Steven Falk Publications

PUBLICATIONS BY STEVEN J. FALK

Academic papers and books: Entomology

Falk, S. J., Smith, D. A. & Stubbs, A. E., 1981 . Neoascia interrupta (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to Britain . Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society . 14 : 12-14.

Falk, S. J., 1982. Dolichovespula media (Retzius) – a new British social wasp. Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society , 15 : 14-16.

Falk, S. J., 1990. Eristalis pratorum (Meigen, 1822): a new British . British Journal of Entomology and Natural History . 3: 139-141.

Falk, S. J., 1991a. Scaeva selenitica (Meigen) recorded in March with discussion on the overwintering status of Scaeva species in Britain. Dipterists Digest. 8: 36-37.

Falk, S. J., 1991b. A review of the scarce and threatened bees, wasps and ants of Great Britain. Research and Survey in Nature Conservation . 35 . Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough.

Falk, S. J., 1991c. A review of the scarce and threatened of Great Britain (Part 1). Research and Survey in Nature Conservation . 39 . Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough.

Falk, S. J., 1991d. Some noteworthy records of and observations of tephritid flies. Dipterists Digest , 8: 32-35.

Falk, S. J. & Stubbs, A. E., 1991. Further records and observations of Platycheirus species (Syrphidae) recently added to the British list, with discussion on the identification of P. ramsarensis . Dipterists Digest , 10 : 40-45.

Falk, S. J., 1992. Some noteworthy records and observations of sciomyzids, with a provisional list of Warwickshire species. Dipterists Digest .

Falk, S. J., 1992a. Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zettestedt) and some other scarce flies recorded from Malham Tarn, N. W. Yorkshire. Dipterists Digest . 11 : 40.

Falk, S. J., 1992b. Aculeate and Sawflies (Symphyta) recorded at Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve since 1985, with a review of older records for scarce aculeates reported from this site. Huntingdonshire Fauna and Flora Society 44 th Annual Report for 1991.

Falk, S. J., 1993. Paykullia maculata (Fallen) (Dipt., Rhinophoridae) - not so rare and probably mimetic. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine , 129: 203-204.

Falk, S. J., 1994a. The effects of habitat fragmentation on invertebrate distributions. In : Dover, J. (ed.) Fragmentation in Agricultural Landscapes . International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK).

Falk, S. J., 1994b. The value of urban locations and intensively farmed landscapes for syrphids in . In : O’Hara, J. E. Third International Congress of Dipterology , University of Guelph, Canada.

Falk, S. J., 1994c. The value of urban locations and intensively farmed landscapes for sarcophagid and calliphorid flies in England. In : O’Hara, J. E. Third International Congress of Dipterology . University of Guelph, Canada.

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Falk, S. J., 1994d. Homoneura patelliformis (Becker, 1895) and H. thalhammeri Papp, 1979, the actual species comprising the lauxaniid taxa hitherto known in Britain as H. consobrina (Zetterstedt, 1847). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 7: 19-22.

Falk, S. J., 1995. in Urban and Post-industrial Settings. Land Contamination & Reclamation . 3 (2) : 75-76.

Falk, S. J., 1996a. Calliphorids, rhinophorids and sarcophagids in Warwickshire, England. Oistros , 4: 2

Falk, S. J. 1996b. Invertebrates and Local Authorities. In : Eyre, M. D. (ed.) Environmental Monitoring, Surveillance and Conservation using Invertebrates . EMS Publications, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Falk, S. J., 1997a. Hymenoptera. In : Colston, A., Gerrard, C. & Parslow, R. Cambridgeshire’s Red Data Book . The Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire, Cambridge.

Falk, S. J. 1997b. Species accounts for Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli), Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossi), Evagetes dubius (Vander Linden), Evagetes pectinipes (Linnaeus), Anoplius caviventris (Aurivillius), unicolor (Spinola), Homonotus sanguinolentus (Fabricius) and Ceropales variegata (Fabricius) (Hym. Pompilidae) In : Edwards, R., ed. Provisional Atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 1 . Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

Falk, S. J. & Roberts, S. P. M., 1997. National maps for Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli), Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossi), Evagetes dubius (Vander Linden), Evagetes pectinipes (Linnaeus), Anoplius caviventris (Aurivillius), Aporus unicolor (Spinola), Homonotus sanguinolentus (Fabricius) and Ceropales variegata (Fabricius) (Hym. Pompilidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional Atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 1. Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

Falk, S. J., 1998a. Catharosia pygmaea (Fallen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) new to Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 11 : 1-5.

