Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria 1999-2002

Summary

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria 1999-2002

Editor: B.J. Selman

Assistant Editors: D.C. Noble-Rollin, M.A. Patterson

This publication includes volumes 60 (1999/2000), 61 (2000/2001) and 62(2001/2002):

Volume 60

Contents

Part 1

• Annual report of the Council and Trustees for the Year Ended 31 July 1999 (pp. 1-35)
  • Officers of the Society (p. 4)
  • Membership (p. 6)
  • Council (p. 6)
  • Publications (p. 6)
  • Office Management (pp. 7-8)
  • Museum Management Committee (p. 8)
  • Hancock Museum (pp. 9-14)
  • Library (pp. 14-15)
  • Archives (p. 15)
  • Finance (pp. 15-16)
  • Independent Review (p. 16)
  • Conservation (pp. 16-17)
  • Activities (pp. 17-21)
  • Gosforth Park Nature Reserve (p. 22)
  • Ringing Group (pp. 23-25)
  • Coquet Island Management Committee (pp. 25-26)
  • Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve (p. 26)
  • Financial Statements 31st July 1999 (pp. 27-32)
    • Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities (p. 33)
    • Accounting Policies and Notes (p. 33-34)
    • Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees (p. 35)

Part 2

• Birds on the Farne Islands 1999 compiled by J. Walton, ringing report by Chris Redfern, illustrations by Mark Cornish, edited by M.A. Patterson (pp. 37-58)
  • Systematic List (pp. 38-56)
  • Farne Islands Ringing Report for 1999 (pp. 56-58)

Part 3

• An ecological evaluation method for regional butterfly faunas by S. Ellis (pp. 59-73)
  • Fig. 1 Magnesian limestone grassland sites with SSSI status in north-east England (County Durham and Tyne and Wear) (p. 60)
  • Table 1 1990-98 butterfly records for twenty-six magnesian limestone grassland Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in north-east England (p. 64)
  • Table 2 Site characteristics for twenty-six magnesian limestone grassland SSSIs in north-east England (p. 65)
  • Table 3 Evaluation of magnesian limestone grassland SSSIs in north-east England using different assessments of butterfly diversity and rarity criteria (p. 66)
  • Table 4 Evaluation of magnesian limestone grassland SSSIs in north-east England using area, isolation, habitat and plant diversity criteria (p. 67)
  • Table 5 Calculation of a Regional Butterfly Conservation Index (RVBCI) and rankings for magnesian limestone grassland SSSIs in north-east England (p. 68)
• The vegetation of Gosforth Park Nature Reserve by D.N. Mitchell and J.A. Baker (pp. 74-100)
  • Plate 1 Gosforth Park Nature Reserve aerial photograph taken in 1996 (p. 74)
  • Figure 1 Simplified vegetation map of Gosforth Park Nature Reserve showing location of releves 1-48 and general distribution of NVC categories (p. 81)
  • Tables 1-15 Vegetation Types (pp. 89-100)
• Building stones of the district around Alnwick, Northumberland by D.E. Jackson. (pp. 101-114)
  • Fig. 1 Schematic geological succession and the stratigraphical distribution of quarries referred to in the text (p. 103)
  • Fig. 2 Yetholm Church (1836) with walls of dressed black basalt and doors and windows of dressed sandstone (p. 104)
  • Fig. 3 St. Ninian Catholic Church, Wooler built of pinkish-grey Doddington Stone (p. 104)
  • Fig. 4 Sketch of Brizlee Tower (1778-79) in Hulne Park, Alnwick built of Fell Sandstone (p. 105)
  • Fig. 5 Denwick Quarry (1910) in the Middle Limestone Group with millstones and headstones in foreground.  Photo by kind permission of Mr. Ian Robertson (p. 107)
  • Fig. 6 West end of Bamburgh Castle rebuilt in the early 1900s using Penrith Sandstone from Lazonby (p. 109)
  • Fig. 7 Victoria Hotel, Bamburgh (ca 1893) built by Ford’s of Seahouses using coursed dressed black whinstone possibly from Brada Quarry and door and window dressings of concretionary sandstone from Cave Quarry, Seahouses (p. 109)
  • Fig. 8 Hindmarsh Hall, Alnmouth built before 1779 as a granary with at least 3 floors.  In 1859, it was altered to a church by the Duke of Northumberland giving it lancet windows and bell turret.  In 1937, it was converted to the village hall by the Hindmarsh family.  (p. 109)
  • Fig. 9 Embleton School (1898) built of dressed whinstone.  (p. 110)
  • Fig. 10 St Cuthbert’s Chapel (1370 and restored in 1844-48). (p. 110)
  • Fig. 11 The Playhouse, Alnwick refaced in Blaxter Stone in 1996. (p. 111)
  • Fig. 12 Roxburgh House (ca 1970) in Green Batt, Alnwick built of Coal Measures sandstone probably from near Bradford. (p. 111)
  • Fig. 13 Shap Granite basin on the Denton Memorial fountain.  (p. 111)

