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RECENT EVENT

BUTTERFLIES of NORTHWOOD CEMETERY A very successful ‘butterfly' survey took place in Northwood Cemetery on the 21st July. No less than 16 keen naturalists attended and with warm sunny conditions, were rewarded with a staggering variety of specimens. The group was well represented by members of the Butterfly Conservation Group and the walk was lead by Mr Rob Wilson.

Butterflies		Moths/Dragonflies etc

Small Skipper 4		Yellow Shell Moth 1
Large White 1		6 Spot Burnet Moth 25+
Small White 4		Small Fan-footed Wave Moth 1
Purple Hairstreak 3 (including at least one female)		Rhododendron Leafhopper 3
Small Copper 4		Migrant Hawker Dragonfly 1
Brown Argus 2		Common Blue Damselfly 3
Common Blue 5 (males)
Holly Blue 1
Comma 1
Silver-washed Fritillary 1 (female)
Speckled Wood 1
Marbled White 20+
Gatekeeper 15+
Meadow Brown 12+
Ringlet 3

REPORT OF RECENT EVENTS

Quiz Night

Our second, and even more successful, Quiz Night took place on Friday 22nd January at the Kingston Arms where 56 people pitted their wits against curly questions posed by Jackie Hunt, our hostess for the evening

Teams from Cowes Rotary (in fact two and a half teams!), the RNLI, the Isle of Wight Family History Society, Cowes Heritage, the Archaeology Department of the IW Council, Cowes Carnival, the Isle of Wight Society, Northwood Parish Council, and the Kingston Arms attended along with a few more teams made up of individuals,

Congratulations go to them, and to everyone who took part in a fun, enjoyably chaotic, evening.

Over £150 was raised for the Friends of Northwood Cemetery.

Reigning supreme on the night was the team from Cowes Heritage (pictured) consisting of David & Win Jones (left) and Brian & Christine Broom (right) (some people were heard to call them professional bandits!).