Falk, S. J., 1998b. Individual Species Impact Assessments: A standardised presentation technique for describing the impact of development proposals on critical invertebrate species. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 11 : 19-29.

Falk, S. J., 1998c. Species accounts for (Olivier), (Fabricius), (Lepeletier & Brulle), (Panzer), Ectemnius lituratus (Panzer), Ectemnius rubicola (Dufour & Perris), (Zetterstedt), Ectemnius sexcinctus (Fabricius) and Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg) (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 2 . Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

Falk, S. J. & Roberts, S. P. M., 1998. National maps for Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier), Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius), Ectemnius dives (Lepeletier & Brulle), Ectemnius lapidarius (Panzer), Ectemnius lituratus (Panzer), Ectemnius rubicola (Dufour & Perris), Ectemnius ruficornis (Zetterstedt), Ectemnius sexcinctus (Fabricius) and Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg) (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional Atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 2. Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

Falk, S. J., 2000. Species accounts for Alysson lunicornis, Argogorytes fargei, Crossocerus binotatus, Crossocerus quadrimaculatus, Crossocerus vagabundus, Gorytes bicinctus, Gorytes laticinctus, Gorytes tumidus, Nysson dimidiatus, Nysson interruptus and Nysson trimaculatus (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 3 . Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

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Falk, S. J., 2000. Characteristics of ‘recombinant’ urban sites in the Warwickshire sub-region, with discussion of their conservation pp 18-21. In Barker, G. (ed.), Ecological recombination in urban area: Implications for nature conservation . English Nature, Peterborough.

Falk, S. J. & Roberts, S. P. M. 2001. National maps for Alysson lunicornis, Argogorytes fargei, Crossocerus binotatus, Crossocerus quadrimaculatus, Crossocerus vagabundus, Gorytes bicinctus, Gorytes laticinctus, Gorytes tumidus, Nyson dimidiatus, Nysson interruptus and Nysson trimaculatus (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 3. Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

Chandler, P., Ford, T. & Falk, S., 2001. Blepharipa schineri (Mesnil) new to Britain and notes on recent additions to the British Tachinidae (Diptera), Dipterists Digest , 8: 11-17.

Falk, S. J., 2002. A review of: “The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland (Asher et. al., 2001)” In: Biological Conservation, 105 : 131 – 132.

Falk, S. J., 2002. Anaphylactic Shock probably resulting from multiple Blackfly ( Simulium ) bites in the English Midlands. British Simuliid Group Bulletin , 18 : 4 – 6.

Falk, S. J., 2002. psilophthalma Becker, 1894 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed as present in Britain. Dipterists Digest , 9: 87 – 93.

Stubbs, A. E. & Falk, S. J., 2002. British : An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological and Natural History Society. London. (Second, revised edition).

Falk, S. J., revised and updated by Crossley, R., 2003. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain, Part 3: Empidoidea. Species Status No. 3 . Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.

Falk, S. J. 2004. Review of: The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland – Volume 4 Oecophoridae to Scythrididae (in two parts). Edited by the late A. Maitland Emmet and John Langmaid. Harley Books, Great Horkesley, 2002. In : Biological Conservation 117 (2004): 461

Falk, S. J. 2004. A recent record of Hippodamia 13-punctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Dorset. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 17 : 110.

Falk, S. J. 2004. Flies from the Honister Pass flushes on a fine June day. The Carlisle Naturalist, 12 (2): 45-47.

Falk, S. J. 2004. The Hoverfly Sphegina siberica new to Cumberland/Cumbria. The Carlisle Naturalist, 12 (2): 47.

Falk, S. J. 2004. Some notes on the separation of Bombus ruderatus (Fab.) from B. hortorum (L.) and some possible ecological distinctions between the two. BWARS Newsletter , Autumn 2004

Falk, S. J. 2004. Brood dimorphism in Cheilosia cynocephala Loew (Diptera, Syrphidae) and separation of the first generation from C. vernalis (Fallen). Dipterists Digest , 11 : 123-126.

Falk, S. J. 2004. The form of Nomada fulvicornis F. (Hymenoptera Apidae) associated with the mining bee Andrena nigrospina Thomson. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 17 : 229-235.

