The Yorkshire Mammal Group Newsletter

Index (No.1 to No. 42)

Compiled by Mary Youngman

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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. In the author index only volume numbers are given.

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A bat conferences Aberford Bat Conservation Trust annual national conference, mammal recording walk, v32 51 Keele University, v22 28–29 Acaster Malbis, River Ouse Bat Conservation Trust National Conference, v30 38–41 mammal recording walk, v38 30 Bat Research 7th World and 3rd European Conference, albinism Aberdeen, v6 20 field vole record, Gouthwaite Reservoir, v2 6 Bats for an Afternoon, Fauna & Flora Preservation fox, historical records in Yorkshire, v6 14 Society, London 1987, v8 12 hedgehog, v40 7–9 Second European Symposium on Bat Research, Bonn vole records, v7 13 1983, v2 18 alien and exotic mammals in Yorkshire, v15 12–15 Sixth National Conference, 1989 report, v15 23–24 Allerthorpe Common bat groups mammal recording walk, v42 39 Bradford Bat Group report, v6 10–11 small mammal survey, v33 25–28 Don Gorge Bat Group, v24 24–26 American marten in Britain, research note, v29 3–4 East Yorkshire Bat Group report, v15 13–14 American mink. see mink, American East Yorkshire Bat Group, history, v27 35–38 Ampleforth East Yorkshire Bat Group, projects and significant mammal recording walk, v40 32 records, v37 8–11 Arabian oryx, Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, Jordan, v25 33–35 Harrogate and Nidderdale Bat Group report, v4 12–13 Ardsley, New Hall Farm Bat Group report, v22 26–28, v23 small mammal survey, v36 30–32 17–19, v24 22–24, v25 16–17, v26 4–5, v27 Arkengarthdale 7–8, v28 6–8, v29 7–9, v31 44–47 mammal recording walk, v32 52–53 Ryedale Bat Section report, v21 22 Armthorpe Tadcaster Bat Section report, v21 23 stoat in attic, feeding on house sparrows, v18 16–17 West Yorkshire Bat Group report, v20 35–37 art YMG Bat Section report, v2 12–19, v3 21–22, v4 bat watercolour paintings by Edna Shann, v25 2; 43 11–12, v6 16–18, v7 16–17, v8 14–16, v9 bats in church carvings, v40 5–7 14, v10 15–16, v12 5, v15 6–8, v16 6, v20 Da Vinci's Lady with an ermine or Lass wi' t' ferret, v38 26–29 39–41 bat surveys Ashberry Pastures Beverley Beck, v17 10–11, v20 31–33, v21 34–36 small mammal survey, v20 9–10, v21 12–13, v25 6–7 bridges use as summer roosts, Harrogate area, v8 17 Askham Bog Clifton Bridge, , v33 6–10 small mammal survey, v11 16, v28 15–17, v31 6–8, v38 Daubenton's bat, Kexby Bridge colony survey, v24 3–5 20–22, v41 46–48 Hopewell House Farm, Knaresborough, v30 43–44 Atlas of North Yorkshire Mammals, v34 3–5, v37 3–5 Mount Grace Priory, v27 12–13 autobiography, life and times of a countryside warden, v24 National Bat Survey, v18 4–5 34–36 noctule bat emergence, Clifton Bridge, York, v33 6–10 pipistrelle colony count, long term survey, Wheldrake, v24 26–30 B pipistrelle roost exit counts, Harrogate, v5 10–11 badger Raikes Road Burial Ground, Skipton, v41 36–39 above ground nest, v32 27–28 Ryedale Windypits, North York Moors, v2 17 East and North Yorkshire Badger Protection Group, v11 Stub Wood, , v39 12–17 18 surveying bridges in North Yorkshire, v30 45–48 national survey update, v23 8 Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, Escrick, v41 40–45 national survey, York, v22 7–9 Tophill Low Nature Reserve, v27 2–4, v38 7 persecution in Yorkshire, historical review, v10 5–12 York, v31 31–37 sett recording in Yorkshire and legal protection, v7 Yorkshire Dales caves use, v28 3 20–21 bat surveys, roost boxes tunnel under ring road at York, v4 10 bat box projects, note, v3 18 weekend in Somerset, v23 20–22 bat boxes function and importance, v3 17–18 York Badger Group, v20 33–35, v22 32–33 forest bat box scheme, North York Moors, v22 30 badger watching roost box survey, ringed bat recoveries & longevity, Cropton Forest, v26 14 Dalby Forest, v27 45–46 Somerset, v24 32–33 bats Tadcaster, v23 8–9 bibliography of bat bibliographies, review, v7 26 YMG outing, v10 16 Brandt's bat identification and new records for Bank Newton Locks, Gargrave Yorkshire, v4 14–16 small mammal survey, v27 28–29 brown adipose tissue and hibernation, v4 7–9 bank vole brown long-eared bats body measurements, albinism records, v7 13 Rossington Hall, Doncaster, v17 13–15 altitude record, Yorkshire Dales, v18 14 church carvings, v40 5–7 field identification, characteristics comparison with field conservation and timber treatments, v7 7 vole, v3 13 conservation history in Britain, v7 3–6 recorded in loft space, v19 16 Dalby Forest hibernaculum, v22 30–31 Barmby Barrage Daubenton's bat roosting and fly ectoparasite, mammal recording walk, v31 40 Doncaster Railway Station, v18 12–13 [continued]

