News and Events
Botany meetings in January - Reminder
Join us for the annual Best Botanical Photos evening on Wednesday 11 January 2012 at 6.30 pm. Venue, 5th Floor Sherfield Building, Imperial College SW7. All welcome.
Peter Howarth, our bryophyte Recorder, will lead a field meeting in Epping Forest on Saturday 14 January 2012, followed by a bryophyte workshop at the Angela Marmont Centre, Natural History Museum, on Tuesday 17 January at 5.30 pm - note change of time. See the Programme for details of these and other meetings.
Ecology and Entomology Section - activities in 2011
A slide show illustrating the activities of the Section, with reports by its Recorders, is available here. This presentation was made at the Section's AGM on 9 November 2011.
Natural history events in Holland Park
The Ecology Service of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is running a series of events looking at the natural history of Holland Park, from October 2011 to January 2012. Click here for details. For further information, and to book places at the events, email ecology.centre@rbkc.gov.uk
Butterflies in Camden
Members, particularly those who live in Camden, will be interested in a project to conserve and enhance the buttefly population of the Borough. Brief details, including an email address for those wanting to support this project, may be found here
Project Parakeet - volunteers needed
Hannah Peck of Imperial College is investigating the ecology of the UK's population of rose-ringed parakeets. Hannah is seeking wildlife enthusiasts whose gardens are visited by parakeets and who are willing to record bird feeding behaviour during 2012. The aim of the project is to quantify feeding competition between parakeets and other birds at garden feeders. If you are interested in helping, see HERE for further information, or contact Hannah (parakeet@imperial.ac.uk) directly.
Bookham Common Survey featured on BBC
A podcast of this Radio 4 programme featuring Stuart Cole and Ian Swinney is still available at http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/nathistory/nathistory_20111012-1649a.mp3 so if you missed the sounds of Stuart sweeping for insects (or would like to hear them again), now is your chance.
News from the Bird Atlas Project, December 2011
Your help is still needed
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South London Botanical Institute - Programme for 2012
Based in Tulse Hill, near Brixton, the South London Botanical Institute celebrated its centenary in 2010. You can find its programme of events for January - April 2012 HERE.
Hampstead Heath Survey - Programme for 2011-12 now available
This can be downloaded from our SURVEYS page as a printer-friendly pdf.
Maps of Our Area
Three maps of our recording area can now be downloaded from our RECORDING and MAPPING page: A topographical map, a map shopwing the Vice-counties, and a map showing major towns. All these are reproduced from past LNHS publications.
Our Library Re-opens in its New Home
The LNHS Library is now installed in the new Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum. There is a drop-in enquiry service from Monday to Friday, 10.00 – 17.30pm, when an enquiry officer is on duty. You can also book a visit at other times, and members may borrow books by arrangement with the Librarian. There is shelving space for about half of the collection. All the books are on the open shelves, together with a selection of periodicals, including the Society’s own journals. We hope during the course of the next few months to edit the collection of books, dispose of some outdated works, make room for more periodicals, and produce a full on-line catalogue. FULL DETAILS
London's Changing Natural History: Classic papers from 150 years of the London Natural History Society. Edited by Mark Burgess.
Chosen from the many important contributions to
the Society's journals, these papers range from
1916 to 1997, and cover taxa from algae to mammals.
More information, a list of contents and full details of
how to purchase are given on our publications page.
The impact of the Olympics for the Wildlife of the Lower Lea Valley
The image on the left , taken in 2004, shows a Swan nesting on Pudding Mill River. The nest will be in the shadow of the Main Olympic Stadium.
An article about the impact of the Olympics, by Annie Chipchase and Anne Woollett, was originally published in the Society's Newsletter in February 2006. Download a PDF copy HERE
London's Changing Flora
Not only does London's human population change over time but so does that of its wildlife. The advent of the urban fox is a well- known story, but what of the plants? The time has now come for a new work to document these changes. Mark Spencer explains..
Checklist of Flowering Plants and Ferns of Hampstead Heath
The Hampstead Heath Survey Group has produced a CD containing a Millennial Checklist of the flowering plants and ferns of the Heath. It records over 650 species found growing on the Heath between 1997 and 2003. Both Latin and vernacular names are given, and dot maps show the location of each species within 100m squares. Lists of all plants found in any 100m square can be produced. The CD is in Excel format, with instructions for use in Word. It is available price £2.50 (inc. p&p) from Sheila Ayres, Flat 1, 22 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5DA. Cheques payable to London Natural History Society.
Walthamstow Marshes : Reprint of 1979 Survey Report available
This survey was carried out in 1979 and 1980 when the Marshes were under threat. It includes bird, insect and plant species lists, and forms an interesting record. Our member Mike Trier has revised the original and has arranged this downloadable reprint:
- Download FULL REPORT as PDF (53 pages, 2.16 Mb).
- Download GEOLOGICAL MAP separately as PDF (396 Kb)
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London Naturalist' and 'London Bird Report':
Full lists of contents on-line
Tables of contents covering each volume of the London Naturalist and supplements from 1915 onwards, and the London Bird Report from 1936 onwards can be downloaded from the Publications page.
Both are available in two searchable formats: .PDF, a plain text format which is best for printing; and as an .XLS spreadsheet which allows you to edit or sort the contents, add your own keywords, or load into a database. The actual journal articles themselves are not available on-line.
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