Falk, S. J. & Gibbs, D. 2004. Dorylomorpha fennica Albrecht, 1979 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest , 11 : 117-119.

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Falk, S. J. 2005. The identification and status of Dryomyza decrepita Zetterstedt (Diptera, Dryomyzidae). Dipterists Digest , 12 : 7-12.

Falk, S. J. 2005. Calypterate Flies – Blowflies, Dungflies, Fleshflies and Allies. Managing Priority habitats for Invertebrates , 19 . Buglife, Peterborough

Falk, S. J. & Chandler, P. 2005. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain, Part 2: Nematocera and Aschiza not dealt with by Falk (1991 ). Species Status , 2. Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Falk, S. J. & Crossley, R. 2005. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain, Part 3: Empidoidea . Species Status , 3. Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Falk, S.J., Pont, A.C. & Chandler, P.J. 2005. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain, Part 5: Calyptratae . Species Status , 5. Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Falk, S. J. 2006. The modern bee and wasp assemblages (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of Warwickshire’s calcareous quarries and spoilheaps, and the conservation issues facing them. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 19 : 7-33.

Falk, S. J. & Pont, A. C. 2006. Lispocephala fuscitibia Ringdahl, 1944 (Diptera, Muscidae) new to Britain from the New Forest. Dipterists Digest , 13 : 39–41.

Falk, S. J. 2007. Bees and wasps in the diversified coniferous woodland settings of British Centerparcs. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 20 : 21-45.

Falk, S. J. 2007. Some comments on the recent paper by Michael E. Archer ( BJENH 20 : 75- 94). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 20 : 219-220.

Jukes, A., Whitehouse, A.T., Ellis, J., Falk, S.J., Gibbs, D., Roberts, J. & Stubbs, A. 2008. Managing aggregate sites for invertebrates: A practical guide to the importance and management of naturally establishing habitats in quarries . Buglife, Peterborough (published electronically and underpinning a subsequent best practice guide formally published by Buglife).

Ismay, B., Smith, D. & Falk, S.J. 2009 Platypalpus caroli Grootaert 1987 (Diptera, Hybotidae) – a re-identification of British records of Platypalpus niveiseta (Zetterstedt, 1842). Dipterists Digest , 16 : 83–86.

Falk, S. J. 2009. Oversized males in Lasioglossum zonulus (Smith) and the myth that was L. sexnotatum (Kirby) in Sussex and Dorset. BWARS Newsletter Autumn 2009 : 14.

Falk, S. J. 2009. Melanic Bombus rupestris (Fab.). BWARS Newsletter Autumn 2009 : 15.

Falk, S. J. 2009. A note on Cotton Organdy net bags. BWARS Newsletter Autumn 2009 : 15.

Falk, S. J., Perry, I. & Howe, M.A. 2009. Leucostoma anthracinum (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest , 16 : 87-88.

Falk, S. J. 2009. Cylindromyia auriceps (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest , 16 : 89-90.

Falk, S. J. 2010. Sweeping to success (the dipterists way). BWARS Newsletter Spring 2010 : 8-11.

Falk, S. J. 2010. The bee and wasp assemblages (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of some key heathland sites in the West Midlands region. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 23 : 77-98.

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Stubbs, A. & Falk, S. 2010. Lowland Heath, Bog and Mire. In : A Dipterist’s Handbook (2 nd edition). The Amateur Entomologist’s Society. Orpington.

Falk, S. 2010. Post-industrial Sites. In : A Dipterist’s Handbook (2 nd edition). The Amateur Entomologist’s Society. Orpington.

Falk, S.J., Ismay, J.W. & Chandler, P.J. 2010. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain, Part 4: Acalyptratae not dealt with by Falk (1991) . Species Status 4. Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Bates, A.J., Sadler, J.P., Fairbrass, A.J., Falk, S.J., Hale, J.D. & Matthews, T.J. 2011. Changing Bee and Hoverfly Pollinator Assemblages along an Urban-Rural Gradient. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23459, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023459.

Falk, S.J. 2011. A survey of the bees and wasps of fifteen chalk grassland and chalk heath sites within the East Sussex South Downs . Self published via the websites of the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre and Bee, Wasp & Ant Recording Society.

Falk, S.J. 2011. Warwickshire’s Bumblebees. Warwickshire Biological Records Centre (available at: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/rings ).

