muntjac barking near our cottage. The animal appeared to be Standing still, barking, for about five minutes. Then for the next ten minutes or so it continued barking intermittently, but was evidently moving in circles on the field. Eventually after about fifteen to twenty minutes in all the barking ceased. M. Green Nebria salma * Nebria salina Fairmaire and Laboulbene (Col., Carabidae) in Suffolk. Donisthorpe (1922, Entomologist's mon. Mag., 58: 92-93) brought to the attention of British entomologists, the presence in Britain of the ground beetle, N. salina, under the name iberica Oliveira. Because of its similarity to the widespread and often abundant N. brevicollis (Fabricius), salina though not uncommon is frequently overlooked, and consequently there does not appear to be any published record of its occurrence in Suffolk. The following list, in order of collection, summarises the records for Suffolk, and corrects this oversight.
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1) O n e specimen, Bentley, TM 13, vice-county 25 (East Suffolk). Coli. C. Morley, 23.ix.1895. Det. H . M . , 1978. 2) O n e specimen, B a m h a m , TL87, vice-county 26 (West Suffolk). Coli. C. S. Barham, 20.iv. 1962. Det. C.S.B. 3) T w o specimens, under stone, Tunstall C o m m o n , TM3754, vice-county 25 (East Suffolk). Coli. H M 14.x. 1977 Det. H . M . 1978. 4) T w o specimens, under stone, Toby's Walks, Blythburgh, TM4474, vice-county 25 (East Suffolk). Coli. H . M . 28.i 1978 D e t . H . M . 1978. I would like to thank Dr. M. L. Luff for confirming my determinations of N. salina, and Mr. C. S. Barham for allowing me to include his record. New to S u f f o l k — f o r index
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Movement of Red Admirals T h e morning of lOth October, 1976, was still, sunny and w a r m . A friend and myself, were sitting on the beach near B e n a c r e broad, Suffolk, and between 09.00 and 10.00 hours we counted 38 Red Admirai (Vanessa Atlanta) moving south. T h e y all flew in a rapid and direct flight, within three metres of the ground, most within one metre. All these were seen in a strip from fifteen metres out to sea, to thirty metres inland f r o m the shore. I have seen several others doing this on earlier and later dates, and for several years, during September and O c t o b e r , at Benacre, Cove-Hithe, and Easton, but never b e f o r e in such numbers. I have noticed this usually occurs on sunny days, still or with slight winds. R. T h e Editor regrets the delay in Publishing this note.
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Proceedings The following meetings have been held since M a y , 1977: 18 June 1977 Fingrinhoe Wiek Nature Reserve. General visit by permission of the Essex Naturalists' Trust. 9 July 1977 Redgrave and Lopham Fens. Leader, M r . F. W . Simpson. By permission of the Suffolk Trust for Nature Conservation. 23 July 1977 D u n w i c h Forest. Leader, M r . H . E. Chipperfield. Moths. 18 Sept. 1977 Woodbridge Area. Leader, M r . R. B. D . M a r k h a m . Geology. 25 Sept. 1977 Fungus Foray, Santon Downham. Leaders, Drs. G . D. Heathcote and W . Byford. Invitation from Bury St. Edmunds Naturalists' Society. 1 Oct. 1977 Museum Lecture H a l l , Ipswich. Talk by M r . G . B. T . A b b o t t on Birds of Fiatford and the lower Stour. 9 Oct. 1977 N o r t h N o r f o l k Coast. Birds. 22 Oct. 1977 Tunstall Forest. Leader, M r . F. W. Simpson. Fungus Foray. 23 Oct. 1977 Fungus Foray, West Stow. Leaders, Drs. G. D . Heathcote and W . Byford. Invitation from Bury St. Edmunds Naturalists' Society. 5 Nov. 1977 Bury St. Edmunds. Joint meeting on water of Redgrave and Lopham Fens with Bury St. Edmunds Naturalists' Society. 27 Nov. 1977 Sizewell, Dunwich, Walberswick. Birds. 5 Dec. 1977 Stowmarket. Illustrated talk by D r . G. D . Heathcote on Fungi. 11 Dec. 1977 Staverton and Butley. Birds, and study of ancient woodland and estuarine habitats. 15 Jan. 1978 Livermore and King's Forest. Birds. 21 Jan. 1978 Museum Lecture Hall, Ipswich. Illustrated talk by M r . Peter A l l a n on Recent Developments in the Quaternary (Ice Age) deposits of Suffolk. 4 Feb. 1978 Fiatford M i l l Field Centre. Illustrated talk by M r . F. J. Bingley, President, on Conservation of churchyards. 19 Feb. 1978 A b b e r t o n Reservoir and Blackwater Estuary. Birds.
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Sudbury Town Hall. Annual General Meeting. Snape to Aldeburgh. Birds. Sudbury A r e a . Leader, Mr. C. E. Ranson. Interesting geological sites. Cutler's W o o d and Stall's Valley. Leader, Mr. F. W. Simpson. By kind invitation of Mrs. Paul.
Retirement of Mrs. E. C. Green as Honorary Secretary Mrs. E. C. G r e e n retired as Honorary Secretary of the Society at the A . G . M . held at the Town Hall, Sudbury on 4th March 1978. Mrs. G r e e n became Honorary Secretary on the retirement of Miss J. C. N. Willis on 31st December 1968, but she had been Assistant Honorary Secretary since 1962. Previously her husband Charles had been Honorary Excursions Secretary for a number of years. D Ăź r i n g Mrs. G r e e n ' s period of office the Society's affairs were conducted in a very efficient manner and her natural courtesy was reflected in all her dealings with the other officers of the Society and all the members with whom she came in contact. In appreciation of all the work they have done on behalf of the Society Council have recommended that Mr. and Mrs. G r e e n be elected H o n o r a r y members, and a gift of artists' materials has been made to them in the hope that they will e n j o y many years at their retirement recreation.