ECO-CHURCH NEWS
There are new ideas and initiatives
coming at the A Rocha Eco-Church organisation.
We won’t know until next month, what they are,
but I will let you all know as soon as I know.
BIODIVERSITY AT THE MISSION
We joined the Garden Butterfly Count in June (so we missed
the Spring butterflies). These were the species seen around the Mission in 2023.
Small White Speckled Wood Gatekeeper
Large White Peacock Small Tortoiseshell
Holly Blue Red Admiral
It was a good year for Red Admirals all over Britain. Butterfly Conservation Wildspaces
offers lists of tips on what to do to attract butterflies and moths to our patch to feed and
breed. I’m drawing up a plan! We do have lots of moths, but there are thousands of
species compared to butterflies, so lots to learn. Looking forward to seeing the spring
butterflies in 2024.
If you want a laminated fold out butterfly identification sheet, I can recommend FSC, t
hey do identification sheets for nearly everything. Go to www.field-studies-council.org
Susan Garfield