Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1972

Summary

This volume includes:

• Contents
• The Carboniferous, Namurian rocks of the coast section from Howick Bay to Foxton Hall, Northumberland by N. Farmer and J. M. Jones (pp. 1 – 27)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands, report for the period 1 April 1965 to 1 September 1968. Supplementary report for the 1968 breeding season by J. C. Coulson and Grace Hickling (pp. 29 – 46)
• Bryophyte species-list for the Moor House National Nature Reserve in upper Teesdale by A. Eddy and D. Welch (pp. 47 – 56)
• Moisture regime of soils on metamorphosed limestone in upper Teesdale by D. Welch and M. Rawes (pp. 57 – 67)
• Phenology of spiders in two habitats on a raised beach with some new records for County Durham by P. A. Walker (pp. 69 – 78)
• Ornithological report for Northumberland and Durham for 1968 by J. D. Parrack and D. G. Bell (pp. 79 – 112)
• Ornithological report for the Farne Islands for 1968 by Grace Hickling (pp.113 – 125)
• The Holy Island dyke by B. A. O. Randall and N. Farmer (pp.127 – 139)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands, Report for the period October 1969 to July 1971 by W. Nigel Bonner and Grace Hickling (pp. 141 – 162)
• Ornithological report for the Farne Islands for 1969 by Grace Hickling (pp. 163 – 176)
• The palaeomagnetism of the Holy Island dyke by J. W. Giddings, B. A. O. Randall and N. Farmer (pp. 177 – 182)
• Ornithological report for the Farne Islands for 1970 by Grace Hickling and Peter Hawkey (pp. 183 – 195)
• Ornithological report for Northumberland and Durham for 1969 by J. D. Parrack, R. T. McAndrew, Hazel M. Johnson and Grace Hickling (pp. 196 – 221)
• Notes on the chemistry and fauna of water-bodies in Northumberland by D. W. Sutcliffe (pp. 222 – 248)
• Records of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) by D. G. Burleigh, E. J. Wise and J. R. A. Gray (pp. 249 – 257)
• Short Communications
  • Birds of a Durham City garden by C. T. L. Harrison (pp. 258 – 259)
  • Some additions to the aquatic fauna list of the Inner Farne by T. Gascoigne (p. 259)
  • A note on the planktonic fauna of the water surrounding the Inner Farne by D. L. and K. J. Urry (p. 260)
  • Seals hauled out on buoys by A. Liddicoat (pp. 261)
  • Reappearance of bird’s-foot trefoil by N. M. D. Brown (p. 261)
  • Bat on the Longstone by Grace Hickling (p. 261)
  • Grey seal taking auks by I. H. Armstrong (p. 262)

Illustrations

• Plate 1. Current-bedded units in the sandstone above the Lickar Limestone on the foreshore below the bathing house (facing p. 1)
• Plate 2. Fig. 1. The coarse-grained base of the sandstone above the Lickar Limestone showing coal scares and the weathered remains of ironstone nodules. Fig. 2, “Pillow” structures developed in the Lickar Limestone on the foreshore north of Howick Burn mouth (facing p. 12)
• Plate 3. The seaward facing cliff section at Howick Haven showing rapid northward thinning of the shale partings in the sandstone above the Lickar Lime- stone (facing p. 13)
• Plate 4. Fig. 1. Slump structures developed in the sandstone exposed on the foreshore at the north end of Howdiemont Bay. Fig. 2. A coarse grit band with pebbles in the “Millstone Grit”, Longhoughton Steel (facing p. 22)
• Plate 5. The base of the “Millstone Grit” lying unconformably upon shales immediately above the Lower Foxton Limestone, Fluke Hole, Foxton Hall (facing p. 23)
• Plate 6. Branded grey seal cow (facing p. 29)
• Plate 7. Nesting shag, Farne Islands (facing p. 79)
• Plate 8. Aerial view of the south coast of Holy Island, taken from the east at low tide, showing most of the area of the map, text-fig. 2. The Lindisfarne Castle and the Heugh Hill segments of the Holy Island dyke are prominent and the St. Cuthbert’s Isle segment is visible in the top left hand corner (facing p. 127)
• Plate 9. Casts of ‘ropy flow’ structures from base of elongated flattened amygdales (a) from St. Cuthbert’s Isle (b) from Steel End (facing p. 136)
• Plate 10. Cast of large ‘ropy flow’ structure showing change in direction of ropes (facing p. 137)
• Plate 11. Birth of a calf, South Wamses, 11 November 1970 (facing p. 141)
• Plate 12. Nesting eider duck, Farne Islands (facing p. 183)

