The Mammal Group Newsletter

Index for No.1 (1983) to No. 44 (2017)

Compiled by Mary Youngman

Research overviews and short news items are not included in the index. Yorkshire Mammal Group has been abbreviated to YMG. Locators are given with volume number in bold preceded by v followed by pagination thus v41 68– 69 denotes Imprint No. 41 pages 68-69. The page numbers correspond to the pagination in the original printed volumes. Authors of articles are presented in a separate authors index.

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Tadcaster, v23 8–9 A YMG outing, v10 16 Aberford Bank Newton Locks, Gargrave mammal recording walk, v32 51 small mammal survey, v27 28–29 Acaster Malbis, River Ouse bank vole mammal recording walk, v38 30 albinism records, v7 13 albinism altitude record, Yorkshire Dales, v18 14 field vole record, Gouthwaite Reservoir, v2 6 field identification, characteristics comparison with field fox, historical records in Yorkshire, v6 14 vole, v3 13 hedgehog, v40 7–9 recorded in loft space, v19 16 vole records, v7 13 Barlow Common LNR, alien and exotic mammals in Yorkshire, v15 12–15 small mammal survey, v43 42–44 Allerthorpe Common Barmby Barrage mammal recording walk, v42 39 mammal recording walk, v31 40 small mammal survey, v33 25–28 Barmby Moor, St Catherine's churchyard American marten in Britain, research note, v29 3–4 small mammal survey, v43 31–32 American mink. see mink, American bat conferences Ampleforth Bat Conservation Trust annual national conference, mammal recording walk, v40 32 Keele University, v22 28–29 Arabian oryx, Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, Jordan, v25 33–35 Bat Conservation Trust National Conference, v30 38–41 Ardsley, New Hall Farm Bat Research 7th World and 3rd European Conference, small mammal survey, v36 30–32 Aberdeen, v6 20 Arkengarthdale Bats for an Afternoon, Fauna & Flora Preservation mammal recording walk, v32 52–53 Society, 1987, v8 12 Armthorpe Second European Symposium on Bat Research, Bonn stoat in attic, feeding on house sparrows, v18 16–17 1983, v2 18 art Sixth National Conference, 1989 report, v15 23–24 bat watercolour paintings by Edna Shann, v25 2; 43 bat groups bats in church carvings, v40 5–7 Bradford Bat Group report, v6 10–11 Da Vinci's Lady with an ermine or Lass wi' t' ferret, v38 Don Gorge Bat Group, v24 24–26 39–41 East Yorkshire Bat Group report, v15 13–14 Ashberry Pastures East Yorkshire Bat Group, history, v27 35–38 small mammal survey, v20 9–10, v21 12–13, v25 6–7 East Yorkshire Bat Group, projects and significant Askham Bog records, v37 8–11 small mammal survey, v11 16, v28 15–17, v31 6–8, v38 and Nidderdale Bat Group report, v4 12–13 20–22, v41 46–48 Bat Group report, v22 26–28, v23 17– Atlas of North Yorkshire Mammals, v34 3–5, v37 3–5 19, v24 22–24, v25 16–17, v26 4–5, v27 7–8, autobiography, life and times of a countryside warden, v24 v28 6–8, v29 7–9, v31 44–47 34–36 Bat Section report, v21 22 Bat Section report, v21 23

West Yorkshire Bat Group report, v20 35–37 B YMG Bat Section report, v2 12–19, v3 21–22, v4 11–12, badger v6 16–18, v7 16–17, v8 14–16, v9 14, v10 15– above ground nest, v32 27–28 16, v12 5, v15 6–8, v16 6, v20 26–29 camera trapping, v43 6–7 bat surveys East and North Yorkshire Badger Protection Group, v11 Beck, v17 10–11, v20 31–33, v21 34–36 18 bridges use as summer roosts, Harrogate area, v8 17 national survey update, v23 8 Clifton Bridge, , v33 6–10 national survey, York, v22 7–9 Daubenton's bat, Kexby Bridge colony survey, v24 3–5 persecution in Yorkshire, historical review, v10 5–12 Hopewell House Farm, , v30 43–44 sett recording in Yorkshire and legal protection, v7 20– Mount Grace Priory, v27 12–13 21 National Bat Survey, v18 4–5 tunnel under ring road at York, v4 10 noctule bat emergence, Clifton Bridge, York, v33 6–10 weekend in Somerset, v23 20–22 pipistrelle colony count, long term survey, , York Badger Group, v20 33–35, v22 32–33 v24 26–30 badger watching pipistrelle roost exit counts, Harrogate, v5 10–11 Cropton Forest, v26 14 Raikes Road Burial Ground, , v41 36–39 Somerset, v24 32–33 [continued]

3 bat surveys [cont.] pipistrelle roost revealed by hunting cat, , v15 4 Ryedale Windypits, , v2 17 rehabilitation, v22 25–26 Stub Wood, , v39 12–17 ringed bat recoveries & longevity, Dalby Forest, v27 45– surveying bridges in North Yorkshire, v30 45–48 46 Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, Escrick, v41 40–45 roosts, carpet beetle pests encounter, v36 23–24 Tophill Low Nature Reserve, v27 2–4, v38 7 watercolour paintings by Edna Shann, v25 2; 43 York, v31 31–37 YMG visit to hibernation sites in the Netherlands, v3 19– Yorkshire Dales caves use, v28 3 20 bat surveys, roost boxes Beal (North Yorkshire) bat box projects, note, v3 18 guinea pig predation by tawny owl, v15 5 bat boxes function and importance, v3 17–18 beaver, European forest bat box scheme, North York Moors, v22 30 historical occurrence in Yorkshire, v40 40–41 roost box survey, ringed bat recoveries & longevity, past and present, v29 32–37 Dalby Forest, v27 45–46 reintroduction in Scotland, v29 6–7 bats BATPODS monitoring method, v44 11–20 mammal recording walk, v43 57 bibliography of bat bibliographies, review, v7 26 Bempton RSPB reserve Brandt's bat identification and new records for small mammal survey, v42 13–14, v43 21–23, v44 20–21 Yorkshire, v4 14–16 , bat survey, v17 10–11, v20 31–33, v21 34–36 brown adipose tissue and hibernation, v4 7–9 bibliographies brown long-eared bats body measurements, Rossington bat bibliographies, review, v7 26 Hall, Doncaster, v17 13–15 bird pellet studies, North York Moors and adjacent church carvings, v40 5–7 regions, v37 5–8 conservation and timber treatments, v7 7 Yorkshire cetaceans, v16 17–23 conservation history in Britain, v7 3–6 Yorkshire small mammal trapping studies, v26 21–28 Dalby Forest hibernaculum, v22 30–31 Bieszczady National Park, wolves, brown bear & lynx, v26 30– Daubenton's bat roosting and fly ectoparasite, 33 Doncaster Railway Station, v18 12–13 Bilsdale, North York Moors detectors and echolocation, v33 41–43 mammal recording walk, v37 42–43 development of bat studies in Britain, v3 15–16 biodiversity and dog droppings, v39 52–54 diurnal predation by birds, v17 11–12 Bishop Burton, brown hare survey, v19 14–15, v20 37–38 experiences with sick and injured bats, v10 18–20 Bishop Monkton feeding behaviour, Selwick's Bay, Flamborough, v38 8– mammal recording walk, v44 41–42 10 Bishop Thornton hibernation site at RAF Chilmark, Wiltshire, visit by YMG water shrew sightings, v2 11 members, v5 20–21 Blackwoods, Wheldrake Leisler's bats records in Wakefield, v17 15 small mammal survey, body weights seasonal pattern, v6 lesser horseshoe bat records in Yorkshire, v1 2 3–5 mouse-eared bat, visit to hibernaculum in south of small mammal survey, long term study, v9 4–9 , v7 19 Bolton Abbey Nathusius' pipistrelle recorded on ferry at dock, Hull, mammal recording walk, v36 50 v38 7 , Nationwide Association of Preserving Specialists booklet, mammal recording walk, v36 50 a response, v8 19 book reviews Natterer's bat, autumn swarming, v33 3–5 Al Mashrek, M. Thompson, 2000, v27 47 Natterer's bat, historical and recent records, North Animal Quest - A Naturalist on Four Continents, M. Yorkshire, v4 17–18 Delany, 2000, v28 47 Niokola-Koba National Park, Senegal, v17 16–17 Arabian Mammals, J. Kingdon, 1991, v18 21 noctule bat co-habitation with Daubenton's bats in tree Auritus - a natural history of the long-eared bat, R. roost, East Tanfield, v5 12–13 Howard, 1995, v22 45–46 noctule bat, caring for injured bats and trauma related Badgers, M. Clark, 1988, v11 20 colour change, v7 22–23 Bats - biology and behaviour, J.D. Altringham, 1996, v23 parasite records, Yorkshire, 1885-1985, v4 3–6 31–32 pipistrelle commuting flying speeds, Skidby, v25 22–24 Bats of the British Isles, A.A. Wardhaugh, 1987, v11 22 pipistrelle longevity, survival and population density in Bats, P. Richardson, 1985, v7 24 Vale of York, v7 10–11 Bats: A Natural History, J.E. Hill & J.D. Smith, 1984, v6 25 pipistrelle rehabilitation, v37 12–13 Beavers, A. Kitchener, 2001, v29 45–46 pipistrelle ringing programme, York, v13 5 [continued]