3 bats [cont.] Bolton Percy, River Wharfe detectors and echolocation, v33 41–43 mammal recording walk, v36 50 development of bat studies in Britain, v3 15–16 book reviews diurnal predation by birds, v17 11–12 Al Mashrek, M. Thompson, 2000, v27 47 experiences with sick and injured bats, v10 18–20 Animal Quest - A Naturalist on Four Continents, M. feeding behaviour, Selwick's Bay, Flamborough, v38 Delany, 2000, v28 47 8–10 Arabian Mammals, J. Kingdon, 1991, v18 21 hibernation site at RAF Chilmark, Wiltshire, visit by YMG Auritus - a natural history of the long-eared bat, R. members, v5 20–21 Howard, 1995, v22 45–46 Leisler's bats records in Wakefield, v17 15 Badgers, M. Clark, 1988, v11 20 lesser horseshoe bat records in Yorkshire, v1 2 Bats - biology and behaviour, J.D. Altringham, 1996, mouse-eared bat, visit to hibernaculum in south of v23 31–32 England, v7 19 Bats of the British Isles, A.A. Wardhaugh, 1987, v11 22 Nathusius' pipistrelle recorded on ferry at dock, Hull, Bats, P. Richardson, 1985, v7 24 v38 7 Bats: A Natural History, J.E. Hill & J.D. Smith, 1984, v6 Nationwide Association of Preserving Specialists 25 booklet, a response, v8 19 Beavers, A. Kitchener, 2001, v29 45–46 Natterer's bat, autumn swarming, v33 3–5 Big Cats, D. Richardson, 1992, v20 43–44 Natterer's bat, historical and recent records, North Brown Hare, The, S. Tapper, 1987, v11 22 Yorkshire, v4 17–18 Checklist of the Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of Niokola-Koba National Park, Senegal, v17 16–17 the Harrogate District, R.H. Deaton, 1986, v8 noctule bat co-habitation with Daubenton's bats in tree 22 roost, East Tanfield, v5 12–13 Chimpanzees, T. Lemmon, 1994, v21 40 noctule bat, caring for injured bats and trauma related Claxton - Field Notes from a Small Planet, M. Cocker, colour change, v7 22–23 2014, v41 70 parasite records, Yorkshire, 1885-1985, v4 3–6 Collins Guide to Rare Mammals of the World, J.A. pipistrelle commuting flying speeds, Skidby, v25 22–24 Burton & B. Pearson, 1987, v11 21–22 pipistrelle longevity, survival and population density in Common Seal, The, P. Thompson, 1989, v13 11 Vale of York, v7 10–11 Country Foxes, H. Kolb, 1996, v24 45 pipistrelle rehabilitation, v37 12–13 Current Status of the Brown Hare in Britain, The, M.R. pipistrelle ringing programme, York, v13 5 Hutchings & S. Harris, 1996, v23 33 pipistrelle roost revealed by hunting cat, Skidby, v15 4 Deer, N. Chapman, 1990, v18 20–21 rehabilitation, v22 25–26 Everything you want to know about Hedgehogs, D. ringed bat recoveries & longevity, Dalby Forest, v27 Breese, 1998, v25 42 45–46 Grey Seal, The, S. Anderson, 1988, v13 12 roosts, carpet beetle pests encounter, v36 23–24 Habitat Management for Natter's Bat, G. Smith & P.A. watercolour paintings by Edna Shann, v25 2; 43 Racey, 2002, v30 50 YMG visit to hibernation sites in the Netherlands, v3 Hedgehog, The, P. Morris, 1988, v13 10 19–20 Hedgehogs, P. Morris, 1983, v2 23 Beal (North Yorkshire) History of British Mammals, The, D. Yalden, 1999, v26 guinea pig predation by tawny owl, v15 5 42–43 beaver, European Insectivorous Mammals in the Harrogate District, R.H. historical occurrence in Yorkshire, v40 40–41 Deaton (ed.), 1986, v7 24 past and present, v29 32–37 Islands (New Naturalist 109), R.J. Berry, 2009., v36 reintroduction in Scotland, v29 6–7 52–53 Bempton RSPB reserve Ivory, Apes & Peacocks, A. Root, 2012, v39 55 small mammal survey, v42 13–14 Leaping Hare, The, G. Ewart Evans & D. Thompson, Beverley Beck, bat survey, v17 10–11, v20 31–33, v21 1972, reissued 2002, v42 57–58 34–36 Living with Dormice, S. Eden, 2009, v36 54–55 bibliographies Mammal detective, R. Strachan, 1995, v23 31 bat bibliographies, review, v7 26 Mammals of Derbyshire, The, D. Mallon, D. Alston & D. bird pellet studies, North York Moors and adjacent Whiteley, 2012, v40 43–44 regions, v37 5–8 Mammals of the British Isles, L. Harrison Matthews, Yorkshire cetaceans, v16 17–23 1982, v1 10 Yorkshire small mammal trapping studies, v26 21–28 Mammals UK- Introduction to the Nation's Wild Bieszczady National Park, wolves, brown bear & lynx, v26 Mammals, C. Poland Bowen, 2001, v30 30–33 49–50 Bilsdale, North York Moors Mammals, Amphibians & Reptiles of the North East, I. mammal recording walk, v37 42–43 Bond (ed.), 2012, v39 56–58 biodiversity and dog droppings, v39 52–54 Mice and voles, J. Flowerdew, 1994, v21 37 Bishop Burton, brown hare survey, v19 14–15, v20 37–38 Mice of the British Isles, M. Leach, 1990, v15 15 Bishop Thornton Mole, The, D. Stone, 1992, v19 18 water shrew sightings, v2 11 Mountain Hare in the Peak District, The, D.P. Mallon, Blackwoods, Wheldrake 2001, v29 46–47 small mammal survey, body weights seasonal pattern, Natural History of Badgers, The, E. Neal, 1986, v8 22 v6 3–5 Natural History of Deer, The, R. Putman, 1989, v12 16 small mammal survey, long term study, v9 4–9 Natural History of Seals, The, W.N. Bonnet, 1989, v15 Bolton Abbey 14 mammal recording walk, v36 50 [continued]

4 book reviews [cont.] Natural History of Shrews, The, S. Churchfield, 1990, C v17 19 camera trapping, Laverton, v40 3–4 Natural History of the Sheffield Area and the Peak Castle Howard District, The, D. Whiteley (ed.), 1985, v6 mammal recording walk, v31 39–40 24–25 Catterick, 18 Acres, Swale Lane New Encyclopaedia of Mammals, The, D. Macdonald small mammal survey, v31 8–10 (ed.), 2001, v29 47 cetaceans Otter Country: In Search of the Wild Otter, M. Yorkshire studies, records and bibliography, v16 17–23 Darlington, 2012, v39 54 Chafer Wood Otters in Shetland: The tale of the 'draatsi,' R. small mammal survey, v15 10–11, v22 9–12 Shucksmith & B. Thomason, 2016, v42 59 Cheshire, Rostherne Mere NNR Otters, P. Chanin, 1993, v20 44–45 small mammal community, effect of ground cover, v36 Pine Marten Survey of Scotland, England and Wales 18–22 1980-1982, K. Velander, 1983, v3 26 Chestnut Centre, Debyshire, YMG visit, v21 20 Pocket Guide to Mammals of Britain and Europe, The, Clifton Ings, York A.M. Hutson, 1995, v22 44 weasel predation on water vole, observation, v27 9 Ponies in the Wild, E. Gill, 1994, v21 41 Cod Beck Reservoir, Osmotherley Rabbits and Hares, A. McBride, 1988, v12 17 mammal recording walk, v39 44 Red Data Book for British Mammals, A, P.A. Morris, common pipistrelle. see pipistrelle, common 1993, v21 38 conference reports RSPB spotlight: Otters, N. Chester, 2014, v41 71 Annual Conference for Conservation Officers of Britain's Sea Otters, J.A. Love, 1990, v16 10 Wildlife Trust, Exeter, v22 33–34 Seals, S. Anderson, 1990, v17 19 Bat Conservation Trust annual national conference, Shrews of the British Isles, S. Churchfield, 1988, v12 17 Keele Univeristy, v22 28–29 State of Britain's Mammals 2002, The, D. Macdonald & Bat Conservation Trust National Conference, v30 38–41 F. Tattersall, 2002, v29 48 Bat Research 7th World and 3rd European Conference, Stoats and Weasels, Polecats and Martens, P. Aberdeen, v6 20 Sleeman, 1989, v16 9 Bats for an Afternoon, Fauna & Flora Preservation Urban wildlife, P. Shirley, 1996, v23 32–33 Society, London 1987, v8 12 Wild Animals of Britain and Europe, H. Hofmann, 1995, British Mammal Society 1987 conference, v9 10 v22 45 British Mammal Society AGM 1988, v11 19 Wild Animals, J.A. Burton, 1980, v15 24 British Mammal Society AGM, Ripon, v7 18 Wildcats, M. Tomkies, 1991, v19 17 British Mammals: past, present and future, joint Woodland and Wildlife, K. Kirby, 1992, v21 39 symposium 1989, v13 16 World of Animals, The, D. Morris, 1993, v20 43 Fouth European Bat Research Symposium, Prague Yorkshire Mammals, M.J. Delany (ed.), 1985, v6 23 1987, v10 21–22 Boroughbridge, River Ure Mammal Society Autumn Conference 1989, v15 19–23 mammal recording walk, v40 31 More about Mammals, regional Mammal Society Bramham Crossroads Symposium, York, v26 18–21 small mammal survey, v29 17–19 Second European Symposium on Bat Research, Bonn Brandt's bat 1983, v2 18 identification and new records for Yorkshire, v4 14–16 Sixth National Bat Conference 1989, v15 23–24 Bridlington, boat trip mammal sightings, v31 41 Water Vole Symposium, York, v28 43–46 Brockadale Nature Reserve, near Kirk Smeaton conservation small mammal survey, v32 6–10 bat conservation history in Britain, v7 3–6 brown bear in Romania, v30 41–43 bats and timber treatments, v7 7 brown hare Biodiversity Treaty, v23 28–30 adult response to magpies attacking leveret, conservation optimism, v38 35–36 observation, v7 12 mammals in North Yorkshire, v21 24–27 aquatic behaviour, v6 19 pine marten, v27 5–6 National Hare Survey, Riplingham & Bishop Burton, v19 red squirrel, v40 12–17 14–15 Copmanthorpe Primary School, York National Survey, v26 6–8 small mammal survey, class activity, v32 29 sightings in Slingsby, v24 36–37 Coverdale, Yorkshire Dales survey, Bishop Burton & Walkington, Yorkshire Wolds, mammal recording walk, v38 31 v20 37–38 Cromwell Bottom LNR brown long-eared bats small mammal survey, v28 29–32, v35 11–14 body measurements, Rossington Hall, Doncaster, v17 Cropton Forest 13–15 badger watching, v26 14 brown rat small mammal survey, v8 7–8 brief live sighting then roadkill record on motorway near Pontefract, v1 9 on hanging bird feeder, v26 29 juvenile trapped in Longworth trap at Occaney, Harrogate, v7 17 pest on the Galapagos, v24 40–44 Buckden, Wharfedale mammal recording walk, v37 45

