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View Article  The Suffolk Weather Data page. New Year update.
The complete yearly weather data spreadsheet for Boxford, Suffolk is now available.   more »
View Article  Wasp spider

I have found Wasp Spiders (Argiope bruennichi) in Wenhaston for three years now, and this year they are particularly numerous ...   more »

View Article  SNS Geology Group field trips 2008 CANCELLED

Following a letter I have received today from the SNS Chairman, it is no longer possible to run the SNS Geology Group ...   more »

View Article  SNS Geological Group Waveney Valley Field Trip April 26th

Led by Tim Holt-Wilson, the first of this year’s Suffolk Naturalists’ Society Geological Group field trips is on Saturday April 26...   more »

View Article  A winter hedgerow?
Yesterday was one of those great winter days, cold enough to be crisp and sunny enough to almost warrent sunglasses. It was interesting to see the remains ....   more »
View Article  Wild Arums shooting already?
Wild Arums shooting already?

Is it me or do things really start earlier each year? A quick look in my ...   more »
View Article  Nominations requested for SNS Council by January 31st
Two council members retire at the AGM   more »
View Article  Building Stones God's Square Bury St Edmunds

The building stones page of www.geosuffolk.co.uk has an updated version of Bob Markham's map of 'God's Square' Bury St Edmunds - ...   more »

View Article  Building Stones God's Square Bury St Edmunds
The SNS Geological Group walk on Saturday 14th July will be looking at the limestones and other rocks in the Cathedral ...   more »
View Article  Whirligigs attacked by Water Crickets in Boxford
Part one of a Nature Notebook about Hol Brook Stream   more »
View Article  Fungus i.d.
I'm looking for some help in identifying some photos (not the best format for i.d.) of fungi. Any suggestions would ...   more »
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View Article  Ash trees on the decline?
Ash trees around Boxford are still not in leaf, many buds and twigs appear dead because ..   more »
View Article  SNS Members Surveys
Why not join in with one of the SNS Members Surveys? Read on for more information ....   more »
View Article  SNS Geological Group Meetings
read this post to see the Geological Group meetings for 2007 ......   more »
View Article  UK-wide White-letter Hairstreak Project
A Butterfly Conservation project to search for elm and White-letter Hairstreaks nationwide. Why not join in?   more »
View Article  The bees are stirring
Now that the spring sunshine is warming things up, solitary and social bees are starting to be active.  If you ...   more »
View Article  Signs of spring

Over the last two weeks, a dunnock has been repeatedly attacking his reflection in a small window pane of our summer ...   more »

View Article  Mycological News
Don't miss next showing of BBC A Year at Kew Feb 23 friday 8pm  It's your chance to see Brian ...   more »
View Article  SUFFOLK FUNGUS GROUP
At long, long last, the SUFFOLK FUNGUS GROUP has been formed!! On a very cold February night, five of us ...   more »
View Article  The Pepperpot Fungus
On "A Year at Kew" last night the Pepperpot Fungus was shown and it was the one Mr Mahler wrote about in WA ..   more »
View Article  Red Admirals in Winter
Latest Red Admiral 31 Dec 2006. First 1 Jan 2007. What a year!   more »
View Article  Tentative signs of Spring
Today there was a little bit of Spring in the air. The Carrion Crows and Jackdaws were looking for suitable nest sites and it was rather comical watching them perch on chimney tops and peer down them as if they were prospective tenants.

I have also notice Wood pigeons pairing up and again looking for suitable sites although they do nest all year.
View Article  The Holly & the Ivy part 1
Some Christmas trivia, fact and superstition, about the Holly tree.   more »
View Article  The Apple of Peru in our Hollesley Garden
The Apple of Peru, an antlion and much more wildlife arrives in our brand new Hollesley garden.   more »
View Article  Harlequin - real or imaginary?
Last year, 2005, I was led to believe that the Harlequin ladybirds, Harmonia axyridis, would be busy exterminating our native species of ladybirds.   more »
View Article  TREE REGENERATION SURVEY FOR EUROPE
Readers may be interested to know that a survey on patterns of tree regeneration success across Europe is currently being ...   more »
View Article  Have you seen many Spangle Galls this year?
In my garden I am lucky enough to have not one but four mature oak trees attracting a host of wildlife. One of the most obvious features at this time of the year are Spangle Galls. At least   more »
View Article  Bitten by a Water Bug
Whilst surveying our community woodland pond today I netted several Common Back swimmers. Notonecta glauca L.   more »
View Article  Sweet Chestnut abundance
Sweet Chestnuts are very abundant this year and seem, so far an touched by Grey Squirrels.they are favouring Acorns this year and were seen burying them in the recently cultivated flower beds of Bell vue Park in Lowestoft. So far this year I have collected two potato sacks full, well enough for those cold winter nights.Conkers, sloes, Blackberries, in fact all fruits are abundant this year, however, Dog rose, Hawthorn and Bramble are all having secondary flowers here in Lothingland.
View Article  Myxamatosis
Myxamatosis is a terrible disease affecting Rabbits. This autumn has seen an increase in the illness in the Lothingland District of Suffolk where I carry out my studies.   more »
View Article  An adventurous Heron.
Whilst birding at Hopton Holiday Village near Lowestoft on the 16th October, I was stopped by one of the security officers who produced a bag containing a dead Grey Heron. In the birds bill was   more »
View Article  Handsome Fungi
In the winter wheat fields south of Lowestoft and elsewhere in the district, hundreds of agaric fungi have appeared seemingly overnight.    more »
View Article  Tod: - a Suffolk term for tree pruning?
The other day I was talking to my neighbour about a pollarded willow in her garden.   more »
View Article  Aliens on the North Denes at Lowestoft
In 2002 Arthur Copping of Diss visited the Lowestoft area of TM 5292,5494,&5490 to record the flora for the new ...   more »
View Article  Grey Heron feeding on Grass Snakes
Whilst fishing at Reydon Pit’s near Southwold on the 17th September 2006. I was watching an adult & 1st winter Grey Heron feeding in the shallows of the lake on the opposite bank. Some 200 metres away.   more »
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