Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, 1964-1966

Summary

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, 1964-1966,  Editor: Grace Hickling

This volume contains:

• Contents
• The Birds of Tees-Side by P.J. Stead. (pp. 1-59)
  • Plate 1 – Photograph of Cowpen Marsh, Winter Landscape (opposite p. 1)
  • Plate 2 – Photograph of Seal Sands, Tees Estuary (opposite p. 7)
  • Map of Tees-Side (after p. 59)
• Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1963, complied from the notes and records of members of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne, the Teesmouth and Tyneside Bird Clubs, and other observers, by D.G. Bell (pp. 61-94)
• Ornithological Report for the Farne Islands for 1963 compiled by Grace Hickling (pp. 95-108)
  • Plate 3 – Photograph of Sandwich Terns, Brownsman (opposite p. 61)
• Roe Deer in Northumberland and Durham by G.A . Cowen, The Viscount Ridley and H.S. Tegner (pp. 109-120)
  • Plate 4 – Photograph of Roe Deer (opposite p. 109)
  • Map 1 – Distribution of Roe Deer in Northumberland and Durham, 1st February 1963 (opposite p. 113)
  • Map 2 – Spread of Roe Deer in Northumberland and Durham Prior to 1925 (opposite p. 112)
  • Map 3 – Spread of Roe Deer in Northumberland and Durham 1925-1945 (opposite p. 112)
• The Grey Seals of the Farne Islands, report for the period 1 May 1963 to 31 March 1965 by J.C. Coulson and Grace Hickling (pp. 121-139)
  • Plate 5 – Photograph of Seal No. A0438 swimming in Hunnebostrand harbour (opposite p. 121)
• Observations on the Occurrence of Cercaria patellae Lebour, in Patella vulgata L. on the Inner Farne by M.L.H. Thomas (pp. 140-146)
• The Permian Outcrop at Down Hill, Co. Durham by J. Ferguson (pp. 147-151)
  • Plate 6 (opposite p. 147)
• Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1964, complied from the notes and records of members of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne, the Teesmouth and Tyneside Bird Clubs, and other observers, by D.G. Bell (pp. 153-180)
  • Plate 7 (opposite p. 153)
• Ornithological Report for the Farne Islands for 1964, complied by Grace Hickling (pp. 181-196)
  • Review: Enjoying Ornithology by David Lack.  Illustrated by Robert Gilmour.  Methuen, London 1965.  264 pages; 3 plates, 21 figures and 51 line-drawings.  30s. (p. 196)
• Contributions to the Biology of the Inner Farne by T.E. Thompson, S. Tyrell Smith, M. Jenkins, K. Benson-Evans, D. Fisk, G. Morgan, J.E. Delhanty and A.E. Wade (Departments of Botany and Zoology, Cardiff University College, and the National Museum of Wales).  (pp. 197-225)
  • Plate 8 (opposite p. 197)
  • Summary (p. 197)
  • Introduction (pp. 197-199)
  • The Seashore (pp. 200-210)
    • Description of the collecting areas (pp. 200-203)
    • Fig. 1 Map of the Inner Farne showing the collecting areas and the positions of the two belt transects (opposite p. 200)
    • Plate 9 (after p. 202)
    • Plate 10 (opposite p. 203)
    • Surveying Methods (pp. 203-204)
    • Belt Transects (pp. 204-210)
    • Fig. 2 Tidal flow over the stations of transect 1 (p. 205)
    • Fig. 3 Tidal flow over the stations of transect 2 (p. 206)
    • Fig. 4 Fauna and flora over belt transect 1, in area F (opposite p. 206)
    • Fig. 5 Fauna and flora over belt transect 2, in area E (opposite p. 207)
  • Biology of the Pools  (pp. 210-218)
    • Aquatic fauna list (pp. 213-218)
  • Algae (pp. 218-220)
  • Lichens (pp. 220-221)
  • Table 1 Comparison of shore distribution of plants present on both transects 1 and 2 (p. 222)
  • Table 2 Comparison of shore distribution of animals present on both transects 1 and 2 (p. 223)
  • Table 3 Shore distribution of organisms present on only one of the two transects (p. 224)
  • References (p. 225)
• Records of the Phryganeidae (Trichoptera) in Northern England 1961-64, with a Summary of the Distribution of British Species by R.P. Bray  (pp. 226-239)
  • Five of the ten British species of the family Phryganeidae have been collected in Northumberland and the Lake District.  These records are discussed in relation to the national distribution records which have been summarised in new maps.

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