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education D environmental education service Mobile mini-beasts, Dalby Forest v25 37–39 bat hibernaculum, v22 30–31 Ellerton bat roost box survey, ringed bat recoveries & longevity, Ellerton Church, owl pellet analysis, v28 24–25 v27 45–46 Tregonning, small mammal survey, v34 5–7 small mammal survey, v34 11–13 Escrick, Three Hagges Jubilee Wood YMG exhibit, v21 21 small mammal and bat surveys, v41 40–45 Danby Dale small mammal survey, v42 22–25 water shrew survey & diet, v34 31–42 European beaver. see beaver, European Daubenton's bat exotic and alien mammals in Yorkshire, v15 12–15 bridges use as summer roosts, Harrogate area, v8 17 co-habitation with noctules in tree roost, East Tanfield, v5 12–13 Kexby Bridge colony survey, v24 3–5 F roosting and fly ectoparasite, Doncaster Railway Farndale Station, v18 12–13 mammal recording walk, v41 58 deer, roe. see roe deer ferret/polecat dog droppings and biodiversity, v39 52–54 identification and hybridisation, v37 45–47 Doncaster records, Doncaster region, v36 4–7 Railway Station, Daubenton's bat roosting and fly roadkill carcass records and facial masks, v41 9–12 ectoparasite, v18 12–13 field mouse. see wood mouse region, polecat/ferret records, v36 4–7 field sighting identifications reliability, v8 3–5 Rossington Hall, brown long-eared bats measurements, field vole v17 13–15 albinism historical record, v7 13 Donna Nook NNR, Lincolnshire albino record, Gouthwaite Reservoir, v2 6 grey seal breeding colony, YMG visit, v32 54–55 field identification, characteristics comparison with bank dormouse vole, v3 13 Great Nut Hunt 1993, v21 6–9 photo, Filey Dams, v41 25 Great Nut Hunt, Crag Cliff Wood, North York Moors, v29 Filey 15–17 water shrews recorded, v6 12–13 Great Nut Hunt, East Yorkshire, v21 9–11 Filey Country Park handling license training day account, Cheddar, v28 small mammal survey, v41 25–28 40–41 Filey Dams historical records, North York Moors and adjacent field vole photo, v41 25 regions, v37 30–39 small mammal survey, v8 7, v10 3, v20 7–8, v22 13–18, Rievaulx Terrace box project, v10 13–14, v11 17, v13 v27 41–44, v32 16–19, v35 10–11, v41 6–7, v15 7–8, v15 9, v17 5–6 28–31 walk, Gillamoor, Kirbymoorside, v17 5 small mammal survey, owl pellet analysis, v32 19–22 dormouse reintroduction projects water shrews project, v15 8 Freeholders' Wood, Aysgarth, v35 27–28, v39 47–52, Filey Nature Reserves v40 35–40, v41 62–68, v42 43–50 small mammal survey, v40 9–12 Helmsley, v26 9–13, v27 17–19, v29 37–40, v30 24–28, Flamborough v31 18–24, v33 11–15, v34 17–21, v35 Selwick's Bay, bat feeding behaviour, v38 8–10 19–24, v36 43–45, v37 39–40, v38 36–37 Flamingo Land Zoo in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post reprints, v34 25–28, small mammal survey, v39 5–7 v34 29–30 Follifoot, Harrogate search for suitable woodland in Yorkshire, v23 25–27 mammal recording walk, v39 41–42 West Tanfield, v31 25–30, v32 44–47, v33 16–18, v34 Forge Valley, Scarborough 22–24, v35 25–27, v36 45, v37 40–42, v38 mammal recording walk, v32 52 38, v39 46–47, v40 34–35, v41 60–61, v42 Fountains Abbey 42 mammal recording walk, v33 39–40, v41 58 Duncombe Park, Helmsley fox mammal recording walk, v37 28 albinism historical records, Yorkshire, v6 14 DVD review cubs above ground in February, observation, v9 11 British Mammal Guide, The, S. Evans & P. Wetton, v42 diet study, Lindholme Moor, v26 38–42 55–57 National Survey, v27 10–11 teased by magpies, v12 10 urban sightings, York, v25 24–25 E Foxglove Covert, Catterick Garrison East Keswick small mammal survey, v30 29–36 small mammal survey, v36 24–27, v39 39–41, v40 Freeholders' Wood, Aysgarth 26–29, v41 52–56 dormouse reintroduction, v35 27–28, v39 47–52, v40 East Tanfield 35–40, v41 62–68, v42 43–50 co-habitation of two bat species in tree roost, v5 12–13 Eastrington Ponds, East Yorkshire small mammal survey, v27 30–35 echolocation, v33 41–43

