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Important news – Suffolk Moth Group events programme cancelled/postponed.

Neil — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:24:25 +0000

Given the government advice to avoid social gatherings and venues, the Suffolk Moth Group has regretfully made the decision that it will be in the best interests of everyone to cancel our meetings planned for May and postpone all other events until we know whether they can go ahead if and when the disease comes under control.
We are sure you will agree we have a duty of care to those wishing to attend and given the present situation, we believe this is the correct decision in these difficult times to ensure the welfare of everyone comes first.
This blog and the Facebook page will be used to update on news about the events when we are in a position to resurrect any if at all possible. It may well be likely that all summer events will have to be cancelled.
It is hoped that a leaf-miner recording day can still be arranged for October and the annual indoor meeting that was cancelled in March has been re-booked for mid November. More news on these 2 events later in the year once the virus situation is known.

Best wishes to all and stay safe

Neil Sherman – Suffolk County Moth Recorder.

Suffolk Moth Group Indoor Meeting Saturday 21st March cancelled.

Neil — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:10:06 +0000

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Given the latest government advice to avoid social gatherings and venues, the SMG has regretfully made the decision that it will be in the best interests of everyone to postpone our Indoor Meeting scheduled for Saturday 21st March until later in the year when it is hoped Corona virus will be under control. We are sure you will agree we have a duty of care to those wishing to attend and given the present situation, we believe this is the correct decision in these difficult times to ensure the welfare of everyone comes first. The new date for our Indoor Meeting will be announced in due course.

Suffolk Moth Group Indoor meeting – 21st March 2020 – Bucklesham Village Hall.

Neil — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:45:46 +0000

SUFFOLK MOTH GROUP INDOOR MEETING – 21st March 2020.

Doors will open at 9.30am for setting up, refreshments and general chat plus looking at exhibits. The meeting will officially start from 10am. Some of the group will then be lunching in a local pub just down the road from around 12.30pm onwards. Please let me know if you intend to eat at the pub well before the meeting day so I can phone in advance to let them know numbers. Or you can bring your own food along, the hall can be left open for those doing this. The meeting will continue until we have run out of talks etc, possibly around 4.30-5pm.

This year our guest speaker will be Sharon Hearle from Butterfly Conservation. Sharon is the Eastern Region Senior Conservation Officer and is involved with many Butterfly and Moth projects in the area. Sharon will be telling us about the Regional Action Plan as well as work on the high priority moths in Suffolk which includes Marsh carpet, the Breckland species plus the Sloe carpet.
Following Sharon’s talk there will be the chance for members to show presentations. A digital projector will be available for those with digital presentations or images. This year if members could restrict their talks to 30 minutes duration then that will allow us to show what everyone has produced as well as the chance to ask questions. If you are doing a Powerpoint presentation then you should save it in OpenOffice format or if you use Microsoft Office then Office 2007 format or earlier.
Tables will also be provided for those with exhibits. It would be useful if you are intending on giving a presentation to let me know.
I hope to do a demonstration of a moth dissection for those who are interested, a technique that is not as hard as it first appears.
Refreshments (tea, coffee and cake/biscuits) will be provided. There will be a request for voluntary contributions towards the cost of hiring the hall.

Bucklesham Village Hall is not far from the Nacton A12/A14 roundabout to the east of Ipswich. From the A12/A14 roundabout take the minor exit after the A12 exit but before the A14 Felixstowe exit. This exit is signposted to Bucklesham and leads via a single track road to Bucklesham Village. At the end of this road you will reach the village, at the T junction turn right into Bucklesham Road. Take the next right turn into Levington Lane and the village hall is a short distance down the lane on the right. A map of the location can be viewed by following this link. The OS Grid Reference for the hall is TM242417. If you need any more detailed instructions in how to get there then do get in contact with myself.

All are welcome – if you are just starting getting interested in moths this is a great event to meet up and find out all about it.
Hopefully see you there!

Neil Sherman, County moth recorder. (moth@sns.org.uk)

Group indoor meeting 9th March 2019.

Neil — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:46:02 +0000

Just a reminder that it is less than 2 weeks till the indoor meeting. Can all those who haven’t told me already who are thinking of eating in the pub at lunchtime please let me know as I will be contacting them at the end of the week with numbers.
Also, currently I only have 3 people who have committed to giving a presentation. It would be great if there were more, if not it will be a very short day! It’s our day as members of the group to highlight what we have been up to, even garden trap reports will be of interest. If there are difficulties in putting together a digital presentation then members can just bring along a series of photos which can be made into a powerpoint presentation on the day.

Hope you have all been trying trapping in the recent very mild spell when conditions have allowed, although quite a number of nights have been clear and frosty. Most of the common spring species are now on the wing with me and there have even been migrants in some parts of the UK.

Neil

Suffolk Moth Group Indoor Meeting – Saturday 9th March 2019.