4 book reviews [cont.] Otters in Shetland: The tale of the 'draatsi,' R. Big Cats, D. Richardson, 1992, v20 43–44 Shucksmith & B. Thomason, 2016, v42 59 Brown Hare, The, S. Tapper, 1987, v11 22 Otters, P. Chanin, 1993, v20 44–45 Checklist of the Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of Pine Marten Survey of Scotland, England and Wales the Harrogate District, R.H. Deaton, 1986, v8 1980-1982, K. Velander, 1983, v3 26 22 Pocket Guide to Mammals of Britain and Europe, The, Chimpanzees, T. Lemmon, 1994, v21 40 A.M. Hutson, 1995, v22 44 Claxton - Field Notes from a Small Planet, M. Cocker, Ponies in the Wild, E. Gill, 1994, v21 41 2014, v41 70 Rabbits and Hares, A. McBride, 1988, v12 17 Collins Guide to Rare Mammals of the World, J.A. Burton Red Data Book for British Mammals, A, P.A. Morris, & B. Pearson, 1987, v11 21–22 1993, v21 38 Common Seal, The, P. Thompson, 1989, v13 11 RSPB spotlight: Otters, N. Chester, 2014, v41 71 Country Foxes, H. Kolb, 1996, v24 45 Sea Otters, J.A. Love, 1990, v16 10 Current Status of the Brown Hare in Britain, The, M.R. Seals, S. Anderson, 1990, v17 19 Hutchings & S. Harris, 1996, v23 33 Shrews of the British Isles, S. Churchfield, 1988, v12 17 Deer, N. Chapman, 1990, v18 20–21 State of Britain's Mammals 2002, The, D. Macdonald & F. Everything you want to know about Hedgehogs, D. Tattersall, 2002, v29 48 Breese, 1998, v25 42 Stoats and Weasels, Polecats and Martens, P. Sleeman, Grey Seal, The, S. Anderson, 1988, v13 12 1989, v16 9 Habitat Management for Natter's Bat, G. Smith & P.A. Urban wildlife, P. Shirley, 1996, v23 32–33 Racey, 2002, v30 50 Wild Animals of Britain and Europe, H. Hofmann, 1995, Hedgehog, The, P. Morris, 1988, v13 10 v22 45 Hedgehogs, P. Morris, 1983, v2 23 Wild Animals, J.A. Burton, 1980, v15 24 History of British Mammals, The, D. Yalden, 1999, v26 Wildcats, M. Tomkies, 1991, v19 17 42–43 Woodland and Wildlife, K. Kirby, 1992, v21 39 Insectivorous Mammals in the Harrogate District, R.H. World of Animals, The, D. Morris, 1993, v20 43 Deaton (ed.), 1986, v7 24 Yorkshire Mammals, M.J. Delany (ed.), 1985, v6 23 Islands (New Naturalist 109), R.J. Berry, 2009., v36 52–53 , Ivory, Apes & Peacocks, A. Root, 2012, v39 55 mammal recording walk, v40 31 Leaping Hare, The, G. Ewart Evans & D. Thompson, 1972, Bramham Crossroads reissued 2002, v42 57–58 small mammal survey, v29 17–19 Living with Dormice, S. Eden, 2009, v36 54–55 Brandt's bat Mammal detective, R. Strachan, 1995, v23 31 identification and new records for Yorkshire, v4 14–16 Mammals of Derbyshire, The, D. Mallon, D. Alston & D. , boat trip mammal sightings, v31 41 Whiteley, 2012, v40 43–44 Brockadale Nature Reserve, near Kirk Smeaton Mammals of the British Isles, L. Harrison Matthews, small mammal survey, v32 6–10 1982, v1 10 brown bear in Romania, v30 41–43 Mammals UK- Introduction to the Nation's Wild brown hare Mammals, C. Poland Bowen, 2001, v30 49–50 adult response to magpies attacking leveret, Mammals, Amphibians & Reptiles of the North East, I. observation, v7 12 Bond (ed.), 2012, v39 56–58 aquatic behaviour, v6 19 Mice and voles, J. Flowerdew, 1994, v21 37 National Hare Survey, Riplingham & Bishop Burton, v19 Mice of the British Isles, M. Leach, 1990, v15 15 14–15 Mole, The, D. Stone, 1992, v19 18 National Survey, v26 6–8 Mountain Hare in the Peak District, The, D.P. Mallon, sightings in Slingsby, v24 36–37 2001, v29 46–47 survey, Bishop Burton & , , Natural History of Badgers, The, E. Neal, 1986, v8 22 v20 37–38 Natural History of Deer, The, R. Putman, 1989, v12 16 brown long-eared bats Natural History of Seals, The, W.N. Bonnet, 1989, v15 14 body measurements, Rossington Hall, Doncaster, v17 Natural History of Shrews, The, S. Churchfield, 1990, v17 13–15 19 brown rat Natural History of the Sheffield Area and the Peak brief live sighting then roadkill record on motorway near District, The, D. Whiteley (ed.), 1985, v6 24– Pontefract, v1 9 25 on hanging bird feeder, v26 29 New Encyclopaedia of Mammals, The, D. Macdonald juvenile trapped in Longworth trap at Occaney, (ed.), 2001, v29 47 Harrogate, v7 17 Otter Country: In Search of the Wild Otter, M. Darlington, pest on the Galapagos, v24 40–44 2012, v39 54