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Hayburn Wyke Wood, Scarborough G small mammal survey, v38 23–25 Galapagos Headingley, St Chad's churchyard introduced rat problem, v24 40–44 small mammal survey, v31 4–6 mammals, v26 35–37 hedgehog Garbutt Wood albinism, v40 7–9 small mammal survey, v18 5 eradication on Uist and translocation survival study in garden mammal sightings, Sinnington, v25 40–42 North Ayrshire, v32 47–49 giant otter, YMG visit to Chestnut Centre, Peak District, v28 garden characteristics and conservation, v42 5–7 33–34 garden visit, Tadcaster, v2 8 Gilling West, Richmond health, faecal odours and tick burden, v39 17–19 mammal recording walk, v38 28–29 Hedgehog Roadkill Report 1993, summary, v21 5–6 Goldsborough, Knaresborough juveniles susceptibility to disease, v25 31–32 mammal recording walk, v41 57–58 nesting in burrow, Holme-upon-Spalding Moor, v6 18 gorillas in Parc des Volcans, Rwanda, v19 9–11 pathogens, parasites and population decline, v30 37–38 Gouthwaite Reservoir predation and remains scavenging by owls, v2 7 albino field vole record, v2 6 rescue, v40 7–9, v41 3–5 Grassington viral disease, v9 3 River Wharfe, mammal recording walk, v34 50–51 young weight gain in early and late litters, v36 12–17 Great Ayton Helmsley small mammal survey, v29 25–30, v30 29–36 dormouse reintroduction, v26 9–13, v27 17–19, v29 Great Ouseburn 37–40, v30 24–28, v31 18–24, v33 11–15, mammal recording walk, v35 29–32 v34 17–21, v35 19–24, v36 43–45, v37 grey seal 39–40, v38 36–37 Donna Nook NNR breeding colony, YMG visit, v32 Duncombe Park, mammal recording walk, v37 28 54–55 mammal recording walk, v31 39, v40 31 grey squirrel High Batts Nature Reserve, Ripon culling, v40 12–17 small mammal survey, v8 6, v9 16, v10 2, v11 14–15, guinea pig predation by tawny owl, Beal (North Yorkshire), v12 12 v15 5 Hong Kong, mammal sightings, v15 9–12 Gunnerside, Swaledale Hopewell House Farm, Knaresborough mammal recording walk, v37 44 bat survey, v30 43–44 harvest mouse record, v3 24 project background and small mammal survey 1980-84 H review, v3 3–9 hare, brown small mammal survey, v5 3–4, v7 14–15, v9 17, v10 3, adult response to magpies attacking leveret, v11 15–16, v27 20–25, v37 18–24 observation, v7 12 small mammal survey, long term trap report, v11 2–11 aquatic behaviour, v6 19 YMG evening field meeting, v25 18–20 National Hare Survey, Riplingham & Bishop Burton, v19 house mouse recorded in loft space, v19 16 14–15 Hovingham National Survey, v26 6–8 mammal recording walk, v36 46–47, v41 60 sightings in Slingsby, v24 36–37 Howden survey, Bishop Burton & Walkington, Yorkshire Wolds, water voles, YMG evening walk, v28 18–19 v20 37–38 Howsham Mill hare, mountain small mammal survey, v40 23–26 annual census, Peak District, v1 7, v35 3–5 Hull Harewood Nathusius' pipistrelle recorded on ferry at dock, v38 7 mammal recording walk, v42 41 water vole records, v41 13–14 River Wharfe, mammal recording walk, v34 51–53 Humber Wildfowl Refuge harp seal, new records, Yorkshire and Humberside waters, small mammal survey, v20 11–12 v15 15–18 Hungary Harrogate steppe mammal records, v32 42–43 bat surveys, bridges use as summer roosts, v8 17 Follifoot, mammal recording walk, v39 41–42 Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society field meeting report, River Ure, v3 14 I Occaney, juvenile brown rat trapped in Longworth trap, identification of field sightings, reliability, v8 3–5 v7 17 Imprint, brief history, v35 17–19 pipistrelle bat roost exit counts, v5 10–11 Ingleby Greenhow harvest mouse small mammal survey, v30 29–36 Hopewell House Farm record and relationship with Ireland, pygmy shrews colonisation, research note, v30 2–3 modern farming practice, v3 24 Israel survey, owl pellet analysis, North York Moors, v41 Ein Gedi Nature Reserve mammals, v16 11–13 20–24, v42 10–12 Hai-Bar Reserve visit, v27 39–41 Hatfield Moors mole rats species complex evolution, v16 14–16 fox diet, v26 38–42 small mammal survey, v24 8–15, v36 36–38, v38 18–20 Hawai'i, native and introduced mammals, v22 34–39

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Coverdale, Yorkshire Dales, v38 31 J Duncombe Park, Helmsley, v37 28 Jeffrey Bog Farndale, v41 58 small mammal survey, v18 10–11 Follifoot, Harrogate, v39 41–42 Jordan, Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, Arabian oryx, v25 33–35 Forge Valley, Scarborough, v32 52 Fountains Abbey, v33 39–40, v41 58 Gilling West, Richmond, v38 28–29 Goldsborough, v41 57–58 K Gunnerside, Swaledale, v37 44 Kexby Bridge Harewood, v42 41 Daubenton's bat colony survey, v24 3–5 Helmsley, v31 39, v40 31 Kirbymoorside, Gillamoor Hovingham, v36 46–47, v41 60 dormouse walk, v17 5 Kirkham Priory & River Derwent, v38 27–28 Kirkham Priory Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, v42 39–40 mammal recording walk, v38 27–28 Little and Great Ouseburn, Boroughbridge, v35 29–32 Knaresborough Londesborough Park, Market Weighton, v37 42 River Nidd, mammal recording walk, v32 49–50 , Yorkshire Dales, v38 30 Masham, v40 29–30 Millington Wood, Yorkshire Wolds, v36 49 Millington, Yorkshire Wolds, v39 41 L Moor Monkton, v39 43–44 Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale Newton-on-Ouse, v30 4–5 mammal recording walk, v42 39–40 Pateley Bridge, v41 59 Laverton, otter camera trapping, v40 3–4 Pocklington Canal, v39 43 Ledsham Banks Nature Reserve Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough, v35 32–33 small mammal survey, v33 33–35 Rievaulx, v39 42–43 Ledston Luck Nature Reserve, Leeds Ripley, v41 57 small mammal survey, v41 49–51, v42 33–37 River Foss, , v32 52, v40 32 River Nidd, Knaresborough, v32 49–50 River Ouse, Acaster Malbis, v38 30 Leeds University Farm River Rye, Rievaulx, evening walk, v42 41 small mammal survey, v17 6–8, v18 6–10, v19 5–8, v20 River Seven, Sinnington, v29 12–15 12–23, v21 13–19, v22 19–24 River Ure, Boroughbridge, v40 31 Leisler's bats River Ure, Masham, v34 49–50 records Wakefield, v17 15 River Ure, West Tanfield, v39 43 lesser horseshoe bat River Wharfe, Bolton Percy, v36 50 records in Yorkshire, v1 2 River Wharfe, Grassington, v34 50–51 Lindholme Moor River Wharfe, Harewood, v34 51–53 fox diet study, v26 38–42 River Wharfe, Tadcaster, v33 39, v41 59 Little Ouseburn Rye Valley, Helmsley, v35 33–35 mammal recording walk, v35 29–32 Seamer Carr, Middlesbrough, v36 48 live trapping small mammals Skipsea, v31 41 studies in Yorkshire, 30 year review & YMG's Sneaton Forest, Falling Foss, v36 49 contribution to science, v26 21–28 Snilesworth near Osmotherley, v42 39 success without prebaiting, v2 10 Staithes, v38 29–30 trap types comparison, v41 32–35 Staveley near Knaresborough, v42 38 . see also small mammal surveys Summerbridge, v42 40 loft invasion by small mammals, v19 16 Swinsty Reservoir, v34 50 Londesborough Park, Market Weighton Thixen Dale, v37 44 mammal recording walk, v37 42 Wass, Ampleforth, v39 42 long-tailed field mouse. see wood mouse water voles, Howden, v28 18–19 Longworth traps Wensley, v41 59–60 BioEcoSS Tube traps comparison, v41 32–35 Wharram le Street, Yorkshire Wolds, v32 50 Lowthorpe, weasel scats found in bungalow loft, v18 15–16 Widdale, v32 53–54 Wykeham Forest, North York Moors, v34 49 mammals in church carvings, v40 5–7, v40 40–41 M marine mammals Malham Bridlington, boat trip mammal sightings, v31 41 mammal recording walk, v38 30 cetaceans, Yorkshire studies, records and bibliography, , weekend field course, v6 9 v16 17–23 mammal recording walks whale watching in New Zealand, v35 15–17 Aberford, v32 51 whale watching in Scotland, v29 41–43 Allerthorpe Common, v42 39 . see also seals Ampleforth, v40 32 Markington Arkengarthdale, v32 52–53 small mammal survey, owl pellet analysis, v3 12 Barmby Barrage, v31 40 Masham Bolton Abbey, Golden Great Nut Hunt, v36 50 mammal recording walk, v40 29–30 Buckden, Wharfedale, v37 45 River Ure, mammal recording walk, v34 49–50 Castle Howard, v31 39–40 Middlesbrough, Seamer Carr Cod Beck Reservoir, Osmotherley, v39 44 mammal recording walk, v36 48 8

