SNS Members’ Meeting – Exploring Westleton Common

21 September 2024
Westleton Village Hall, IP17 3AD 1.30pm – 6pm

Programme – timings are approximate!
After refreshments and a look at the exhibits there will be two talks, and then we go outside for two activities. Invertebrate surveying and identification on the common and Suffolk geology at Westleton pit. The SNS gazebo will be at the common as a base to examine what has been found and for the swap over between the activities. These will be interactive sessions with guidance on techniques and identification. If you have collecting equipment please bring it along.
1.30 Doors open
Refreshments, bookstall, exhibits including: Hawk Honey, hymenoptera; Joan Hardingham, woodlice; Gavin Deans, compost critters under the microscope.
2.20 Talks
Simon Jackson (Ipswich Museum) – “the Maidenhall Mammoth” discovered in Ipswich in 1975.
John Bebbington (Westleton Parish Council) – Introduction to the history and management of the common.
2.55 Introduction to the outdoor activities.
3.15 To the common a 5-10min walk up Bakers Lane or, if driving, parking is available off the lane to the left where the SNS gazebo will be located.
3.25 Activities
Either How to survey for invertebrates and basic identification with Peter Vincent and Ross Piper.
Or Geology of East Suffolk with reference to Westleton Pit with Howard Mottram.
4.20 Return to the gazebo to swap over activities (if you wish).
5.10 Return to hall for refreshments and exhibits.
6.00 Finish

Directions: What Three Words ///snips.hatter.airbrush.
North of Yoxford, off the A12 take signs to Dunwich. Turning left in the village the hall is on the left.
Parking: The car park outside the hall is limited to 6 cars plus disabled parking. There is plenty of parking on the roads either side of the Hall. Please do not park opposite the hall car park entrance.
Contacts: For information please email enquiries@sns.org.uk, if you provide your email we can send updates.
On the day – Joan Hardingham: 07848 007807