Short Communications

• The Heslop-Harrisons: a dynasty of Northumbrian naturalists by B.J. Selman  (pp. 115-117)
  • Book Review
    • A Rum Affair by Karl Sabbah by A.J. Richards (pp. 116-117)

Volume 61

Contents

Part 1

• Annual Report of the Council and Trustees for the Year Ended 31 July 2000 (pp. 1-36)
  • Officers of the Society (p. 4)
  • Membership (p. 6)
  • Annual Meeting (p. 6)
  • Council (p. 6)
  • Publications (p. 7)
  • Office Management (pp. 7-9)
  • Gosforth Park (pp. 9-10)
  • Museum Management Committee (p. 10)
  • Hancock Museum (pp. 10-16)
  • Library (p. 17)
  • Archives (pp. 17-18)
  • Conservation (p. 18)
  • Finance (pp. 19-20)
  • Activities (pp. 20-24)
  • Ringing Group (pp. 24-26)
  • Coquet Island Management Committee (p. 26)
  • Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve (pp. 26-27)
  • Obituaries: Don McGuire MBE, Fred Colley, Dr Alick Walker (pp. 27-28)
  • Financial Statements (pp. 29-35)
  • Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees (p. 36)

Part 2

• Birds on the Farne Islands in 2000 compiled by R. Harvey and J. Walton, ringing report by Chris Redfern, edited by M.A. Patterson. (pp. 37-70)
  • Systematic List (pp. 38-66)
  • Farne Islands Ringing Report for 2000 (pp.67-70)

Part 3

• A Supplement to Flora of Northumberland by G.A. Swan (pp. 71-160)
  • Summary – New to Northumberland since the preparation of Flora of Northumberland (pp. 153-157)
• The Durham Flora – Corrigenda et Addenda by G.G. Graham (pp. 161-167)

Volume 62

Contents

Part 1

• Annual Report of the Council and Trustees for the Year Ended 31 July 2001 (pp. 1-36)
  • Officers of the Society (p. 4)
  • Membership (p. 6)
  • Annual Meeting (pp. 6-7)
  • Council (p. 7)
  • Publications (p. 7)
  • Office Management (pp. 7-9)
  • Museum Management Committee (pp. 9-10)
  • Hancock Museum (pp. 10-16)
  • Library (pp. 16-17)
  • Archives (pp. 17-18)
  • Finance (pp. 18-19)
  • Activities (pp. 19-24)
  • Gosforth Park Nature Reserve (pp. 24-25)
  • Ringing Group (pp. 25-27)
  • Coquet Island Management Committee (p. 27)
  • Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve (pp. 27-28)
  • Financial Statements 31 July 2001 (pp. 29-35)
    • Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees (p. 36)

Part 2

• Birds on the Farne Islands in 2001 compiled by R. Harvey, ringing report by Chris Redfern, edited by M.A. Harrison (pp. 37-87)
  • Day-to-day summary of highlights (pp. 38-46)
  • Systematic List (pp. 46-83)
  • Farne Islands Ringing Report for 2001 (pp. 83-87)

Part 3

• The distribution, size and structure of Northern Brown Argus butterfly Aricia artaxerxes populations in North East England by S. Ellis (pp. 89-102)
• The importance of exposed riverine sediments for beetles (Coleoptera) in Northumberland by M.D. Eyre and M.L. Luff (pp. 103-114)
• The future of farm grassland as a diverse, productive environment by R.S. Shiel (pp. 115-122)
• Specimens of bird species now threatened, or made extinct in recent times, in the collections of the Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne by L. Jessop and R. H. Stobbart (pp. 123-152)
• The parasites of pasteureland Leatherjackets (Tipula spp., Tipulidae:Diptera) in the North East of England and their potential for biological control by M.K. Er, B.J. Selman, G.R. Port and A. Gokqe (pp. 153-168)
• Dental anomalies in the Chillingham Wild White Cattle by B. Ingham (pp. 169-175)
• Corrections to ‘The Durham Flora – Corrigenda et Addenda’ by G.G. Graham (p. 177)
• Corrections to ‘A Supplement to Flora of Northumberland’ by G.A. Swan (p. 177)

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