Millington, Yorkshire Wolds Dalby Forest bat roost box survey, ringed bat recoveries mammal recording walk, v36 49, v39 41 & longevity, v27 45–46 mimicry Dalby Forest small mammal survey, v34 11–13 Stapelia flowers mimicry of Carnivora anal sphincters, Dalby Forest, YMG exhibit, v21 21 v41 68–69 Danby Dale, water shrew survey & diet, v34 31–42 mink, American dormouse historical records, v37 30–39 feral population expansion in Yorkshire and potential forest bat box scheme, v22 30 impact, v2 3–5 Gillamoor, dormouse walk, v17 5 Hawkyard Mink Farm, YMG visit, v2 5 harvest mouse survey, owl pellets analysis, v41 20–24, introduced predator status and impact, UK & Belarus, v42 10–12 v26 33–35 Mammalaction summer expedition, v23 27–28 minke whale pine marten, new record, v22 5 whale watching in Scotland, v29 41–43 plantation forestry, environmental health and mammals, Mobile mini-beasts v6 6–8 diary of an environmental education service, v25 37–39 river mammals ecology, YMG member M.Phil study mole overview, v8 18–19 gamekeeper's gibbet, Swaledale, v42 9 roadside verges, small mammal survey, v31 10–11 mole rats species complex evolution, Israel, v16 14–16 Ryedale Windypits bat survey, v2 17 Moor Monkton water mammals status, v13 2–4 mammal recording walk, v39 43–44 water voles, YMG field meeting, v24 21 Moorlands Nature Reserve, York Wykeham Forest, mammal recording walk, v34 49 small mammal survey, v17 9, v29 10–12, v39 8–12 Norton Ings, Malton Mount Grace Priory small mammal survey, v33 36–38, v36 33–35 small mammal survey and owl pellet analysis, v30 Nosterfield LNR 14–20, v32 23–27 small mammal survey, v37 24–28, v40 18–20 stoat & bat watching, v27 12–13 Nunthorpe Village mountain hare small mammal survey, v30 29–36 annual census, Peak District, v1 7, v35 3–5 mouse-eared bat visit to hibernaculum in south of England, v7 19 O mouse. see harvest mouse; house mouse; wood mouse; obituaries yellow-necked mouse Shann, Edna, v25 1–3; 43 Smith, Barrie D.S., v5 i Thompson, Michael J.A., v38 3–6 Yalden, Derek, v39 3–4 N Occaney, Harrogate Nathusius' pipistrelle. see pipistrelle, Nathusius' juvenile brown rat trapped in Longworth trap, v7 17 Natterer's bat Occupation Lane, near Tadcaster autumn swarming, v33 3–5 small mammal survey, road verges, v27 26–28 historical and recent records, North Yorkshire, v4 17–18 Old Moor RSPB Reserve, Barnsley Nepal, Royal Chitwan National Park, v20 39–42 small mammal survey, v37 16–18 Netherlands Orkney mammals, v19 12–13 YMG visit to bat hibernation sites, v3 19–20 Osmotherley, Cod Beck Reservoir New Earswick mammal recording walk, v39 44 small mammal survey, v28 20–23 otter, European New Zealand camera trapping, Laverton, v40 3–4 introduced mammalian pests, v38 10–17 Dinnet Lochs, Scotland, v34 45–46 whale-watching, v35 15–17 field signs and population ecology interpretations, v21 Newby Wiske, Northallerton 29–31 small mammal survey, v30 5–9 mortality records and cub rescue, v29 23–25 Newton-on-Ouse reintroduction into North Yorkshire, v20 29–30 mammal recording walk, v30 4–5 status and stream acidity, v12 13 Nidderdale, Studfold Farm survey, England 1991-1994, v23 23–35 small mammal survey, v36 27–30 survey, River Leven, v30 29–36, v39 19–30 noctule bat suspected infanticide, v27 19–20 caring for injured bats and trauma related colour weekend in Shropshire, v23 22–23 change, v7 22–23 Yorkshire Otter Forum, v21 28–29 co-habitation with Daubenton's bats in tree roost, East Yorkshire release project, v16 7 Tanfield, v5 12–13 otters emergence, Clifton Bridge, York, v33 6–10 Chestnut Centre, Derbyshire, YMG visit, v21 20, v28 Norfolk Wildlife Park, YMG visit, v9 2100 33–34 North Pennine Otter Trust YMG visit, v25 20–21 North Pennine Otter Trust, YMG visit, v25 20–21 North York Moors Otter Trust, Suffolk, YMG visit, v9 21 bird pellet studies bibliography, v37 5–8 owl pellets analysis Crag Cliff Wood, dormouse nibbled hazlenuts survey, Ellerton Church, East Yorkshire, v28 24–25 v29 15–17 Filey Dams Nature Reserve, v32 19–22 Cropton Forest badger watching, v26 14 harvest mouse survey, North York Moors, v41 20–24, Cropton Forest small mammal survey, v8 7–8 v42 10–12 Dalby Forest bat hibernaculum, v22 30–31 [continued]

