Author Archives: Tony Prichard

Clearwing meeting – Saturday 9th June

It looks like we might have a chance of better weather tomorrow so we’ll probably go ahead with the clearwing meeting postponed from last week. Instead of Carlton Marshes we’ll start off at North Cove and then move on to … Continue reading

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Meeting tonight – North Warren – 8th June – CANCELLED

The meeting tonight is cancelled due to the forecasted bad weather. I’m in the process of trying to move the meeting to Saturday night, which seems a bit better weather-wise. If you’re interested in turning up for this then it … Continue reading

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Daytime meeting to Carlton Marshes 2nd June – Postponed to next week

The meeting today has been postponed to next week as the weather is far from ideal for looking for clearwings. Tony

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Merrifieldia baliodactylus larva – Narborough, Norfolk

I was up at the Narborough Railway Line NWT reserve last weekend looking for the larva of the plume Merrifieldia baliodactylus. The larva feeds  on Wild Marjoram and there is plenty of the foodplant growing on the chalk. The moth … Continue reading

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SMG Moth Night at Dunwich Forest – 25th May 2012

Quite a few people turned up for this meeting that was aimed at checking the continuing status of the Devon Carpet at the site. There have been some concerns that over-grazing may have had an adverse impact on the habitat … Continue reading

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NMN 2012 moth night events

I’ve had a request from Richard Fox at BC for those holding public moth events on NMN 2012.  Could you add the event to the http://www.mothnight.info/www/index.php/public-events web page and maybe it will help with publicising the event. Tony Tony

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Web site update

The web site should largely be back to normal now. The quiz and beta version of the moth guide still need some work but they’re less pressing to fix. If you notice any problems let me know. Tony

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Lackford Lakes Moth Night – 19th May 2012

Although conditions looked good when I left Ipswich for this meeting the rain started as I got close to Bury St Edmunds. Just Paul Bryant and myself turned up and as it continued to rain we cancelled the event. There … Continue reading

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Web site update

Most of the web site should now be working. Areas that are still not working are the Flying Tonight page, the Moth Quiz page and the beta version of the new Moth Guide. Tony

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Web site problems

There are some problems with the web site at the moment. The blog seems to be working fine but the rest of the site is misbehaving in places. The web hosting company are looking into the problem. Tony

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