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Buckden, Wharfedale red squirrel, v40 12–17 mammal recording walk, v37 45 rhinos in South Africa, v43 9–21 Bugthorpe, Yorkshire Wolds Copmanthorpe Primary School, York mammal recording walk, v44 41 small mammal survey, class activity, v32 29 Coverdale, Yorkshire Dales mammal recording walk, v38 31 Cromwell Bottom LNR C small mammal survey, v28 29–32, v35 11–14, v43 33–35 camera trapping Cropton Forest badger, v43 6–7 badger watching, v26 14 at Laverton, v40 3–4 small mammal survey, v8 7–8 mammal recording walk, v31 39–40 Catterick, 18 Acres, Swale Lane small mammal survey, v31 8–10 D cetaceans Dalby Forest Yorkshire studies, records and bibliography, v16 17–23 bat hibernaculum, v22 30–31 Chafer Wood bat roost box survey, ringed bat recoveries & longevity, small mammal survey, v15 10–11, v22 9–12 v27 45–46 Cheshire, Rostherne Mere NNR small mammal survey, v34 11–13 small mammal community, effect of ground cover, v36 YMG exhibit, v21 21 18–22 Danby Dale Chestnut Centre, Debyshire, YMG visit, v21 20 water shrew survey & diet, v34 31–42 Clifton Ings, York Daubenton's bat weasel predation on water vole, observation, v27 9 bridges use as summer roosts, Harrogate area, v8 17 Cod Beck Reservoir, Osmotherley co-habitation with noctules in tree roost, East Tanfield, mammal recording walk, v39 44 v5 12–13 common pipistrelle. see pipistrelle, common Kexby Bridge colony survey, v24 3–5 conference reports roosting and fly ectoparasite, Doncaster Railway Station, Annual Conference for Conservation Officers of Britain's v18 12–13 Wildlife Trust, Exeter, v22 33–34 deer, roe. see roe deer Bat Conservation Trust annual national conference, dog droppings and biodiversity, v39 52–54 Keele Univeristy, v22 28–29 Doncaster Bat Conservation Trust National Conference, v30 38–41 Railway Station, Daubenton's bat roosting and fly Bat Research 7th World and 3rd European Conference, ectoparasite, v18 12–13 Aberdeen, v6 20 region, polecat/ferret records, v36 4–7 Bats for an Afternoon, Fauna & Flora Preservation Rossington Hall, brown long-eared bats measurements, Society, London 1987, v8 12 v17 13–15 British Mammal Society 1987 conference, v9 10 Donna Nook NNR, Lincolnshire British Mammal Society AGM 1988, v11 19 grey seal breeding colony, YMG visit, v32 54–55 British Mammal Society AGM, , v7 18 dormouse British Mammals: past, present and future, joint Great Nut Hunt 1993, v21 6–9 symposium 1989, v13 16 Great Nut Hunt, Crag Cliff Wood, North York Moors, v29 Fouth European Bat Research Symposium, Prague 1987, 15–17 v10 21–22 Great Nut Hunt, East Yorkshire, v21 9–11 Mammal Society Autumn Conference 1989, v15 19–23 handling license training day account, Cheddar, v28 40– More about Mammals, regional Mammal Society 41 Symposium, York, v26 18–21 historical records, North York Moors and adjacent Second European Symposium on Bat Research, Bonn regions, v37 30–39 1983, v2 18 Terrace box project, v10 13–14, v11 17, v13 6– Sixth National Bat Conference 1989, v15 23–24 7, v15 7–8, v15 9, v17 5–6 Water Vole Symposium, York, v28 43–46 walk, Gillamoor, Kirbymoorside, v17 5 conservation bat conservation history in Britain, v7 3–6 bats and timber treatments, v7 7 Biodiversity Treaty, v23 28–30 conservation optimism, v38 35–36 mammals in North Yorkshire, v21 24–27 pine marten, v27 5–6

6 dormouse reintroduction projects field identification, characteristics comparison with bank Freeholders' Wood, Aysgarth, v35 27–28, v39 47–52, v40 vole, v3 13 35–40, v41 62–68, v42 43–50, v43 4–5, v43 photo, Dams, v41 25 59–65, v44 45–51 Filey , v26 9–13, v27 17–19, v29 37–40, v30 24–28, water shrews recorded, v6 12–13 v31 18–24, v33 11–15, v34 17–21, v35 19–24, Filey Country Park v36 43–45, v37 39–40, v38 36–37 small mammal survey, v41 25–28, v43 23–25, v43 27–30 in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post reprints, v34 25–28, Filey Dams v34 29–30 field vole photo, v41 25 search for suitable woodland in Yorkshire, v23 25–27 small mammal survey, v8 7, v10 3, v20 7–8, v22 13–18, West Tanfield, v31 25–30, v32 44–47, v33 16–18, v34 v27 41–44, v32 16–19, v35 10–11, v41 28–31 22–24, v35 25–27, v36 45, v37 40–42, v38 38, small mammal survey, owl pellet analysis, v32 19–22 v39 46–47, v40 34–35, v41 60–61, v42 42, water shrews project, v15 8 v43 58 Filey Nature Reserves , Helmsley small mammal survey, v40 9–12 mammal recording walk, v37 28 Flamborough DVD review Selwick's Bay, bat feeding behaviour, v38 8–10 British Mammal Guide, The, S. Evans & P. Wetton, v42 Flamborough, Living Seas Centre 55–57 small mammal survey, v44 22–23 Flamingo Land Zoo small mammal survey, v39 5–7 Follifoot, Harrogate E mammal recording walk, v39 41–42 Forge Valley, Scarborough small mammal surveys, v43 47–50 mammal recording walk, v32 52 East Keswick Fountains Abbey small mammal survey, v36 24–27, v39 39–41, v40 26–29, mammal recording walk, v33 39–40, v41 58 v41 52–56, v44 34–38 fox East Tanfield albinism historical records, Yorkshire, v6 14 co-habitation of two bat species in tree roost, v5 12–13 cubs above ground in February, observation, v9 11 Eastrington Ponds, East Yorkshire diet study, Lindholme Moor, v26 38–42 small mammal survey, v27 30–35 National Survey, v27 10–11 echolocation, v33 41–43 teased by magpies, v12 10 education urban sightings, York, v25 24–25 environmental education service Mobile mini-beasts, Foxglove Covert, v25 37–39 small mammal survey, v30 29–36 Ellerton Freeholders' Wood, Aysgarth Ellerton Church, owl pellet analysis, v28 24–25 dormouse reintroduction, v35 27–28, v39 47–52, v40 Tregonning, small mammal survey, v34 5–7 35–40, v41 62–68, v42 43–50, v43 4–5, v43 Escrick, Three Hagges Jubilee Wood 59–65, v44 45–51 small mammal and bat surveys, v41 40–45 small mammal survey, v42 22–25, v43 36–41, v44 27–33 European beaver. see beaver, European exotic and alien mammals in Yorkshire, v15 12–15 G Galapagos introduced rat problem, v24 40–44 mammals, v26 35–37 F Garbutt Wood Farndale small mammal survey, v18 5 mammal recording walk, v41 58 garden mammal sightings, Sinnington, v25 40–42 ferret/polecat giant otter, YMG visit to Chestnut Centre, Peak District, v28 identification and hybridisation, v37 45–47 33–34 records, Doncaster region, v36 4–7 Gilling West, Richmond roadkill carcass records and facial masks, v41 9–12 mammal recording walk, v38 28–29 field mouse. see wood mouse Goldsborough, Knaresborough field sighting identifications reliability, v8 3–5 mammal recording walk, v41 57–58 field vole gorillas in Parc des Volcans, Rwanda, v19 9–11 albinism historical record, v7 13 Gouthwaite Reservoir albino record, Gouthwaite Reservoir, v2 6 albino field vole record, v2 6