9 owl pellets analysis [cont.] Rievaulx Markington, v3 12 mammal recording walk, v39 42–43 Mount Grace Priory, v30 14–20, v32 23–27 River Rye, YMG evening walk, v42 41 Strensall Common, v33 18–21 Rievaulx Abbey studies bibliography, v37 5–8 small mammal survey, v10 2–3 Winscar Reservoir, v5 8–9 Rievaulx Terrace workshop, v10 16 dormouse box project, v10 13–14, v11 17, v13 6–7, v15 7–8, v15 9, v17 5–6 small mammal survey, v25 12–16 Ripley P mammal recording walk, v41 57 Pateley Bridge Riplingham mammal recording walk, v41 59 brown hare survey, v19 14–15 Peak District River Derwent, Kirkham Priory mountain hare annual census, v1 7, v35 3–5 mammal recording walk, v38 27–28 pest mammals, differing perceptions, v25 26–30 River Foss pine marten Huntington to York ring road, water vole survey, v25 conservation, v27 5–6 10–11 ecology, historical decline and recovery, report of talk by Old Earswick to Strensall, water vole survey, v25 7–9 John Martin, v42 15–18 Strensall, mammal recording walk, v32 52, v40 32 hair samples survey, North East Yorkshire, v34 46–48 River Leven, otter survey, v30 29–36, v39 19–30 radio tracking in Scotland, v1 3–5 river mammals ecology, North York Moors, YMG member records, north east Yorkshire, 1964-2004, v31 12–17 M.Phil study overview, v8 18–19 surveys, Durham and North Yorkshire, v36 10–12 River Nidd surveys, North East Yorkshire, v36 7–10 Knaresborough, mammal recording walk, v32 49–50 Worcestershire record, v29 43–44 River Ouse, Acaster Malbis pipistrelle, bats (unspecified) mammal recording walk, v38 30 ringing programme, York, v13 5 River Rye, Rievaulx roost revealed by hunting cat, Skidby, v15 4 YMG evening walk, v42 41 pipistrelle, common River Seven, Sinnington colony count, long term survey, Wheldrake, v24 26–30 mammal recording walk, v29 12–15 commuting flying speeds, Skidby, v25 22–24 River Ure longevity, survival and population density in Vale of Boroughbridge, mammal recording walk, v40 31 York, v7 10–11 Harrogate and District Naturalists' Society field meeting rehabilitation, v37 12–13 report, v3 14 roost exit counts, Harrogate, v5 10–11 Masham, mammal recording walk, v34 49–50 pipistrelle, Nathusius' West Tanfield, mammal recording walk, v39 43 recorded on ferry at Hull dock, v38 7 River Wharfe plantation forestry, environmental health and mammals, Bolton Percy, mammal recording walk, v36 50 North York Moors, v6 6–8 Grassington, mammal recording walk, v34 50–51 Pocklington Canal Harewood, mammal recording walk, v34 51–53 mammal recording walk, v39 43 Tadcaster, mammal recording walk, v33 39, v41 59 Poland road casualty survey, Settrington, v12 6–10 Bialowieza Primeval Forest research visit, v24 37–40 road casualty surveying, v1 6 mammal watching, v25 35–37 Rodley Nature Reserve polecat small mammal survey, v37 13–15 record, North Yorkshire, v28 38–39 roe deer records, Yorkshire, v42 8 abnormal gait and hoof deformity, v41 5–8 polecat/ferret antlers, v3 10–11 identification and hybridisation, v37 45–47 drownings in canals, v16 8–9 records, Doncaster region, v36 4–7 sightings in Yorkshire 1984-1988, v11 12–13 roadkill carcass records and facial masks, v41 9–12 Romania, brown bears, v30 41–43 Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Roseberry Topping small mammal survey, v34 8–10 small mammal survey, v40 20–22 pygmy shrew Rudston colonisation, Ireland, research note, v30 2–3 small mammal survey, v35 6–9 Rwanda gorillas in Parc des Volcans, v19 9–11 Rye Valley, Helmsley R mammal recording walk, v35 33–35 Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough mammal recording walk, v35 32–33 raptor pellet studies bibliography, v37 5–8 S rat. see brown rat Saltmarshe Delph Rawcliffe Country Park, York small mammal survey, v30 9–14 small mammal survey, v34 14–16 Scarborough red squirrel Forge Valley, mammal recording walk, v32 52 conservation, v40 12–17 Hayburn Wyke Wood, small mammal survey, v38 23–25 Raincliffe Woods, mammal recording walk, v35 32–33 Raincliffe Woods, small mammal survey, v33 22–24 10

Scotland Dalby Forest, v34 11–13 Dinnet Lochs, otters, v34 45–46 East Keswick, v36 24–27, v39 39–41, v40 26–29, v41 European beaver reintroduction, v29 6–7 52–56 hedgehog eradication on Uist and translocation survival Eastrington Ponds, East Yorkshire, v27 30–35 study in North Ayrshire, v32 47–49 Ellerton Church owl pellet analysis, v28 24–25 radio tracking pine marten, v1 3–5 Filey Country Park, v41 25–28 whale watching, v29 41–43 Filey Dams Nature Reserve, v8 7, v10 3, v20 7–8, v22 Seal Sanctuary, Cornwall, v21 31–33 13–18, v27 41–44, v32 16–19, v35 10–11, seals v41 28–31 Donna Nook NNR breeding colony, YMG visit, v32 Filey Dams Nature Reserve, owl pellet analysis, v32 54–55 19–22 feeding and prey observations, historical records, Filey Nature Reserves, v40 9–12 Yorkshire coast, v2 9 Flamingo Land Zoo, v39 5–7 harp seal, new records, Yorkshire and Humberside Foss Islands Reserve, York, v20 10–11 waters, v15 15–18 Foxglove Covert, v30 29–36 viral disease outbreak, North Sea, v12 14–15 Garbutt Wood, v18 5 Senegal, La Parc Niokolo-Koba Great Ayton, v29 25–30, v30 29–36 bats, v17 16–17 Hatfield Moors, v24 8–15, v36 36–38, v38 18–20 visit, v18 18–19 Hayburn Wyke Wood, Scarborough, v38 23–25 Settrington, road kills survey, v12 6–10 Heslington Hill, York, v38 25–27 Shann, Edna High Batts Nature Reserve, Ripon, v8 6, v9 16, v10 2, bat watercolour paintings, v25 2; 43 v11 14–15, v12 12 obituary, v25 1–3; 43 Hopewell House Farm, Knaresborough, v5 3–4, v7 Sheffield 14–15, v9 17, v10 3, v11 15–16, v27 20–25, water vole distribution and biology notes, v5 5–7 v37 18–24 Wharncliffe Woods, small mammal survey, v8 6 background and 1980-84 review, v3 3–9 Sheriff Hutton long term trap report, v11 2–11 small mammal survey, v32 11–15 Howsham Mill, v40 23–26 short-tailed vole. see field vole Humber Wildfowl Refuge, v20 11–12 shrew. see pygmy shrew; water shrew Ingleby Greenhow, v30 29–36 Sinnington Jeffrey Bog, v18 10–11 garden mammal sightings, v25 40–42 Ledsham Banks Nature Reserve, v33 33–35 mammal recording walk, v29 12–15 Ledston Luck Nature Reserve, Leeds, v41 49–51, v42 Skidby 33–37 pipistrelle bat roost revealed by hunting cat, Skidby, v15 Leeds University Farm, v17 6–8, v18 6–10, v19 5–8, 4 v20 12–23, v21 13–19, v22 19–24, v23 pipistrelle bats commuting flying speeds, v25 22–24 9–17 Skipsea Markington, owl pellet analysis, v3 12 mammal recording walk, v31 41 Moorlands Nature Reserve, York, v17 9, v29 10–12, Skipton, Raikes Road Burial Ground v39 8–12 small mammal and bat surveys, v41 36–39 Mount Grace Priory, v30 14–20, v32 23–27 Common New Earswick, v28 20–23 small mammal survey, v8 8–9 New Hall Farm, Ardsley, v36 30–32 Slingsby, brown hare sightings, v24 36–37 Newby Wiske, Northallerton, v30 5–9 small mammal community North York Moors roadside verges, v31 10–11 ground cover effects, Cheshire, v36 18–22 Norton Ings, Malton, v33 36–38, v36 33–35 small mammal live trapping Nosterfield LNR, v37 24–28, v40 18–20 studies in Yorkshire, 30 year review & YMG's Nunthorpe Village, v30 29–36 contribution to science, v26 21–28 Occupation Lane, near Tadcaster, road verges, v27 success without prebaiting, v2 10 26–28 trap types comparison, v41 32–35 Old Moor RSPB Reserve, Barnsley, v37 16–18 small mammal surveys Poppleton Church graveyard, York, v10 4 18 Acres, Swale Lane, Catterick, v31 8–10 Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, v34 8–10 Allerthorpe Common, Pocklington, v33 25–28 Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough, v33 22–24 Ashberry Pastures, Helmsley, v20 9–10, v21 12–13, Rawcliffe Country Park, York, v34 14–16 v25 6–7 Rawcliffe Meadows, York, v42 26–32 Askham Bog, v11 16, v28 15–17, v31 6–8, v38 20–22, Rievaulx Abbey, v10 2–3 v41 46–48 Rievaulx Terraces and Temples, v25 12–16 Bank Newton Locks, Gargrave, v27 28–29 Rodley Nature Reserve, v37 13–15 Bempton RSPB reserve, v42 13–14 Roseberry Topping, v40 20–22 Blackwoods, body weights seasonal pattern, v6 3–5 Rudston, Bridlington, v35 6–9 Blackwoods, Wheldrake, long term study, v9 4–9 Saltmarshe Delph, v30 9–14 Bramham Crossroads, v29 17–19 Sheriff Hutton, v32 11–15 Brockadale Nature Reserve, near Kirk Smeaton, v32 Skipwith Common, v8 8–9 6–10 St Chad's churchyard, Headingley, Leeds, v31 4–6 Chafer Wood, v15 10–11, v22 9–12 St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, York, v39 36–38 Copmanthorpe Primary School, York, class activity, v32 Strensall Common, owl pellets analysis, v33 18–21 29 Studfold Farm, Nidderdale, v36 27–30 Cromwell Bottom LNR, v28 29–32, v35 11–14 [continued] Cropton Forest, v8 7–8