Neil — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:34:22 +0000

Here are the details for the group’s annual indoor event.

Doors will open at 9.30am for setting up, refreshments and general chat plus looking at exhibits. The meeting will officially start from around 10am. Some of the group will then be lunching in a local pub just down the road from around 12.30pm onwards. Please let me know if you intend to eat at the pub well before the meeting day so I can phone in advance to let them know numbers. Or you can bring your own food along, the hall can be left open for those doing this. The meeting will continue until we have run out of talks etc, possibly around 4.30-5pm.

This year the meeting will be slightly different, as we have a guest speaker. Graham Geen from the Norfolk Moth Group will be giving us a talk on Breckland moths. Graham has recently researched and written an article on the breckland moth species for British Wildlife magazine, due to be published in the near future.

Following Graham’s talk there will be the chance for members to show presentations. A digital projector will be available for those with digital presentations or images. This year if members could restrict their talks to 30 minutes duration then that will allow us to show what everyone has produced as well as the chance to ask questions.

Tables will also be provided for those with exhibits. It would be useful if you are intending on giving a presentation to let me know. I hope to do a demonstration of a moth dissection for those who are interested, a technique that is not as hard as it first appears.

Refreshments (tea, coffee and cake/biscuits) will be provided. Unfortunately the cost of hiring the hall has risen this year so there will be a request for contributions towards this.

If you are doing a Powerpoint presentation then you should save it in OpenOffice format or if you use Microsoft Office then Office 2007 format or earlier.

A map of the location can be viewed by following this link. The OS Grid Reference for the hall is TM242417. If you need any more detailed instructions in how to get there then do get in contact with myself.

Hopefully see you there!

Neil

Indoor Meet

paulb — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 10:59:16 +0000

An enjoyable indoor meeting yesterday with some interesting talks covering three local patches and mothing adventures further afield … in Ireland, France and Bulgaria/Greece. Special thanks to Neil for organising the day and for laying on the tea, coffee and … Continue reading →

Suffolk Moth Group indoor meeting Bucklesham village hall – Saturday 17th March 2018.

Neil — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:22:28 +0000

Doors will open at 10am for setting up, refreshments and general chat plus looking at exhibits. We can then start with a few talks. Some of the group will then be lunching in a local pub just down the road from 12.30pm onwards. Or you can bring your own food along, the hall can be left open for those doing this. The meeting will continue until we have run out of talks etc, possibly around 4.30-5pm.
The day’s entertainment is entirely dependent on members bringing along items of interest or being prepared to give a short/long talk. A digital projector will be available for those with digital presentations or images. If anyone would like to show ‘old style’ slides hopefully we can arrange a slide projector if needed, please let me know on this. Tables will also be provided for those with exhibits. It would be useful if you are intending on giving a presentation to let me know. I hope to do a demonstration of a moth dissection for those who are interested, a technique that is not as hard as it first appears.

Refreshments (tea, coffee) will be provided.

If you are doing a Powerpoint presentation then you should save it in OpenOffice format or if you use Microsoft Office then Office 2007 format or earlier.

Hopefully see you there!

Neil

Successful indoor meeting.

Neil — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:24:52 +0000

Thanks to all who attended the indoor meeting, was a good day. Plenty of interesting talks (thanks to those who put them together), in fact we didn’t have time for them all! Thanks too to Tony for bringing the projector. Good to catch up with other moth-ers from around the county. The general feeling from the discussion was that most felt last year was a poor year in their areas, hopefully this season will be better. Even though it was a poor year the talks people did still showed that things of interest were found so it wasn’t all gloom and doom.
Ideas for field meetings were discussed on the day so watch this space for more news on events later in the spring.

Neil

Indoor meeting – a reminder. It’s this coming weekend – 11th March.

Neil — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:57:00 +0000

Just a quick reminder it is the indoor meeting this coming Saturday. All are welcome for all or part of the day.

Hope to see you there!

Neil

Annual indoor meeting – Bucklesham Village Hall – Saturday 11th March 2017 – 10.30am onwards.

Neil — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 09:34:53 +0000

Doors will open at 10.30am for setting up, refreshments and general chat and looking at exhibits. We can then start with a few talks if there is time. Some of the group will then be lunching in a local pub close by from 12.30pm onwards. The meeting will continue until we have run out of talks etc, possibly around 5pm.
The day’s entertainment is entirely dependent on members bringing along items of interest or being prepared to give a short/long talk. A digital projector will be available for those with digital presentations or images. If anyone would like to show ‘old style’ slides hopefully we can arrange a slide projector if needed, please let me know on this. Tables will also be provided for those with exhibits. It would be useful if you are intending on giving a presentation to let me know. Refreshments will be provided.

If you are doing a Powerpoint presentation then you should save it in OpenOffice format or if you use Microsoft Office then Office 2007 format or earlier.

Hopefully see you there!

Neil