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Grassington hedgehog River Wharfe, mammal recording walk, v34 50–51 albinism, v40 7–9 Great Ayton eradication on Uist and translocation survival study in small mammal survey, v29 25–30, v30 29–36 North Ayrshire, v32 47–49 Great Ouseburn garden characteristics and conservation, v42 5–7 mammal recording walk, v35 29–32 garden visit, Tadcaster, v2 8 grey seal health, faecal odours and tick burden, v39 17–19 Donna Nook NNR breeding colony, YMG visit, v32 54–55 Hedgehog Roadkill Report 1993, summary, v21 5–6 grey squirrel, culling, v40 12–17 juveniles' susceptibility to disease, v25 31–32 Grosmont nesting in burrow, Holme-upon-Spalding Moor, v6 18 mammal recording walk, v44 41 pathogens, parasites and population decline, v30 37–38 guinea pig predation by tawny owl, Beal (North Yorkshire), predation and remains scavenging by owls, v2 7 v15 5 report of Hugh Warwick talk, v43 8 Gunnerside, Swaledale rescue, v40 7–9, v41 3–5 mammal recording walk, v37 44 viral disease, v9 3 young weight gain in early and late litters, v36 12–17 Helmsley dormouse reintroduction, v26 9–13, v27 17–19, v29 37– H 40, v30 24–28, v31 18–24, v33 11–15, v34 hare, brown 17–21, v35 19–24, v36 43–45, v37 39–40, v38 adult response to magpies attacking leveret, 36–37 observation, v7 12 Duncombe Park, mammal recording walk, v37 28 aquatic behaviour, v6 19 mammal recording walk, v31 39, v40 31 National Hare Survey, Riplingham & Bishop Burton, v19 High Batts Nature Reserve, Ripon 14–15 small mammal survey, v8 6, v9 16, v10 2, v11 14–15, v12 National Survey, v26 6–8 12 sightings in Slingsby, v24 36–37 Hong Kong, mammal sightings, v15 9–12 survey, Bishop Burton & Walkington, Yorkshire Wolds, Hopewell House Farm, Knaresborough v20 37–38 bat survey, v30 43–44 hare, mountain harvest mouse record, v3 24 annual census, Peak District, v1 7, v35 3–5 project background and small mammal survey 1980-84 Harewood review, v3 3–9 mammal recording walk, v42 41 small mammal survey, v5 3–4, v7 14–15, v9 17, v10 3, River Wharfe, mammal recording walk, v34 51–53 v11 15–16, v27 20–25, v37 18–24 harp seal, new records, Yorkshire and waters, small mammal survey, long term trap report, v11 2–11 v15 15–18 YMG evening field meeting, v25 18–20 Harrogate house mouse recorded in loft space, v19 16 bat surveys, bridges use as summer roosts, v8 17 Hovingham Follifoot, mammal recording walk, v39 41–42 mammal recording walk, v36 46–47, v41 60 Harlow Carr Gardens, mammal recording walk, v43 54– 55 water voles, YMG evening walk, v28 18–19 Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society field meeting Howsham Mill report, River Ure, v3 14 small mammal survey, v40 23–26 Occaney, juvenile brown rat trapped in Longworth trap, Hull v7 17 Nathusius' pipistrelle recorded on ferry at dock, v38 7 pipistrelle bat roost exit counts, v5 10–11 water vole records, v41 13–14 harvest mouse Wildfowl Refuge Hopewell House Farm record and relationship with small mammal survey, v20 11–12 modern farming practice, v3 24 Hungary, steppe mammal records, v32 42–43 survey, owl pellet analysis, North York Moors, v41 20– Hunmanby Gap 24, v42 10–12, v44 3–5 small mammal survey, v43 26–27 Hatfield Moors

fox diet, v26 38–42 small mammal survey, v24 8–15, v36 36–38, v38 18–20 I Hawai'i, native and introduced mammals, v22 34–39 identification of field sightings, reliability, v8 3–5 Hayburn Wyke Wood, Scarborough Ilkley small mammal survey, v38 23–25 mammal recording walk, v43 56, v44 42 Headingley, St Chad's churchyard Imprint, brief history, v35 17–19 small mammal survey, v31 4–6

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Ingleby Greenhow Lowthorpe, weasel scats found in bungalow loft, v18 15–16 small mammal survey, v30 29–36 Ireland, pygmy shrews colonisation, research note, v30 2–3 Israel M Ein Gedi Nature Reserve mammals, v16 11–13 Malham Hai-Bar Reserve visit, v27 39–41 mammal recording walk, v38 30 mole rats species complex evolution, v16 14–16 Malham Tarn, weekend field course, v6 9 mammal recording walks Aberford, v32 51 J Allerthorpe Common, v42 39 Jeffrey Bog Ampleforth, v40 32 small mammal survey, v18 10–11 Arkengarthdale, v32 52–53 Jordan, Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, Arabian oryx, v25 33–35 Barmby Barrage, v31 40 Bolton Abbey, Golden Great Nut Hunt, v36 50 Buckden, Wharfedale, v37 45 Castle Howard, v31 39–40 K Cod Beck Reservoir, Osmotherley, v39 44 Kexby Bridge Coverdale, Yorkshire Dales, v38 31 Daubenton's bat colony survey, v24 3–5 Duncombe Park, Helmsley, v37 28 Kirbymoorside, Gillamoor Farndale, v41 58 dormouse walk, v17 5 Follifoot, Harrogate, v39 41–42 Kirkham Priory Forge Valley, Scarborough, v32 52 mammal recording walk, v38 27–28, v44 44 Fountains Abbey, v33 39–40, v41 58 Knaresborough Gilling West, Richmond, v38 28–29 River Nidd, mammal recording walk, v32 49–50 Goldsborough, v41 57–58 Gunnerside, Swaledale, v37 44 Harewood, v42 41 L Helmsley, v31 39, v40 31 Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale Hovingham, v36 46–47, v41 60 mammal recording walk, v42 39–40 Kirkham Priory & River Derwent, v38 27–28 Laverton, otter camera trapping, v40 3–4 Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, v42 39–40 Ledsham Banks Nature Reserve Little and Great Ouseburn, Boroughbridge, v35 29–32 small mammal survey, v33 33–35 Londesborough Park, , v37 42 Ledston Luck Nature Reserve, Leeds Malham, Yorkshire Dales, v38 30 small mammal survey, v41 49–51, v42 33–37 , v40 29–30 Leeds University Farm Millington Wood, Yorkshire Wolds, v36 49 small mammal survey, v17 6–8, v18 6–10, v19 5–8, v20 Millington, Yorkshire Wolds, v39 41 12–23, v21 13–19, v22 19–24 Moor Monkton, v39 43–44 Leisler's bats Newton-on-Ouse, v30 4–5 records Wakefield, v17 15 , v41 59 lesser horseshoe bat Canal, v39 43 records in Yorkshire, v1 2 Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough, v35 32–33 Lindholme Moor Rievaulx, v39 42–43 fox diet study, v26 38–42 Ripley, v41 57 Little Ouseburn , Strensall, v32 52, v40 32 mammal recording walk, v35 29–32 River Nidd, Knaresborough, v32 49–50 live trapping small mammals River Ouse, Acaster Malbis, v38 30 studies in Yorkshire, 30 year review & YMG's River Rye, Rievaulx, evening walk, v42 41 contribution to science, v26 21–28 River Seven, Sinnington, v29 12–15 success without prebaiting, v2 10 River Ure, Boroughbridge, v40 31 trap types comparison, v41 32–35 River Ure, Masham, v34 49–50 . see also small mammal surveys River Ure, West Tanfield, v39 43 loft invasion by small mammals, v19 16 River Wharfe, Bolton Percy, v36 50 Londesborough Park, Market Weighton River Wharfe, , v34 50–51 mammal recording walk, v37 42 River Wharfe, Harewood, v34 51–53 long-tailed field mouse. see wood mouse River Wharfe, Tadcaster, v33 39, v41 59 Longworth traps Rye Valley, Helmsley, v35 33–35 BioEcoSS Tube traps comparison, v41 32–35 [continued]

