Publications
ERCCIS publications: general
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Kovadha Kernow
Kovadha Kernow, the newsletter
of the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall
and the Isles of Scilly covers many topics -
e.g. Issue 9 contains Ferns in Cornwall and Scilly;
the approach to species recording in the county;
the wonderful world of Waxcaps; and a write-up of
the Cornwall Invertebrate Group field trip, as well
as the regular ERCCIS news and views and noteworthy
records. If you would like to be sent a paper
version and be added to our newsletter mailing list
(free of charge) please contact
us or you can download it to your computer.
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ERCCIS Annual Review 2003
The Annual Review 2003 details the work undertaken
by the Records Centre during 2003. It covers our core
work – working with recorders and recording groups;
collating data about Cornwall and Scilly’s wildlife
and earth heritage; using computers to manage information;
and operating the Wildlife Information Service to provide
information to the hundreds of individuals and organisations
requiring it.
It also tells of the various projects the Records Centre
has been involved with throughout the year, such as
surveying coastal and floodplain grazing marsh and roadside
sites; reporting on Cornwall’s biodiversity (the
WOW! Project) and recording and raising awareness of
Cornish mammal species (Celebrating Cornwall’s
Mammals – from dormice to dolphins!).
The Annual Review can be downloaded
or contact us to obtain your
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Handbook for Biological Recorders
2nd edition 2006 – fully revised and updated
A manual for recording plants, animals and their habitats
in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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Botanical Cornwall
Editors - R. J. Murphy & I. J. Bennallick
The progress report includes notes about new species
and the rarer plants found in Cornwall, such as Lavatera
cretica and Festuca longifolia. Also included
are a summary of the BSBI Local Change survey for all
tetrads chosen for the survey; information concerning
arable plants; a progress report from ongoing recording
effort; hybrids in Cornwall; notes about the Cornwall
Rare Plant Register; the new JNCC Red List for Vascular
Plants in relation to species found in Cornwall, with
a list of species affected; and a summary of bryological
meetings held in 2004 and 2005. 28 pages of notable
records made from 2003 to 2005 have been collated, and
for the first time there is a list of plant notes and
records from the Isles of Scilly by Rosemary Parslow.
Copies of this issue plus some back issues are currently
avaiable. Please contact us directly
or visit the Cornwall
Widlife Trust's on-line shop to purchase.
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ERCCIS publications: Publication Series
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No. 1: Atlas of The Land and Freshwater Molluscs
of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
By Stella M Turk, Hazel M Meredith & Geraldine Holyoak
This book provides the first detailed account of the
slug, snail and mussel species found within Cornwall
and the Isles of Scilly. The book includes detailed
maps, illustrations and descriptions of where species
are likely to occur. The Atlas costs £10 including
and packing. Click here for further
details.
Please contact us directly
or visit the Cornwall
Widlife Trust's on-line shop to purchase.
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ERCCIS publications: Occasional Papers
No. 1: |
A preliminary Brown Hare distribution
survey of Cornwall, with reference to introductions.
By Derek Lord in collaboration with Cornwall
FWAG (2001) |
What started as a brief note on the distribution of the Brown
Hare Lepus europaeus in the county, has developed
into a useful starting point for a long overdue, more thorough
survey of this species’ status in Cornwall. The study
is based on data collected from Cornwall FWAG (Farming and
Wildlife Advisory Group), as a by-product of a Stoat Mustela
erminea and Weasel Mustela nivalis Survey, for
the period 1994 to 1997. The results estimate the amount of
farmland occupied by Brown Hares and the number of sub-populations
in the county.
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Bass Investigations in
the Fal and Helford Estuaries Complexes 2001.
Including previous study notes and surveys on Bass in
the Fal Estuary by DF Kelley and the late JP Bridger.
By Derek C Goodwin; edited by Sarah Myles
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Derek Goodwin has been involved with the sampling of European
Sea-Bass Dicentrarchus labrax for over 20 years and
has been netting on the Helford for the last nine. This paper
primarily reports on the sampling of the Fal and Helford during
2001 but also contains notes about the previous surveys of
Donovan Kelley and the late John Bridger dating back to 1983
(given in the appendices).
Measuring Bass
photograph taken by Nigel Knight, 2002
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No 3: A solitary mining
bee Andrena hattorfiana at Gwithian Towans.
By ECM Haes |
A small population of this striking-looking, dark, solitary
mining bee Andrena hattorfiana, has been monitored
almost annually on the calcareous sand dunes at Gwithian (SW580408)
since its presence here was confirmed by George Else in the
hot summer of 1989. This paper outlines the fortunes of the
population at Gwithian, as well as detailing the other currently
known colonies of this nationally rare (Red Data Book - Vulnerable)
species.
Other useful publications relating to Cornish species and
habitats:
Plants:
French CN, RJ Murphy & MGC Atkinson, 1999. Flora of
Cornwall. Wheal Seton Press. ISBN 0 9534613 0 0.
Butterflies & Moths:
Smith FHN, 1997. The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and
the Isles of Scilly. Gem Publishing Company, Wallingford.
ISBN 0 906802 07 5.
Wacher J, J Worth & A Spalding, 2003. A Cornwall Butterfly
Atlas. Pisces Publications. ISBN 1 874357 23 4.
Birds:
Cornwall Bird-Watching & Preservation Society, 2001.
Birds in Cornwall 2001. Seventy-first Annual Report. CBWPS.
Isles of Scilly Bird Group, 2001. Isles of Scilly Bird and
Natural History Review 2001. ISSN 1474 4937.
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