Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1996 -1997

Summary

This volume includes:

Part 1

• George Gibsone and his conches by L. Jessop (pp. 5 – 12)
• Foraging distributions of terns and puffins in coastal waters off Coquet Island (Northumberland) by K. J. Breakwell, M. J. Denny, S. M. Evans, D. C. Noble-Rollin and C. P. F. Redfern (pp. 13 – 20)
• Some sources for Thomas Bewick’s work on the Chillingham ‘wild’ cattle by L. Jessop and M. J. Boyd (pp. 21 – 34)
• February 1929: an insight into the climatology of Northumbrian cold spells by D. A. Wheeler (pp. 35 – 44)
• The seaweeds of north-east England: a history of their study by F. G. Hardy and G. W. Scott (pp. 45 – 57)
• Discussion on paper by Mitchell et al. (1994) entitled ‘The flora and vegetation of Magnesian Limestone sea cliffs, County Durham’ by D.B. Smith, with reply by D. N. Mitchell, A. W. Davison and J. A. Cooke (pp. 59 – 63)

Part 2

• Annual report 1996 (pp. 64 – 92)

Part 3

• Birds on the Fame Islands in 1996 compiled by John Walton and C. P. F. Redfern (ringing report), edited by M. A. Patterson (pp. 93 – 113)

Part 4

• Bryophytes of Castle Eden Dene by G. Mitchell and G. Robertson (pp. 119 – 136)
• The birdwing butterflies in the Hancock Museum and Tyne & Wear museums by R. H. Stobbart with appendix by R. H. Stobbart and L. Jessop (pp. 137-152)
• Studies on the distribution of Fucus ceranoides L. (Phaeophyta, Fucales) in estuaries on the north-east coast of England by C. A. Suryono and F. G. Hardy (pp. 153 – 168)
• Conservation management of the Durham sea cliff flora by D. N. Mitchell, A. W. Davison and J. A. Cooke (pp. 169 – 184)
• The use of a commercial insect-trapping compound to maintain grazer densities on rocky shores by M. S. Davies, A. J. Knowles, P. Edmondston and N. Hutchinson (pp. 185 – 190)
• Banks’ Ribbon-fish (Regalecus glesne Ascanius, 1772): a review of occurrences in British waters by J. Hedley (pp. 191 – 206)
• Benthic community structure and sediment heavy metal concentrations in two estuaries in N E England by J. A. Hall and C. L. J. Frid (pp. 207 – 238)
• Short communication: Harp seal: a new mammal for the Northumberland fauna by M. P. Frankis, P. R. Davey and G. Q. A. Anderson (pp. 239 – 241)

 

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