9 mammal recording walks [cont.] stoat & bat watching, v27 12–13 Seamer Carr, , v36 48 mountain hare Skipsea, v31 41 annual census, Peak District, v1 7, v35 3–5 Sneaton Forest, Falling Foss, v36 49 mouse. see harvest mouse; house mouse; wood mouse; Snilesworth near Osmotherley, v42 39 yellow-necked mouse Staithes, v38 29–30 mouse-eared bat Staveley near Knaresborough, v42 38 visit to hibernaculum in south of England, v7 19 Summerbridge, v42 40 Swinsty Reservoir, v34 50 Thixen Dale, v37 44 N Wass, Ampleforth, v39 42 Nathusius' pipistrelle. see pipistrelle, Nathusius' water voles, Howden, v28 18–19 Natterer's bat Wensley, v41 59–60 autumn swarming, v33 3–5 Wharram le Street, Yorkshire Wolds, v32 50 historical and recent records, North Yorkshire, v4 17–18 Widdale, v32 53–54 Nepal, Royal Chitwan National Park, v20 39–42 Wykeham Forest, North York Moors, v34 49 Netherlands mammals in church carvings, v40 5–7, v40 40–41 YMG visit to bat hibernation sites, v3 19–20 marine mammals New Earswick Bridlington, boat trip mammal sightings, v31 41 small mammal survey, v28 20–23 cetaceans, Yorkshire studies, records and bibliography, New Zealand v16 17–23 introduced mammalian pests, v38 10–17 harp seal, new records, Yorkshire and Humberside whale-watching, v35 15–17 waters, v15 15–18 Newby Wiske, whale watching in New Zealand, v35 15–17 small mammal survey, v30 5–9 whale watching in Scotland, v29 41–43 Newton-on-Ouse . see also seals mammal recording walk, v30 4–5 Markington Nidderdale, Studfold Farm small mammal survey, owl pellet analysis, v3 12 small mammal survey, v36 27–30 Masham noctule bat mammal recording walk, v40 29–30 caring for injured bats and trauma related colour River Ure, mammal recording walk, v34 49–50 change, v7 22–23 Middlesbrough, Seamer Carr co-habitation with Daubenton's bats in tree roost, East mammal recording walk, v36 48 Tanfield, v5 12–13 Millington, Yorkshire Wolds emergence, Clifton Bridge, York, v33 6–10 mammal recording walk, v36 49, v39 41 Norfolk Wildlife Park, YMG visit, v9 2100 mimicry North Pennine Otter Trust YMG visit, v25 20–21 Stapelia flowers mimicry of Carnivora anal sphincters, North York Moors v41 68–69 bird pellet studies bibliography, v37 5–8 mink, American Crag Cliff Wood, dormouse nibbled hazlenuts survey, feral population expansion in Yorkshire and potential v29 15–17 impact, v2 3–5 Cropton Forest badger watching, v26 14 Hawkyard Mink Farm, YMG visit, v2 5 Cropton Forest small mammal survey, v8 7–8 introduced predator status and impact, UK & Belarus, Dalby Forest bat hibernaculum, v22 30–31 v26 33–35 Dalby Forest bat roost box survey, ringed bat recoveries minke whale & longevity, v27 45–46 whale watching in Scotland, v29 41–43 Dalby Forest small mammal survey, v34 11–13 Mobile mini-beasts Dalby Forest, YMG exhibit, v21 21 diary of an environmental education service, v25 37–39 Danby Dale, water shrew survey & diet, v34 31–42 mole dormouse historical records, v37 30–39 gamekeeper's gibbet, Swaledale, v42 9 forest bat box scheme, v22 30 mole rats species complex evolution, Israel, v16 14–16 Gillamoor, dormouse walk, v17 5 Moor Monkton Grosmont, mammal recording walk, v44 41 mammal recording walk, v39 43–44 harvest mouse survey, owl pellets analysis, v41 20–24, Moorlands Nature Reserve, York v42 10–12, v44 3–5 small mammal survey, v17 9, v29 10–12, v39 8–12 Mammalaction summer expedition, v23 27–28 Mount Grace Priory pine marten recorded on camera trap, v43 5 small mammal survey and owl pellet analysis, v30 14–20, pine marten, new record, v22 5 v32 23–27 [continued]

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North York Moors [cont.] harvest mouse survey, North York Moors, v41 20–24, plantation forestry, environmental health and mammals, v42 10–12, v44 3–5 v6 6–8 Markington, v3 12 river mammals ecology, YMG member M.Phil study Mount Grace Priory, v30 14–20, v32 23–27 overview, v8 18–19 Strensall Common, v33 18–21 roadside verges, small mammal survey, v31 10–11 studies bibliography, v37 5–8 Ryedale Windypits bat survey, v2 17 Winscar Reservoir, v5 8–9 water mammals status, v13 2–4 workshop, v10 16 water voles, YMG field meeting, v24 21 Wykeham Forest, mammal recording walk, v34 49 Norton Ings, Malton P small mammal survey, v33 36–38, v36 33–35 Pateley Bridge Nosterfield LNR mammal recording walk, v41 59 small mammal survey, v37 24–28, v40 18–20 Peak District Nunthorpe Village mountain hare annual census, v1 7, v35 3–5 small mammal survey, v30 29–36 pest mammals, differing perceptions, v25 26–30 pine marten conservation, v27 5–6 O ecology, historical decline and recovery, report of talk by obituaries John Martin, v42 15–18 Shann, Edna, v25 1–3; 43 hair samples survey, North East Yorkshire, v34 46–48 Smith, Barrie D.S., v5 i radio tracking in Scotland, v1 3–5 Thompson, Michael J.A., v38 3–6 recorded in North York Moors, v43 5 Yalden, Derek, v39 3–4 records, north east Yorkshire, 1964-2004, v31 12–17 Occaney, Harrogate surveys, Durham and North Yorkshire, v36 10–12 juvenile brown rat trapped in Longworth trap, v7 17 surveys, North East Yorkshire, v36 7–10 Occupation Lane, near Tadcaster Worcestershire record, v29 43–44 small mammal survey, road verges, v27 26–28 pipistrelle, bats Old Moor RSPB Reserve, Barnsley ringing programme, York, v13 5 small mammal survey, v37 16–18 roost revealed by hunting cat, Skidby, v15 4 Orkney mammals, v19 12–13 pipistrelle, common Osmotherley colony count, long term survey, Wheldrake, v24 26–30 Cod Beck Reservoir, mammal recording walk, v39 44 commuting flying speeds, Skidby, v25 22–24 Silton Forest, mammal recording walk, v43 55–56 longevity, survival and population density in Vale of Otley, Gallows Hill Nature Area York, v7 10–11 small mammal survey, v43 44–47 rehabilitation, v37 12–13 otter, European roost exit counts, Harrogate, v5 10–11 camera trapping, Laverton, v40 3–4 pipistrelle, Nathusius' Dinnet Lochs, Scotland, v34 45–46 recorded on ferry at Hull dock, v38 7 field signs and population ecology interpretations, v21 plantation forestry, environmental health and mammals, 29–31 North York Moors, v6 6–8 mortality records and cub rescue, v29 23–25 reintroduction into North Yorkshire, v20 29–30 mammal recording walk, v39 43 status and stream acidity, v12 13 small mammal survey, v44 23–26 survey, England 1991-1994, v23 23–35 Poland survey, River Leven, v30 29–36, v39 19–30 Bialowieza Primeval Forest research visit, v24 37–40 suspected infanticide, v27 19–20 mammal watching, v25 35–37 weekend in Shropshire, v23 22–23 polecat Yorkshire Otter Forum, v21 28–29 record, North Yorkshire, v28 38–39 Yorkshire release project, v16 7 records, Yorkshire, v42 8 otters polecat/ferret Chestnut Centre, Derbyshire, YMG visit, v21 20, v28 33– identification and hybridisation, v37 45–47 34 records, Doncaster region, v36 4–7 North Pennine Otter Trust, YMG visit, v25 20–21 roadkill carcass records and facial masks, v41 9–12 Otter Trust, Suffolk, YMG visit, v9 21 Potteric Carr Nature Reserve owl pellets analysis small mammal survey, v34 8–10 Ellerton Church, East Yorkshire, v28 24–25 pygmy shrew Filey Dams Nature Reserve, v32 19–22 colonisation, Ireland, research note, v30 2–3

