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BUTTERFLY REPORT 2020
W. Stone
2020 SUFFOLK BUTTERFLY REPORT BILL STONE
Introduction This 2020 Suffolk Butterfly Report acts as a farewell from me as County Butterfly Recorder, a role I have held since 2012. The 2012-2020 period has been a busy one and has resulted in over 275,000 records being received, mapped and reported. Suffolk records have been included in many academic papers and butterfly journals and our county records have been widely shared to improve knowledge of not just Suffolk butterflies but of those across the UK and Europe. I have learnt a lot about Suffolk’s butterflies and the various habitats and environments unique to our county. I have also shared some fantastic moments with others watching feisty Dingy Skippers in the Kings Forest, being covered in Graylings at Dunwich, witnessing mass movements of “whites” along the coast and watching in awe of male Silver-washed Fritillaries power-flying through Bradfield Woods defending their favourite thistles!
Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 57 (2021)