Butterfly Conservation - Suffolk Branch

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PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION FOR SUFFOLK BRANCH MEMBERS

Due to the restrictions this year, our 2020 AGM was cancelled. The photographic competition, which has taken place at the AGM for the past few years, has been popular so we are running this on-line.

Entries can be submitted and votes can be made by email. Only members of Suffolk Branch can enter or vote. The appropriate email addresses have been sent by email. If you have not received them please email the address in the detailed rules

Entries can be submitted from 15 Jan 2021 to 28 Feb 2021. Votes can be made from 1 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar2021.

Up to three photos can be submitted per person. For each please provide your name, species name, location and date taken. You can also provide technical details but this is not necessary. Photographs will be resized to 900 pixels for the longest dimension. You can do this yourself before submitting if you want to. The detailed rules indicate how much digital enhancement of an image is allowed

Click here for the detailed rules

ENTRY 1
Peacock, Hasketon, 3 May 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 2.
Cinnabar Moth, Hasketon, 14 Jun 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 3
Common Blue (female), Kesgrave, 21 Jun 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 4
Meadow Brown, Cratfield Suffolk, 12 Jul 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 5
Gatekeeper (male), Cratfield Suffolk, 12 Jul 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 6
Mint Moth, Cratfield Suffolk, 20 Jul 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 7
Poplar Hawk-moth; Worlingham, Suffolk; 3 May 2020
Nikon D7500; Nikon 18-300mm at 300mm; ISO450 1/250s f10 - photo ©

ENTRY 8
Swallowtail; Wheatfen NR (Ted Ellis Trust), Norfolk; 29 May 2020
Nikon D7500; Nikon 18-300; ISO320 1/400s f10 - photo ©

ENTRY 9
Cream-spot Tiger; Walberswick, Suffolk (edge of coastal reed bed); 8 June 2020
Nikon D7500; Nikon 18-300mm; ISO320 1/500s f9 - photo ©

ENTRY 10
Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena Purpuralis) Wissett, Halesworth 30th June 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 11
Brown-tail Moth (Euproctis Chrysorrhoea) Wissett, Halesworth 12th July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 12
Vapourer Moth (Orgyia Antiqua) Wissett, Halesworth 14th October 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 13
Red Admiral, Nacton, 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 14
Red Admiral, Nacton,2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 15
Common Blues, Abberton Reservoir, 13-Jul-2020;
Panasonic DMC-FZ200, ISO 400, f4.0, 1/2000 - photo ©

ENTRY 16
Brown Argus, Daws Hall Nature Reserve, Essex. 20-Jul-2020;
Panasonic DMC-FZ200, ISO 400, f4.0, 1/2000 sec - photo ©

ENTRY 17
Silver-washed Fritillary, Bradfield Woods, Suffolk, 05-Jul-2020;
Nikon D300, 105mm Macro lens, ISO 400, f14.0, 1/160 sec. - photo ©

ENTRY 18
Silver studded blue, Westleton Common 7th July 2020. - photo ©

ENTRY 19
Green-veined White and Small Copper, Newmarket Heath Suffolk, 26th July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 20
Peacock Newmarket Heath Suffolk 19 July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 21
Marbled White, In Reach near Newmarket Suffolk; in 20 July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 22
Silver-washed Fritillary, photographed in Bradfield woods, Suffolk 3/7/20 - photo ©

ENTRY 23
Emperor moth, 04/04/20 pheromone lured, Pakenham;
Olympus TG5 - photo ©

ENTRY 24
Merveille du Jour 22/10/20 to 125W MV, Pakenham;
Olympus TG5 - photo ©

ENTRY 25
Yellow faced bell 09/05/20 chance encounter, Pakenham;
Olympus TG5 - photo ©

ENTRY 26
6-belted clearwing female taken at home in thurston July 2020
Canon 7D with 100-400 lens at f8 - photo ©

ENTRY 27
White admiral taken at SWT Bradfield Wood in July 2020
Canon 7D with 100-400 lens - photo ©

ENTRY 28
Hornet moths at Thurston 30 June 20 - photo ©
Panasonic LX5

ENTRY 29
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), 2nd September (2020). Onehouse, Suffolk
Nikon D7200, Sigma 150mm F2.8 Macro and Manfrotto Monopod - photo ©

ENTRY 30
Small Skipper with Marbled White (Thymelicus sylvestris and Melanargia galathea), 20th June (2020), Landseer Park, Ipswich;
Nikon D7200, Sigma 150mm F2.8 Macro and Manfrotto Monopod - photo ©

ENTRY 31
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus), 24th April (2020), Ash Road, Onehouse (Close to our front door)
Nikon D7200, Sigma 150mm F2.8 Macro and Manfrotto Monopod - photo ©

ENTRY 32
Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria), 3rdAugust 2020, Walberswick - photo ©

ENTRY 33
Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria), 3rdAugust 2020, Walberswick - photo ©