Maps, Diagrams and Figures

• The Carboniferous, Namurian rocks of the coast section from Howick Bay to Foxton Hall, Northumberland
  • Fig. 1 Map of coast section from Longhoughton Steel to Howick bay (p. 2)
  • Fig. 2 Map of coast section from Foxton Hall to Longhoughton Steel (p. 3)
  • Fig. 3 Generalized succession of the Upper Limgstone Group and “Millstone Grit” on the LonghoughtonHowick foreshore (p. 4)
  • Fig. 4 Succession of strata from the Cushat Limestone to the tumbler beds of the Great Limestone. Constructed from surface exposures and borehole information (p. 6)
  • Fig. 5 Succession of strata encountered in the Howick Burn mouth borehole (p. 7)
  • Fig. 6a Succession of strata exposed in the southern part of Howick bay (p. 9)
  • Fig. 6b Succession of strata from the Iron Scars Limestone to the Lickar Limestone on the foreshore south of the boat house (p. 9)
  • Fig. 7 Exposure of the Lickar Limestone and associated beds south of the bathing house (p. 12)
  • Fig. 8 Succession of strata from the Sugar Sands Limestone to the Lickar Limestone exposed on the foreshore south of Howick Burn (p. 14)
  • Fig. 9 Succession of strata encountered in the borehole on the south side of Sugar Sands Bay (p. 17)
  • Fig. 10 Succession of strata from the “Millstone Grit” unconformity to the Lower Foxton Limestone in Howdiemont Bay (p. 18)
  • Fig. 11 Succession of strata exposed on Boulmer Steel (p. 21)
• Bryophyte species-list for the Moor House National Nature Reserve in upper Teesdale
  • Topographic map of the Moor House National Nature Reserve (p. 48)
• Moisture regime of soils on metamorphosed limestone in upper Teesdale
  • Fig. 1 Seasonal fluctuation in moisture content on a range of soils (details in Table 1) and rainfall in the sampling periods (daily average in inches) (p. 61)
  • Fig. 2 pF-soil moisture curves for sugar limestone soil (A), soil derived from partially metamorphosed lime-stone (B) and soil derived from drift (C) (p. 64)
• Phenology of spiders in two habitats on a raised beach with some new records for County Durham
  • Fig. 1 Summary of phenology of spiders from March 1965 —March 1966 in association with variation in day- length (p. 75)
  • Fig. 2 Activity of hunting spiders from 20 March 1965 to 9 October 1965 (p. 76)
  • Fig. 3 Activity of Centromerita concimna and C. bicolor from 6 march 1965 to 5 March 1966 (p. 77)
• The Holy Island dyke
  • Fig. 1 Sketch map showing location of the Holy Island dyke echelon, and the Whin Sill (p. 128)
  • Fig. 2 Map showing details of the dyke on Holy Island (facing p. 140)
  • Fig. 3 Diagram to show the upward termination of the dyke in relation to previous sedimentary cover and present erosion surface (p. 130)
  • Fig. 4 Sketch showing the relationship of amygdales to the sub-horizontal upper contact of the dyke on St. Cuthbert’s Isle (p. 131)
  • Fig. 5 Field sketch illustrating benches on the south wall of the Heugh Hill segment of the Holy Island dyke (p. 132)
  • Fig. 6 Vertical longitudinal section showing structure of an elongated amygdale with ‘ropy flow’ structure on the lower surface (p. 135)
• The grey seals of the Farne Islands
  • Fig. 1 Cumulative numbers of births, 1969 (p. 144)
  • Fig. 2 Cumulative numbers of births, 1970 (p. 145)
  • Fig. 3 Numbers of calves born at the Farne Islands, 1956-70 (p. 147)
  • Fig. 4 Island totals of calves, 1956-70 (p. 148)
  • Fig. 5 Correlation between the number of calves born per 100m of accessible shore and percentage calf mortality (p. 150)
  • Fig. 6 Growth rates of calves from Staple Island and the Wamses beaches. The slope of the curves should be compared and the difference in origin ignored (p. 154)
• The palaeomagnetism of the Holy Island dyke
  • Fig. 1 Geological map of north Northumberland (p. 178)
  • Fig. 2 Aeromagnetic map of north Northumberland (p. 179)
  • Fig. 3 Outcrop of the dyke on the south shore of Holy Island 2 (p. 181)
• Notes on the chemistry and fauna of water-bodies in Northumberland
  • Fig. 1 The location of standing water-bodies (p. 224)
  • Fig. 2 The total ion concentrations of standing waterbodies and rivers in Northumberland (p. 225)
  • Fig. 3 The percentage composition of the major ions in standing water-bodies and in atmospheric precipitation (p. 226)
  • Fig. 4 The percentage composition of the major ions at various stations in two river systems. Debdon Burn is a tributary of the river Coquet (p. 227)
  • Fig. 5 A plot of sodium and chloride concentrations in surface waters (p. 229)
  • Fig. 6 The ratio of sodium/chloride in samples of atmospheric precipitation collected between July 1963 and October 1965 at three sites in Northumberland (p. 232)
  • Fig. 7 The distribution of Gammarus and Asellus in Northumberland (p. 236)

 

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