11 small mammal surveys [cont.] tube traps Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, Escrick, v41 40–45, v42 comparison with Longworth traps, v41 32–35 22–25 Twycross Zoo, v20 23–25, v38 31–33 Tophill Low Nature Reserve, v27 2–4 Tregonning, Ellerton, v34 5–7 West Bank Park, Acomb, v24 15–16 U Wharncliffe Woods, Sheffield, v8 6 Uist Wheatlands Educational Community Woodland, York, hedgehog eradiaction vs translocation, v32 47–49 v33 29–32, v36 40–42 Willow Garth Nature Reserve, Knottingley, v9 18–20, v10 4, v12 11–12 York green sites, remains in bottles/cans survey, v19 4 V Yorkshire Arboretum, Castle Howard, v42 19–21 Vale of York Smith, Barrie D.S. pipistrelle bats longevity, survival and population obituary, v5 i density, v7 10–11 Sneaton Forest, Falling Foss Stub Wood, bat surveys, v39 12–17 mammal recording walk, v36 49 vole. see bank vole; field vole; water vole Snilesworth near Osmotherley mammal recording walk, v42 39 Spain, Extremadura, mammals, v31 42–44 squirrel. see grey squirrel; red squirrel W St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, York Wakefield small mammal survey, v39 36–38 Leisler's bat records, v17 15 water vole survey, v41 15–19 Walkington, brown hare survey, v20 37–38 Staithes walks, mammal recording. see mammal recording walks mammal recording walk, v38 29–30 Wass, Ampleforth Staveley near Knaresborough mammal recording walk, v39 42 mammal recording walk, v42 38 water shrew stoat Filey Dams Project, v15 8 Mount Grace Priory sightings, v27 12–13 recorded at Filey, v6 12–13 recorded in attic, feeding on house sparrows, sightings, Bishop Thornton, v2 11 Armthorpe, v18 16–17 survey & diet, Danby Dale, v34 31–42 on roof of visitor centre, Tophill Low Reserve, v28 42 survey, north east Yorkshire, v32 36–41 swimming in stream, v34 43–44 water vole winter whitening in Yorkshire, v39 31–36 Bridlington Golf Club, v28 4 Strensall Common distribution and biology notes in Sheffield area, v5 5–7 small mammal survey, owl pellet analysis, v33 18–21 field signs and population ecology interpretations, v21 Strensall, River Foss 29–31 mammal recording walk, v32 52, v40 32 Howden, YMG evening walk, v28 18–19 Stub Wood, Vale of York Hull records, v41 13–14 bat survey, v39 12–17 impact of American mink in the UK, v26 33–35 Summerbridge memories, v31 37–38 mammal recording walk, v42 40 predation by weasel observation, Clifton Ings, York, v27 Swaledale 9 weasels and moles on gamekeeper's gibbets, v42 9 recorded in owl pellet, Winscar Reservoir, v5 8–9 Swinsty Reservoir River Foss, Huntington to York ring road, survey, v25 mammal recording walk, v34 50 10–11 symposium reports. see conference reports River Foss, Old Earswick to Strensall, survey, v25 7–9 sighting at Holgate Beck, York, v15 4 T survey, Rawcliffe Meadows, v24 17–20 Tadcaster survey, Rawcliffe Meadows, York, v42 26–32 badger watching, v23 8–9 survey, St Nicholas Fields, York, v41 15–19 hedgehogs visit to garden, v2 8 symposium report, York, v28 43–46 River Wharfe, mammal recording walk, v33 39, v41 59 YMG field meeting, North York Moors, v24 21 Tanzania, mammal sightings, v22 39–44 Yorkshire population trends, v32 30–35 Thailand, mammal sightings, v15 9–12 weasel Thixen Dale foraging and feeding on fish, v9 12–13 mammal recording walk, v37 44 gamekeeper's gibbet, Swaledale, v42 9 Thompson, Michael predation on water vole observation, Clifton Ings, York, obituary, v38 3–6 v27 9 YMG founder member honoured, v28 1; 46 scats found in bungalow loft, Lowthorpe, v18 15–16 Three Hagges Jubilee Wood, Escrick trapped in Longworth trap, Leeds, v7 19 small mammal and bat surveys, v41 40–45 Willow Garth Nature Reserve, Knottingley, young small mammal survey, v42 22–25 sighting, v6 15 Tophill Low Nature Reserve Wensley bat records, v38 7 mammal recording walk, v41 59–60 small mammal survey & bat survey, v27 2–4 stoat on roof of visitor centre, v28 42 trapping small mammals. see also small mammal surveys trap types comparison, v41 32–35 12

