Well what a year so far. All the far too early occurences of so many species which makes a nonsence of trying to check species by the date seen. Then this weather which is so wet and cold even after a day of hot sun. But this is mothing where you never know what to expect in the trap or what the weather can do.

The reason for this entry is that I have had a change in my personal circumsatnces and I will be moving to Bournemouth in the new year. This will make my work for the Group difficult particularly the meetings. We do need to keep these going and need your vital support to get to those unknown areas. I intend to plug on with the entry of the paper records from last year and earlier because these I can send to Mark, but the work as Secretary and more importantly Somerset Recorder are vital to be maintained.

The work of Secretary is very minimal apart from replying to the written records sent in and arranging the AGM and taking the notes of that meeting. The work of the Somerset Recorder is of vital importance in vetting the submission of records for our database. Also it is of some national importance since the Butterfly Conservation's launch of their interest in moths. Help is always available from a number of sources to assist with identification of species, even the micros, so you will not be alone. I have also offered to our group to pick up and identify moths as part of the service and remember this resulted in the identification of our first moth for Europe found by Doug Miller on National Moth Night. So it can be very exciting as well.

Best wishes

David Evans