Spring 2012 newsletter - Butterfly Conservation
Spring 2012 newsletter - Butterfly Conservation
Spring 2012 newsletter - Butterfly Conservation
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Editorial Andy Wyldes<br />
The <strong>newsletter</strong> this time has been given a holiday<br />
feel to it, this being the time of year when we are<br />
all thinking of where to visit in the warmer months<br />
ahead, perhaps they will give you a few ideas !<br />
Thankyou to all contributors.<br />
This year’s field trips are advertised at the back of<br />
the <strong>newsletter</strong>, one or two favourite locations and<br />
a couple of new ones - all intended to give people<br />
a chance to see our counties butterflies in all their<br />
glory!<br />
The branch AGM & Member’s Day this year will<br />
be held in Bedfordshire at the Forest Centre at<br />
Marston Vale, south of Bedford. An afternoon start<br />
with a butterfly walk before the AGM has been<br />
planned, this site being good for a few of our rarer<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> species. Details can be found on page15.<br />
Two books on Northamptonshire butterflies are<br />
being published this spring. The first book on the<br />
We would like to issue a warm welcome to the following new members<br />
who have joined our Branch since the publication of the last <strong>newsletter</strong><br />
Richard Bayliss East Haddon<br />
Miss Louise Brooke Northampton<br />
Francis Buckle Dunstable<br />
Mrs Glynis Bultitude Northampton<br />
Mrs Alison Comery Grendon<br />
Craig Austin & Stephanie Deane Bozeat<br />
Garth Clarke Daventry<br />
Steven & Judith Codling Barton-le-Clay<br />
Jodie & Steven Coles & Family Maulden<br />
Daniel Doyle Kettering<br />
Bill Draper Scaldwell<br />
Mrs Jenny Driessen Edlesborough<br />
Andrew & Kim Exley & Family West Haddon<br />
Richard Goswell & Miss Harriet Graham Rushton<br />
Mrs Carol Kitchiner Lower Stondon<br />
Ms Emma Goodship Marston Mortaine<br />
Mrs Margaret Liddle Grendon<br />
Paul Osborn Hardingstone<br />
Robert & Sheila Pedder Luton<br />
Miss Dominic Rhoades Dunstable<br />
Frank Robertson Dunstable<br />
Mrs Anne Rogers Braunston<br />
Mrs Paula Rowlands Dunstable<br />
Andrew & Margaret Thorpe Sandy<br />
Peter Tomlinson Cranfield<br />
Miss Hazel Unsworth Stony Stratford<br />
Dr Rae Webster Little Houghton<br />
Mrs Jane Wilkinson Barton-le-Clay<br />
Mr T P Wood Polebrook<br />
We look forward to meeting you at some of our future events.<br />
Front cover: Doug Goddard with his award at the national AGM at Cheltenham<br />
History of <strong>Butterfly</strong> Recording in Northants from<br />
1820 - the present by Martin Izzard and is on<br />
sale now. The other book, a more comprehensive<br />
account of the Butterflies of Northamptonshire<br />
will be available in March. This will be the first<br />
book of its kind to be published in the county.<br />
More details about the two books will accompany<br />
this <strong>newsletter</strong>.<br />
Finally, I would like to congratulate Doug<br />
Goddard on the Outstanding Volunteer Award he<br />
has received from the national office of <strong>Butterfly</strong><br />
<strong>Conservation</strong>. This award is in recognition of his<br />
work within our branch over the last 25 years. He<br />
was presented with his award at the national AGM<br />
and member’s day at Cheltenham in November.<br />
Doug has waved the butterfly banner for the<br />
county almost single handed since the mid 1980’s,<br />
being the first point of contact in our area for<br />
anyone’s interest in butterflies, whether local or<br />
national.