West Tanfield green sites, small mammal remains in bottles/cans dormouse reintroduction, v31 25–30, v32 44–47, v33 survey, v19 4 16–18, v34 22–24, v35 25–27, v36 45, v37 Heslington Hill, University of York, small mammal 40–42, v38 38, v39 46–47, v40 34–35, v41 survey, v38 25–27 60–61, v42 42 Holgate Beck, water vole sighting, v15 4 River Ure, mammal recording walk, v39 43 More about Mammals, regional Mammal Society Wetherby, YMG evening walk, v35 6 Symposium, v26 18–21 whale watching National Badger Survey, v22 7–9 New Zealand, v35 15–17 pipistrelle bats ringing programme, v13 5 Scotland, v29 41–43 Poppleton Church graveyard, small mammal survey, Wharncliffe Woods, Sheffield v10 4 small mammal survey, v8 6 Rawcliffe Country Park, small mammal survey, v34 Wharram le Street, Yorkshire Wolds 14–16 mammal recording walk, v32 50 Rawcliffe Meadows mammals, v24 30–31 Wheldrake Rawcliffe Meadows, small mammal and water vole pipistrelle bat colony count, long term survey, v24 surveys, v42 26–32 26–30 Rawcliffe Meadows, water vole survey, v24 17–20 Wheldrake Nature Reserve, YMG exhibit, v21 21 St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, small mammal Widdale survey, v39 36–38 mammal recording walk, v32 53–54 St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve, water vole survey, Wild about Wood Festival, Yorkshire Arboretum, v36 39, v37 v41 15–19 29, v38 33–35, v39 44–46 urban foxes, v25 24–25 Wild Link Environment Day, York, v24 20–21, v25 21 water vole symposium report, v28 43–46 Willow Garth Nature Reserve West Bank Park, Acomb, small mammal survey, v24 small mammal observations, v11 13 15–16 small mammal survey, v9 18–20, v10 4, v12 11–12 Wheatlands Educational Community Woodland, small young weasels sighting, v6 15 mammal survey, v33 29–32, v36 40–42 Wiltshire, RAF Chilmark Wild Link Environment Day, v24 20–21, v25 21 bats recorded at hibernation site, visit by YMG York Cemetery, National Mammal Week, v26 17 members, v5 20–21 Yorkshire Arboretum Winscar Reservoir small mammal survey, v42 19–21 owl pellets analysis, water vole recorded, v5 8–9 Wild about Wood Festival, v36 39, v37 29, v38 33–35, wood mouse v39 44–46 carcass consumption by Sexton beetles, v42 51–54 Yorkshire Dales homing, v28 25–28; 50 cartoon, v29 5–6, v29 30–32, bank vole altitude record, v18 14 v30 3 bat surveys, caves use, v28 3 recorded in loft space, v19 16 Freeholders' Wood, Aysgarth, dormouse reintroduction, Woodroffe, Gordon v35 27–28, v39 47–52, v40 35–40, v41 YMG member honoured, v27 1–2 62–68, v42 43–50 Wykeham Forest Gouthwaite Reservoir, field vole albino record, v2 6 mammal recording walk, v34 49 Swaledale, weasels and moles on gamekeeper's gibbets, v42 9 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union AGM hosted by YMG, Y welcoming address, v42 3–4 Yalden, Derek obituary, v39 3–4 yellow necked mouse history of discovery in Yorkshire, v7 8–9 YMG field studies report, v5 3–4, v8 6–9, v10 2–4, v11 14–16 YMG history 1970-1990, v15 5–6 YMG mammal recording annual report, v8 10–11, v26 15–16, v27 13–16, v28 34–37, v29 20–23, v30 20–23 YMG member honoured Thompson, Michael, v28 1; 46 Woodroffe, Gordon, v27 1–2 YMG origins and history, v28 8–15 York badger tunnel under ring road, v4 10 bat survey, v31 31–37 Clifton Bridge, bats survey, v33 6–10 Clifton Ings, water vole predation by weasel observation, v27 9 Copmanthorpe, small mammal survey, primary school class activity, v32 29 Foss Islands Reserve, small mammal survey, v20 10–11 fox, urban sightings, v25 24–25

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Hanson, Ann, v12, v13, v18, v20, v21, v22, v23, v24, v25, Author Index v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v32, v33, v34, v35, v36, v37, v38, v39, v40, v41, v42 A Heathcote, Anne, v39 Abbey, Sian, v32, v36, v37 Helliwell, Lesley, v10, v16, v17, v18, v21 Allen, Joanne, v37 Hemmings, Phil, v26 anonymous 'ratty,' v28 Hibbert, Angie, v6, v8, v9, v11, v12 Austin, Isobel, v42 Howes, Colin, v2, v6, v8, v10, v14, v16, v17, v18, v21, v26, v32, v36, v37, v38, v39, v40, v41 Hull, Sue, v40, v41 Hunt, Laura, v35 B Beer, Amy-Jane, v31, v32, v33, v34, v35, v39, v40 Bence, Sarah, v22 Brown, Maggie, v20 J Bunnell, Toni, v25, v30, v36, v39, v40, v41 Jay, Sylvia, v21 Burden, Ken, v6, v8, v9, v11 Jebson, Rod, v22

C K Capes, Derek, v29, v30, v31, v32, v33, v34, v36, v39, v41, Key, Gillian, v24 v42 King, Lawrie, v28 Collier, Linda, v1, v2, v6 Collier, Stewart, v1 Constable, Peta, v42 L Counter, J., v2 Lane, Tony, v15, v17, v18, v19, v20, v21, v24, v25, v27, Court, Ian, v39, v40, v41 v36, v37, v38 Critchley, Charles, v6, v21, v41, v42 Laughton, David, v25 Cronin, Beryl, v2, v5, v6, v20, v21, v22, v23, v24 Lunn, J., v5, v6 Cunningham-Atkins, Hilary, v41

M D Malam, Don, v24 Damper, B., v2 Masheder, Robert, v30, v33, v34, v35, v36, v37, v38, v39, Davies, Sharon, v2 v40, v41, v42 Deaton, Ron, v2, v5, v9 Moodie, Philip, v21 Denison, Jean, v21 Morgan, Cara, v29 Drewett, John, v22, v23, v24, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, Morris, Pat, v21 v31, v33 Mortimer, James, v31, v33, v34, v35, v38 Murby, Paul, v21

E Ellerker, Helen, v8, v9, v10 O Oxford, Geoff, v9, v11, v12, v15, v16, v17, v18, v19, v20, v22, v23, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v33, v34, v35, v36, v37, v38, v39, v40, v41, v42 F Oxford, Roma, v9, v13, v20, v22, v25, v26, v28, v30, v42 Firth, Chris, v24 Franklin, Peter, v31, v38, v40, v41, v42 Fraser, Carolyn, v11 Freer, David, v21 P Fuller, Kate, v9, v13, v14, v15, v16, v17, v18, v19, v25 Pickles, Simon, v34

G R Gardner, John, v17 Ratcliffe, Roger, v34 Gibb, L., v15 Ray, Denise, v24, v30 Gomersall, David, v8 Ray, John, v26, v42 Greenwood, Bev, v10, v11 Rivers, Nicky, v33 Robinson, Nigel, v6, v12

H Hambly, Natasha, v39 Hammond, Martin, v24

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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, Dave, 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 Whitehead, Jack, v9, v14, v20, v32, v35, v40, v41, v42 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 Wright, Kate, v42

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

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