Category Archives: Field meetings

Field meetings programme 2013

I’ve put the field meetings programme up on the web site. There’s a few meetings still to be confirmed but it’s not long till the programme starts so I thought I’d better put something up. There’s a link in the … Continue reading

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SMG Leaf-miner Meeting – 21st October

It was raining pretty heavily when we left Ipswich for this meeting but the forecast was saying less chance of rain in the west, so we were hopeful of at least a morning’s leaf-mining before the rain caught up with … Continue reading

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SMG Moth Night – Dunwich Forest – 14th September 2012

Four people turned up for this meeting – the last on the year’s programme. With the breeze appearing to come from the south we headed to our usual spot on the northern edge of the forest, although on reaching the … Continue reading

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SMG Moth Night – Knettishall Heath – 31st August 2012

Five turned up for this event, our first visit to the site since it has become a SWT reserve. As there was a clear sky the open areas of the heath were avoided as temperatures were expected to drop. All … Continue reading

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SMG Meeting – King’s Forest, 7th September – CANCELLED

The meeting tonight is cancelled due to a lack of availability of people. Tony

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Mendlesham Green Moth night 24th August – CANCELLED

Due to the the weather forecast for heavy rain coming in, it has been decided to cancel the moth night at Mendlesham Green tomorrow night. There is a chance it could be re-scheduled for next Saturday night, watch this space … Continue reading

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Aldeburgh beach, a bumper night’s moth trapping – in the middle of August?!

As the warm weather during the week had produced some migration activity, it was decided at short notice to change the venue for the field meeting for this week from Maidscross hill Lakenheath to Aldeburgh beach. There was some initial … Continue reading

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Moth Night at Maidscross Hill – 17th August – RELOCATED

The meeting tonight planned for Maidscross Hill, Lakenheath has been re-located to Aldeburgh-Thorpeness beach. Meet at 8.30pm at the small car parking area near the derelict cottage on the coast road between Aldeburgh and Thorpeness. Tony

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The Orfordness adventure.

Last night was the moth group’s visit to Orfordness, always a bit of an adventure. 3 members of the group met at Orford quay to take the ferry across the river along with all the traps etc. The main target … Continue reading

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SMG Moth Night at Shingle Street – 21st July

Six of the group turned up for this meeting at this privately-owned site on the Suffolk coast. Conditions were fair but did not promise a bumper crop of moths. Lights were put out on the vegetated shingle and on the … Continue reading

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