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River Wharfe R Bolton Percy, mammal recording walk, v36 50 Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough Grassington, mammal recording walk, v34 50–51 mammal recording walk, v35 32–33 Harewood, mammal recording walk, v34 51–53 raptor pellet studies bibliography, v37 5–8 Tadcaster, mammal recording walk, v33 39, v41 59 rat. see brown rat road casualty survey, Settrington, v12 6–10 Ravenscar, Peak Alum Works road casualty surveying, v1 6 small mammal survey, v44 38–40 Rodley Nature Reserve Rawcliffe Country Park, York small mammal survey, v37 13–15 small mammal survey, v34 14–16 roe deer red squirrel abnormal gait and hoof deformity, v41 5–8 conservation, v40 12–17 antlers, v3 10–11 reliability of field sighting identifications, v8 3–5 drownings in canals, v16 8–9 rhino conservation in South Africa, v43 9–21 sightings in Yorkshire 1984-1988, v11 12–13 Rievaulx Romania, brown bears, v30 41–43 mammal recording walk, v39 42–43 Roseberry Topping River Rye, YMG evening walk, v42 41 small mammal survey, v40 20–22 Rudston small mammal survey, v10 2–3 small mammal survey, v35 6–9 Rievaulx Terrace Rwanda dormouse box project, v10 13–14, v11 17, v13 6–7, v15 gorillas in Parc des Volcans, v19 9–11 7–8, v15 9, v17 5–6 Rye Valley, Helmsley small mammal survey, v25 12–16 mammal recording walk, v35 33–35 Ripley mammal recording walk, v41 57, v44 43–44 Riplingham brown hare survey, v19 14–15 S Ripon, River Skell and Ure Saltmarshe Delph mammal recording walk, v43 55 small mammal survey, v30 9–14 Rishworth Scarborough mammal recording walk, v43 57 Forge Valley, mammal recording walk, v32 52 River Derwent, Kirkham Priory Hayburn Wyke Wood, small mammal survey, v38 23–25 mammal recording walk, v38 27–28, v44 44 Raincliffe Woods, mammal recording walk, v35 32–33 River Foss Raincliffe Woods, small mammal survey, v33 22–24 Huntington to York ring road, water vole survey, v25 10– Scotland 11 Dinnet Lochs, otters, v34 45–46 Old Earswick to Strensall, water vole survey, v25 7–9 European beaver reintroduction, v29 6–7 Strensall, mammal recording walk, v32 52, v40 32 hedgehog eradication on Uist and translocation survival River Leven, otter survey, v30 29–36, v39 19–30 study in North Ayrshire, v32 47–49 river mammals ecology, North York Moors, YMG member radio tracking pine marten, v1 3–5 M.Phil study overview, v8 18–19 whale watching, v29 41–43 River Nidd Seal Sanctuary, Cornwall, v21 31–33 Knaresborough, mammal recording walk, v32 49–50 seals River Ouse, Acaster Malbis Donna Nook NNR breeding colony, YMG visit, v32 54–55 mammal recording walk, v38 30 feeding and prey observations, historical records, River Rye, Rievaulx Yorkshire coast, v2 9 YMG evening walk, v42 41 harp seal, new records, Yorkshire and Humberside River Seven, Sinnington waters, v15 15–18 mammal recording walk, v29 12–15 viral disease outbreak, North Sea, v12 14–15 River Skell Senegal, La Parc Niokolo-Koba Ripon, mammal recording walk, v43 55 bats, v17 16–17 River Ure visit, v18 18–19 Boroughbridge, mammal recording walk, v40 31 Settrington, road kills survey, v12 6–10 Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society field meeting Shann, Edna report, v3 14 bat watercolour paintings, v25 2; 43 Masham, mammal recording walk, v34 49–50 obituary, v25 1–3; 43 Ripon, mammal recording walk, v43 55 Sheffield West Tanfield, mammal recording walk, v39 43 water vole distribution and biology notes, v5 5–7 Wharncliffe Woods, small mammal survey, v8 6