ENTRY 34
Brimstone Carlton Marshes 1st August 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 35
Wall Brown Carlton Marshes 25th May 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 36
Common Blue Carlton Marshes 5th September 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 37
Comma - Blundeston - 11 July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 38
Gatekeeper - Barsham - 20 July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 39
Brimstone - Beccles - 24 July 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 40
Large White feeding: 1st Sept 2020, Bredfield - photo ©

ENTRY 41
Green-brindled Crescent: 7th Oct, Bredfield - photo ©

ENTRY 42
Feathered Thorn: 23rd October, Bredfielld - photo ©

ENTRY 43
Mullein Moth caterpillar, Beck Row, 25 May 2020 - photo ©
Huawei P30 mobile phone triple lens 40 mega pixels

ENTRY 44
Maiden's Blush, Beck Row, 24 Jul 2020 - photo ©
Huawei P30 mobile phone triple lens 40 mega pixels

ENTRY 45
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Beck Row, 17 Sep 2020 - photo ©
Huawei P30 mobile phone triple lens 40 mega pixels

ENTRY 46
White Letter Hairstreak, Conservatory open window, Exning, 25 June 2020 at 4.50 - photo ©
Used the camera’s flash

ENTRY 47
Common Blue, Near A14, Exning, 17 July 2020- photo ©
Sunny

ENTRY 48
Common Blue, Near A14, Exning, 22 July 2020 - photo ©
Sunny; heavily cropped

ENTRY 49
Green Hairstreak - Callophrys Rubi - Landguard Reserve - May 28th 2020 - photo ©
Nokia 7.2

ENTRY 50
Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus - Ipswich (Northgate) Allotments - 23 June 2020 - photo ©
Nokia 7.2

ENTRY 51
Painted Lady - Vanessa Cardui - Ipswich (Northgate) Allotments - 30 July 2020 - photo ©
Nokia 7.2

ENTRY 52
White letter Hairstreak - Bramfield (Halesworth) July 2020 - photo ©
iphone 8

ENTRY 53
Brown-tail Moth, Blazhall, 18 Jul 2020 - photo ©

ENTRY 60
Toadflax Brocade making a poor job of camouflage on a purple cane topper, Ipswich, 24 July 2020 - photo ©
Penax K3, Sigma 18-300, 1/160s f/9 ISO160

Photographic Competition Rules

Timetable
1. Entries can be submitted from 15 Jan 2021 to 28 Feb 2021
2. Votes can be made from 1 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar2021.
3. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) will be announced on our Website and on our Twitter account at the end of March - with photos
4. Winning entries will be included in Summer Argus

Rules:
5. Open only to members of Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation (SBBC)
6. There is a maximum of three entries per person
7. There is only one category. Any UK Butterfly or Moths at any stage of the life-cycle.
8. Photographs must have been taken during 2020 in East Anglia, ie Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk.

How to Enter:
9. Submit your entries (up to three) by attaching to an email and send to photocomp@suffolkbutterflies.org.uk by 28 February 2021. For each please provide your name, species name, location and date taken. You can also provide technical details but this is not necessary.
10. We will be unable to send an email to confirm entries have been received.
11. A few days after you send the entry check the competition page to ensure that your photo(s) are there and the details are correct. Let us know if anything needs to be corrected.

How to Vote:
12. Votes can be made only by members of Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation
13. You may vote for up to three of the entries by emailing with the Entry Number and Species Name. (email address will appear here at the end of February 2021)
14. Voting opens 1st March 2021 and closes 21st March 2021. Any votes received before 1st March or after 21st March will be void.

Other Notes for Entrants:
15. All Entries will be displayed on the BC Suffolk Branch website, www.suffolkbutterflies.org.uk .
16. Each entry will show the species name (but not the entrant name) and will be given an entry number. Winning entrant names will be given when announced.
17. As entries are received they may also be posted on Twitter, @BC_Suffolk, with the same information.
18. All images on the website will be resized to a maximum of 900 pixels wide (landscape) or 900 pixels high (portrait). If you submit larger files, they will be resized before being put on the website or posted on Twitter.
19. The copyright of each photograph remains with the photographer. We will only publish the photograph on the competition website page, in the Argus and on Twitter.

Digital Image Enhancement
20. In the spirit of the competition, your entries should be an accurate representation of what you saw when you took the photograph. No composite images are allowed. You may edit by adjusting exposure, contrast, and colour balance; noise reduction, sharpening and cropping are also permitted. Cloning of images is not acceptable other than to remove dust spots or other very minor blemishes.

Liz Cutting, Kevin Ling, Richard Perryman

Do we have your email address?
It will help us to communicate with you if we have your email address.
Please email your name to using your normal email address and email address as the subject. This can then be added to our membership list.

Butterfly Records.

The Branch is always grateful for butterfly records and a recording form can be downloaded from the recording page of this website.
We would be particularly grateful for records away from the coast and information on the following species:
Dingy Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak, White Letter Hairstreak, Silver-studded Blue, Wall Brown, White Admiral, Silver-washed Fritillary, Grayling and Small Heath.

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