The Glasgow Naturalist Volume 23
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The Glasgow Naturalist Volume 23, Part 5, 2000 CONTENTS Page 1 Editorial Alien species: our 'stewardship' role. Roger Downie Full papers 3 Loch Lomondside depicted and described 3. Early guide books for the scientific tourist. John Mitchell 7 The flora of the Coatbridge coup. P. Macpherson 9 Observations on Irish lady's-tresses orchid (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) on Colonsay (VC 102) Richard Gulliver, Margaret Kiernen, Mavis Gulliver & Christopher Sydes 13 Natural regeneration of limes (Tilia spp.) in Scotland. Locally widespread and more numerous in 1999. R.K.S. Gray & N.R. Grist 17 The history, habitat and present status of holy grass (Hierochloe adorata) (L.) Beauv. at Blythswood, Renfrew District, VC76. T. Norman Tait 21 A survey of the aquatic vegetation and benthic macroinvertebrates of the Crinan Canal, with particular reference to the effects of seawater inputs. K.J. Murphy, C.R. Doughty & M. Kennedy; photos Norman Tait 29 Tracing the elusive Holopedium gibberum in the plankton of Loch Ness. Jonathan Gray 35 Allis shad, Alosa alosa (L.) in Shetland waters. G.N. Swinney, J.S. Blackadder & K.P. Bland 39 Notes on copepod parasites of phyllodocid polychaete worms in Scottish waters: including the first UK records of the Mediterranean copepod Phyllodicola petiti (Delamare - Deboutteville & Laubier, 1960). Myles O'Reilly 45 The copepod Hemicyclops aberdonensis (Poecilostomatoida: Clausidiidae) and its suspected host, the burrowing shrimp Calocaris macandreae in the Firth of Clyde. Myles O'Reilly 48 Scottish insect records for 1998 and 1999. E.G. Hancock Short Notes Compiled by A. McG. Stirling. 53 The hawkheed Hieracium lasiophyllum on Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire. Bernard Zonfrillo 53 Nuphar advena established at Corehouse. P. Macpherson & J. Waddell 53 Abnormal water avens morphology – lead induced? P. Macpherson 54 Water Chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) in a growbag in Milngavie. M. H. Hansen 55 Casual record of Adonis ladybird (Adonia variegata) in Dumbarton. Susan Futter & Keith Futter 55 Xylocoris cursitans (Fallen) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) new to Scotland, from Roxburghshire Keith N.A. Alexander 56 The genus Aradus in Scotland and the confusion of corticalis (L.) with A. betulae (L.), Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Aradidae. E.G. Hancock 57 The stone loach in Orkney. C. J. Booth 57 Migrating river lampreys at the tidal weir, Glasgow. Myles O’Reilly 59 Large slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) from Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire. Bernard Zonfrillo 59 Ravens nesting alongside the Dumbarton Boulevard. John Mitchell 60 Urban magpies and crows. Norman R. Grist 61 Magpie behaviour in Kelvingrove Park. Brian S. Skillen 61 Great spotted woodpecker nest in Kelvingrove in 1999. Brian S. Skillen 62 Swans on the Forth and Clyde Canal. Paul G. Carter 63 Further confirmation of the presence of Sika deer on Loch Lomondside. John Mitchell Obituary 64 Roy Albert Crowson D.Sc., A.R.C.S., D.I.C. Ronald M. Dobson 65 Roy Crowson (1914-1999): a tribute, Bernard L. Cohen 66 Book Reviews (Compiled by Ruth M. Dobson) Kibble's Palace by Eric W. Curtis (Edna Stewart); Fossils Illustrated: Plant Fossils by Christopher J. Cleal & Barry J. Thomas (Jim Dickson); Island Biogeography: ecology, evolution and conservation by Robert J. Whittaker (J.R. Downie); Ireland: a survey of Irish Natural History David Cabot (Brian S. Skillen); The Sun Islands: a Natural History of the Isles of Scilly by Patrick Coulcher (Jean M. Millar); The Biology of Lakes and Ponds by Christer Brönmark & Lars-Anders Hansson (Colin E. Adams); The Biology of Streams and Rivers by Paul S. Giller & Björn Malmquist (Ross Doughty); Urban Habitats by C. Philip Wheater (Bernard Zonfrillo); Woodland Habitats by Helen J. Read & Mark Frater (John Mitchell); Marine Nature Conservation Review Sector 12: Sealochs in the Clyde Sea Area: area summaries by F.A. Dipper & R. Beaver (Iain C. Wilkie); R.S.P.C.A. Guide to Garden Wildlife by Val Porter (Joyce Alexander); Top Wildlife Spots: the best 200 places to see wildlife in the UK by Geoffrey Young (Kirsty Kennedy); Field Flora of the British Isles by Clive Stace (Keith Watson); Insects of Britain and Europe by Bob Gibbons (Ronald M. Dobson); British Dixidae (meniscus midges) and Thaumaleidae (trickle midges): with ecological notes by R.H.L. Disney (E.G. Hancock); Provisional Atlas of the Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Britain by P.F.G. Twinn & P.T. Harding (E.G. Hancock); Collins Bird Guide by Killian Mullerney et al. (Bernard Zonfrillo); Eagles by Rebecca L. Gambo (Norman R. Grist); Puffins by Kenny Taylor (Margaret M.H. Lyth); Bat Workers Manual by A.J. Mitchell Jones and A.P. McLeish (Ian C. McCallum); The variety of life by Colin Tudge (Ronald M. Dobson). 74 Errata and Corrections 76 Proceedings, 1999 76 Officers & Council, Session LXIX, 1999 IBC Advice to contributors: Acknowledgements: List of Plates Back to Publications page .