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Sheriff Hutton Garbutt Wood, v18 5 small mammal survey, v32 11–15 Great Ayton, v29 25–30, v30 29–36 short-tailed vole. see field vole Hatfield Moors, v24 8–15, v36 36–38, v38 18–20 shrew, pygmy. see pygmy shrew Hayburn Wyke Wood, Scarborough, v38 23–25 Sinnington Heslington Hill, York, v38 25–27 garden mammal sightings, v25 40–42 High Batts Nature Reserve, Ripon, v8 6, v9 16, v10 2, v11 mammal recording walk, v29 12–15 14–15, v12 12 Skidby Hopewell House Farm, Knaresborough, v5 3–4, v7 14– pipistrelle bat roost revealed by hunting cat, Skidby, v15 15, v9 17, v10 3, v11 15–16, v27 20–25, v37 4 18–24 pipistrelle bats commuting flying speeds, v25 22–24 background and 1980-84 review, v3 3–9 Skipsea long term trap report, v11 2–11 mammal recording walk, v31 41 Howsham Mill, v40 23–26 Skipton, Raikes Road Burial Ground Humber Wildfowl Refuge, v20 11–12 small mammal and bat surveys, v41 36–39 Ingleby Greenhow, v30 29–36 Skipwith Common Jeffrey Bog, v18 10–11 small mammal survey, v8 8–9 Ledsham Banks Nature Reserve, v33 33–35 Slingsby, brown hare sightings, v24 36–37 Ledston Luck Nature Reserve, Leeds, v41 49–51, v42 33– small mammal community 37 ground cover effects, Cheshire, v36 18–22 Leeds University Farm, v17 6–8, v18 6–10, v19 5–8, v20 small mammal live trapping 12–23, v21 13–19, v22 19–24, v23 9–17 studies in Yorkshire, 30 year review & YMG's Markington, owl pellet analysis, v3 12 contribution to science, v26 21–28 Moorlands Nature Reserve, York, v17 9, v29 10–12, v39 success without prebaiting, v2 10 8–12 trap types comparison, v41 32–35 Mount Grace Priory, v30 14–20, v32 23–27 small mammal surveys New Earswick, v28 20–23 18 Acres, Swale Lane, Catterick, v31 8–10 New Hall Farm, Ardsley, v36 30–32 Allerthorpe Common, Pocklington, v33 25–28 Newby Wiske, Northallerton, v30 5–9 Ashberry Pastures, Helmsley, v20 9–10, v21 12–13, v25 North York Moors roadside verges, v31 10–11 6–7 Norton Ings, Malton, v33 36–38, v36 33–35 Askham Bog, v11 16, v28 15–17, v31 6–8, v38 20–22, Nosterfield LNR, v37 24–28, v40 18–20 v41 46–48 Nunthorpe Village, v30 29–36 Bank Newton Locks, Gargrave, v27 28–29 Occupation Lane, near Tadcaster, road verges, v27 26– Bempton RSPB reserve, v42 13–14 28 Blackwoods, body weights seasonal pattern, v6 3–5 Old Moor RSPB Reserve, Barnsley, v37 16–18 Blackwoods, Wheldrake, long term study, v9 4–9 Poppleton Church graveyard, York, v10 4 Bramham Crossroads, v29 17–19 Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, v34 8–10 Brockadale Nature Reserve, near Kirk Smeaton, v32 6–10 Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough, v33 22–24 Chafer Wood, v15 10–11, v22 9–12 Rawcliffe Country Park, York, v34 14–16 Copmanthorpe Primary School, York, class activity, v32 Rawcliffe Meadows, York, v42 26–32 29 Rievaulx Abbey, v10 2–3 Cromwell Bottom LNR, v28 29–32, v35 11–14 Rievaulx Terraces and Temples, v25 12–16 Cropton Forest, v8 7–8 Rodley Nature Reserve, v37 13–15 Dalby Forest, v34 11–13 Roseberry Topping, v40 20–22 East Keswick, v36 24–27, v39 39–41, v40 26–29, v41 52– Rudston, Bridlington, v35 6–9 56 Saltmarshe Delph, v30 9–14 Eastrington Ponds, East Yorkshire, v27 30–35 Sheriff Hutton, v32 11–15 Ellerton Church owl pellet analysis, v28 24–25 Skipwith Common, v8 8–9 Filey Country Park, v41 25–28 St Chad's churchyard, Headingley, Leeds, v31 4–6 Filey Dams Nature Reserve, v8 7, v10 3, v20 7–8, v22 13– St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, York, v39 36–38 18, v27 41–44, v32 16–19, v35 10–11, v41 Strensall Common, owl pellets analysis, v33 18–21 28–31 Studfold Farm, Nidderdale, v36 27–30 Filey Dams Nature Reserve, owl pellet analysis, v32 19– Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, Escrick, v41 40–45, v42 22– 22 25 Filey Nature Reserves, v40 9–12 Tophill Low Nature Reserve, v27 2–4 Flamingo Land Zoo, v39 5–7 Tregonning, Ellerton, v34 5–7 Foss Islands Reserve, York, v20 10–11 West Bank Park, Acomb, v24 15–16 Foxglove Covert, v30 29–36 [continued]

13 small mammal surveys [cont.] Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, Escrick Wharncliffe Woods, Sheffield, v8 6 small mammal and bat surveys, v41 40–45 Wheatlands Educational Community Woodland, York, small mammal survey, v42 22–25, v43 36–41, v44 27–33 v33 29–32, v36 40–42 Tockwith, Sandhole Wood Nature Reserve Willow Garth Nature Reserve, Knottingley, v9 18–20, v10 small mammal survey, v44 6–11 4, v12 11–12 Tophill Low Nature Reserve York green sites, remains in bottles/cans survey, v19 4 bat records, v38 7 Yorkshire Arboretum, Castle Howard, v42 19–21 small mammal survey & bat survey, v27 2–4 Smith, Barrie D.S. stoat on roof of visitor centre, v28 42 obituary, v5 i trapping small mammals. see also small mammal surveys Sneaton Forest, Falling Foss trap types comparison, v41 32–35 mammal recording walk, v36 49 tube traps Snilesworth near Osmotherley comparison with Longworth traps, v41 32–35 mammal recording walk, v42 39 Twycross Zoo, v20 23–25, v38 31–33 Spain, Extremadura, mammals, v31 42–44 squirrel. see grey squirrel; red squirrel St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, York U small mammal survey, v39 36–38 Uist water vole survey, v41 15–19 hedgehog eradication vs translocation, v32 47–49 Staithes mammal recording walk, v38 29–30 Staveley near Knaresborough mammal recording walk, v42 38 V stoat vole, bank. see bank vole Mount Grace Priory sightings, v27 12–13 vole, field. see field vole recorded in attic, feeding on house sparrows, vole, water. see water vole Armthorpe, v18 16–17 on roof of visitor centre, Tophill Low Reserve, v28 42 swimming in stream, v34 43–44 W winter whitening in Yorkshire, v39 31–36 Wakefield Strensall Common Leisler's bat records, v17 15 small mammal survey, owl pellet analysis, v33 18–21 Walkington, brown hare survey, v20 37–38 Strensall, River Foss walks, mammal recording. see mammal recording walks mammal recording walk, v32 52, v40 32 Wass, Ampleforth Stub Wood, Vale of York mammal recording walk, v39 42 bat survey, v39 12–17 water shrew Summerbridge Filey Dams Project, v15 8 mammal recording walk, v42 40 recorded at Filey, v6 12–13 Swaledale sightings, Bishop Thornton, v2 11 weasels and moles on gamekeeper's gibbets, v42 9 survey & diet, Danby Dale, v34 31–42 Swinsty Reservoir survey, north east Yorkshire, v32 36–41 mammal recording walk, v34 50 water vole symposium reports. see conference reports Bridlington Golf Club, v28 4 distribution and biology notes in Sheffield area, v5 5–7 field signs and population ecology interpretations, v21 T 29–31 Tadcaster Howden, YMG evening walk, v28 18–19 badger watching, v23 8–9 Hull records, v41 13–14 hedgehogs visit to garden, v2 8 impact of American mink in the UK, v26 33–35 River Wharfe, mammal recording walk, v33 39, v41 59 memories, v31 37–38 Tanzania, mammal sightings, v22 39–44 predation by weasel observation, Clifton Ings, York, v27 Thailand, mammal sightings, v15 9–12 9 Thixen Dale recorded in owl pellet, Winscar Reservoir, v5 8–9 mammal recording walk, v37 44 River Foss, Huntington to York ring road, survey, v25 10– Thompson, Michael 11 obituary, v38 3–6 River Foss, Old Earswick to Strensall, survey, v25 7–9 YMG founder member honoured, v28 1; 46 sighting at Holgate Beck, York, v15 4 [continued]

