Worcestershire Record 30 (April 2011)

1ArnoldDannyA Teme Valley moth-ing update
2ArnoldDannyNote on Pauper Pug Moth Eupithecia egenaria
3AverillMikeWorcestershire and the new Dragonfly Atlas of England, Wales & Scotland
4BriggsJonathanMistletoe and mistletoe insects, overview and observations from 2010
5ClarkeJohnGreat-crested Grebe nest sailing
6CurranAndrewBox Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus in Edgbaston
7GreenDavid M.Dinoptera collaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) specimens at Worcester Museum
8GreenDavid M.The identification of specimens and cataloguing of Worcester Museum Coleoptera (beetle) collection (update June 2011)
9GreenHarryAdomerus biguttatus ( = Sehirus biguttatus), the Cow-wheat Shieldbug re-found in Worcestershire
10GreenHarryBuzzard stories
11GreenHarryHornet stories: Hornets stripping bark and also catching fly; Hornet nest in cordwood near Tiddesley wood and in old nest box
12GreenHarryNew species [in Africa] for a Worcestershire recorder [Will Watson]
13HitchcockJamesBechstein’s Bat – the national survey comes to Worcestershire
14LoweGarthHarsh winter for wrens
15MeiklejohnJohnStriking red and black bugs (Hemiptera - Heteroptera) in Worcestershire
16MuggletonWadeThe Terrapins of Worcestershire County Hall
17PeplowGavinBirds in Worcestershire – November 2010 to April 2011
18RobinsonJohnSmooth x palmate newt hybrid in a Wyre Forest garden pond
19SimpsonTonyNew online Worcestershire moth recorder information including up to date list of species and recording advice
20SkirrowMartinDotted beefly Bombylius discolor in southwest Worcestershire
21Smart.MikeNotes on birds in the Severn and Avon Vales (the “Severn Hams”), Gloucestershire and south Worcestershire, October–December 2010
22SmartMikeNotes on birds in the Severn and Avon Vales (the “Severn Hams”), Gloucestershire and south Worcestershire, January 2011–March 2011
23SmithJustinFungus forays at Monkwood Nature Reserve, near Hallow, Worcestershire
24TiltJohnWorcestershire butterfly transects
25TurnerMark EStone the crows, what’s coming next? Carrion Crow breaking walnuts
26TurnerMark EUnrest in the ranks between Kestrel and Sparrowhawk
27TurnerMark EWho killed the Manxie?
28WestwoodBrettChetostoma curvinerve - a second record for VC37, Worcestershire
29WestwoodBrettDotted beefly Bombylius discolor in west Worcestershire
30WhiteheadP. F.An assemblage of 300 House Martins at Broadway, Worcestershire
31WhiteheadP.F.Aerial inter-relationships between four species of raptor at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire (VC33 SP 03 107M O.D.)
32WhiteheadP.F.An extreme beak aberration in a Jackdaw Corvus monedula L., 1758, from Broadway, Worcestershire
33WhiteheadP.F.Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin) debarking a mature coast redwood (Sequioa sempervirens Endlicher) in Evesham town, Worcestershire during the 2010-2011 winter
34WhiteheadP.F.The stoat Mustela erminea L. as a historic predator in Worcestershire
35WilliamsMikeWhere next for the Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae?
36WinnallRosemaryWaxcap fungi near Stourbridge