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foraging and feeding on fish, v9 12–13 gamekeeper's gibbet, Swaledale, v42 9 Y predation on water vole observation, Clifton Ings, York, Yalden, Derek v27 9 obituary, v39 3–4 scats found in bungalow loft, Lowthorpe, v18 15–16 yellow necked mouse trapped in Longworth trap, Leeds, v7 19 history of discovery in Yorkshire, v7 8–9 Willow Garth Nature Reserve, Knottingley, young YMG field studies report, v5 3–4, v8 6–9, v10 2–4, v11 14–16 sighting, v6 15 YMG history 1970-1990, v15 5–6 Wensley YMG mammal recording annual report, v8 10–11, v26 15–16, mammal recording walk, v41 59–60 v27 13–16, v28 34–37, v29 20–23, v30 20–23 West Tanfield YMG member honoured dormouse reintroduction, v31 25–30, v32 44–47, v33 Thompson, Michael, v28 1; 46 16–18, v34 22–24, v35 25–27, v36 45, v37 Woodroffe, Gordon, v27 1–2 40–42, v38 38, v39 46–47, v40 34–35, v41 YMG origins and history, v28 8–15 60–61, v42 42 York River Ure, mammal recording walk, v39 43 Askham Bog, small mammal survey, v11 16, v28 15–17, Wetherby, YMG evening walk, v35 6 v31 6–8, v38 20–22, v41 46–48 whale watching badger tunnel under ring road, v4 10 New Zealand, v35 15–17 bat survey, v31 31–37 Scotland, v29 41–43 Clifton Bridge, bats survey, v33 6–10 Wharncliffe Woods, Sheffield Clifton Ings, water vole predation by weasel observation, small mammal survey, v8 6 v27 9 Wharram le Street, Yorkshire Wolds Copmanthorpe, small mammal survey, primary school mammal recording walk, v32 50 class activity, v32 29 Wheldrake Foss Islands Reserve, small mammal survey, v20 10–11 pipistrelle bat colony count, long term survey, v24 26–30 fox, urban sightings, v25 24–25 Wheldrake Nature Reserve, YMG exhibit, v21 21 green sites, small mammal remains in bottles/cans Widdale survey, v19 4 mammal recording walk, v32 53–54 Heslington Hill, University of York, small mammal survey, Wild about Wood Festival, Yorkshire Arboretum, v36 39, v37 v38 25–27 29, v38 33–35, v39 44–46 Holgate Beck, water vole sighting, v15 4 Wild Link Environment Day, York, v24 20–21, v25 21 More about Mammals, regional Mammal Society Willow Garth Nature Reserve Symposium, v26 18–21 small mammal observations, v11 13 National Badger Survey, v22 7–9 small mammal survey, v9 18–20, v10 4, v12 11–12 pipistrelle bats ringing programme, v13 5 young weasels sighting, v6 15 Poppleton Church graveyard, small mammal survey, v10 Wiltshire, RAF Chilmark 4 bats recorded at hibernation site, visit by YMG members, Rawcliffe Country Park, small mammal survey, v34 14– v5 20–21 16 Winscar Reservoir Rawcliffe Meadows mammals, v24 30–31 owl pellets analysis, water vole recorded, v5 8–9 Rawcliffe Meadows, small mammal and water vole wood mouse surveys, v42 26–32 carcass consumption by Sexton beetles, v42 51–54 Rawcliffe Meadows, water vole survey, v24 17–20 homing, v28 25–28; 50 cartoon, v29 5–6, v29 30–32, v30 St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, small mammal survey, 3 v39 36–38 recorded in loft space, v19 16 St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, water vole survey, v41 Woodroffe, Gordon 15–19 YMG member honoured, v27 1–2 urban foxes, v25 24–25 Wykeham Forest water vole symposium report, v28 43–46 mammal recording walk, v34 49 [continued]

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A Abbey, Sian, v32, v36, v37 H Allen, Joanne, v37 Halcro-Johnston, Andrew, v43 anonymous 'ratty,' v28 Hambly, Natasha, v39 Austin, Isobel, v42 Hammond, Martin, v24 Hanson, Ann, v12, v13, v18, v20, v21, v22, v23, v24, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v32, v33, v34, v35, v36, v37, v38, v39, v40, v41, v42, v43, v44 B Haycock, Gordon, v43 Beer, Amy-Jane, v31, v32, v33, v34, v35, v39, v40 Heathcote, Anne, v39 Bence, Sarah, v22 Helliwell, Lesley, v10, v16, v17, v18, v21 Brown, Maggie, v20 Hemmings, Phil, v26 Bunnell, Toni, v25, v30, v36, v39, v40, v41 Hibbert, Angie, v6, v8, v9, v11, v12 Burden, Kenneth, v6, v8, v9, v11 Howes, Colin, v2, v6, v8, v10, v14, v16, v17, v18, v21, v26, v32, v36, v37, v38, v39, v40, v41 Hull, Sue, v40, v41 C Hunt, Laura, v35 Capes, Derek, v29, v30, v31, v32, v33, v34, v36, v39, v41, v42, v44 Chapman, Laura, v43 J Collier, Linda, v1, v2, v6 Jay, Sylvia, v21 Collier, Stewart, v1 Jebson, Rod, v22 Constable, Peta, v42 Jeffery, Jackie, v43 Counter, J., v2 Court, Ian, v39, v40, v41, v43, v44 Critchley, Charles, v6, v21, v41, v42 Cronin, Beryl, v2, v5, v6, v20, v21, v22, v23, v24 K Cunningham-Atkins, Hilary, v41 Key, Gillian, v24 King, Lawrie, v28

D L Damper, B., v2 Lane, Tony, v15, v17, v18, v19, v20, v21, v24, v25, v27, v36, Davies, Sharon, v2 v37, v38 Deaton, Ron, v2, v5, v9 Laughton, David, v25 Denison, Jean, v21 Lunn, J., v5, v6 Drewett, John, v22, v23, v24, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v33

M Malam, Don, v24 E Masheder, Robert, v30, v33, v34, v35, v36, v37, v38, v39, Ellerker, Helen, v8, v9, v10 v40, v41, v42, v43, v44 Moodie, Philip, v21

Morgan, Cara, v29 F Morris, Pat, v21 Firth, Chris, v24 Mortimer, James, v31, v33, v34, v35, v38 Franklin, Peter, v31, v38, v40, v41, v42 Murby, Paul, v21 Fraser, Carolyn, v11

Freer, David, v21 Fuller, Kate, v9, v13, v14, v15, v16, v17, v18, v19, v25 O Oxford, Geoff, v9, v11, v12, v15, v16, v17, v18, v19, v20, v22, v23, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v33, v34, G v35, v36, v37, v38, v39, v40, v41, v42 Gardner, John, v17 Oxford, Roma, v9, v13, v20, v22, v25, v26, v28, v30, v42 Gibb, L., v15 Gomersall, David, v8

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P Pickles, Simon, v34

R Ratcliffe, Roger, v34 Ray, Denise, v30, v24, v43 Ray, John, v26, v42, v43, v44 Rivers, Nicky, v33 Robinson, Nigel, v6, v12

S Shann, Edna, v2, v6, v8, v9, v12, v14, v16, v17, v21 Sharp, C., v5, v6, v8, v9 Sinclair, Gill, v41 Smith, Barrie, v1, v2, v5 Spencer, Jonathan, v36, v37 Stebbings, R.E., v8 Stewart. Nigel, v27 Stride, Neal, v2

T Tanner, David, v33, v36 Thompson, Michael, v1, v2, v6, v8, v10, v11, v12, v13, v14, v15, v16, v18, v19, v20, v21, v22, v23, v24, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v32, v34 Traill, Jon, v27, v28, v32, v33, v34, v35

W Wakelin, Dick, v15, v16 Walsh, S.T., v8 Warwick, Hugh, v32 Wells, R.A., v1 White, Ian, v39, v41, v44 Whitehead, Jack, v9, v14, v20, v32, v35, v40, v41, v42, v43, v44 Whiteley, Derek, v5 Williamson, Mark, v25 Wilson, K.A., v9 Wise, Dean, v10, v11, v12 Wise, Nicola, v10, v11, v12 Woodroffe, Gordon, v11, v12, v13, v14, v16, v19, v20, v21, v23, v26, v27, v29, v34, v36, v38, v39, v41, v42 Woodroffe, Lorna, v19, v21, v25, v27 Wright, Barry, v28, v29, v30, v44 Wright, Kate, v42, v43

Y Youngman, Mary, v8, v17, v23, v24, v25, v26, v28, v35, v36, v38, v39, v40, v41, v42, v43

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