Falk, S.J. 2012. Bees and wasps of the East Sussex South Downs. Adastra Annual Review 2011 . Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre (available at: www.bwars.com ).

In prep:

Flies of New Forest Mires Flies of the East Sussex Downs Flies of Hengistbury to Hythe Coastline Bees & Wasps of Hengistbury to Hythe Coastline Flies of East Sussex Grazing Marsh, Vegetated Shingle and Saltmarsh Bees & Wasps of East Sussex Grazing Marsh, Vegetated Shingle and Saltmarsh Flies of Warwickshire’s calcarous quarries

Academic papers and books: Botany & Trees

Falk, S. J. 2006. A Draft Catalogue of the Trees of Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull . Warwickshire Museum (posted onto WCC web site at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/rings , provides accounts of 600 species). Updated 2008 to cover over 600 species).

Falk, S. J. 2008 . Fraxinus excelsior ‘ pendula ’ and ‘ diversifolia ’. BSBI News , 109 : 26.

Falk, S.J. 2009. Warwickshire’s Wildflowers . Brewin Books, Studley. 344pp

Falk, S.J. 2010. Sainfoin ( Onobrychis viciifolia ) – the subspecies may matter to insects. BSBI News , 114 : 14.

Warwickshire Flora Group Annual Report 2010 – co-author

Falk, S. J. 2011. A Catalogue of the Trees of Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull (2 nd edition). Warwickshire Biological Records Centre (available at: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/rings ).

Falk, S. J. 2011. The Native Black Poplar in Warwickshire. Warwickshire Biological Records Centre (available at: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/rings ).

Falk, S. J. 2011. The Veteran Trees of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Biological Records Centre (available at: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/rings ).

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Popular articles

A is a fly is a fly…BBC Wildlife Magazine, February 1994.

Get hooked on hoverflies . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 86 , April 1994.

Spring brings many things . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 89 , April 1995 (article on the first flowers, insects and bird songs of spring).

Acorny European Policy . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 89 , April 1995 (article about dangers of planting European acorns).

Black Poplar update . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 89 , April 1995 (trawl for records of native black poplars in Warwickshire).

Mistletoe hunt . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 89 , April 1995 (the national mistletoe survey).

Coventry Museum appointment . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 90 , August 1995 (split of my old post to create Ecologist and Natural History Keeper posts).

A wolf in deers clothing . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 90 , August 1995 (the muntjac deer in Warwickshire).

Gorse is Good . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 90 , August 1995 (the threat to gorse-clad hillsides in Warwickshire).

Warwickshire ‘RINGs’ . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 90 , August 1995 (‘Recorders in nature groups’- a major wildlife recording initiative in Warwickshire).

To use or not to use . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 91 , Winter 1995-96 (the threat to a disused railway by the Great Central Railway proposal).

Phew! What a summer . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 91 , Winter 1995-96 (effects of the 1995 drought).

Frog deaths investigated . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 91 , Winter 1995-96 (frog red-leg disease).

Our lonesome elm . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 92 , Spring 1996 (trawl for records of mature elms).

Rescue bid for miners and nomads . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 92 , Spring 1996 (heathland restoration for rare bees).

Birds in danger . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 93 , Autumn 1996 (the RSPB red and amber list species in Warwickshire).

Coventry into action . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 93 , Autumn 1996 (start of Local Biodiversity Action Plan preparation in Coventry).

Antipodean worm fiends strike . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 93 , Autumn 1996 (Australian flatworm in Warwickshire).

Heathland invertebrates under the spotlight . Nature’s Place, December 1996.

Piles Coppice – a truly ancient woodland . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 94 , Winter 1996/7.

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Coventry pond survey . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 94 , Winter 1996/7 (collaborative survey between Coventry Museum and Coventry University).

‘RINGs’ up and running . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 95 , Spring 1997 (second conference of the RINGs wildlife recording initiative).

Individual Species Impact Assessments . Algal Blooms (newsletter of the Association of Local Government Ecologists), No. 6 Spring 1999.

Coventry’s 1998 SINC Review . Algal Blooms, No 6 Spring 1999.

Coventry – An important Planning Appeal . Algal Blooms, No 6 Spring 1999.

How Mapping helps Conservation . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 103 , Winter 1999/2000 (update on the HBA mapping project and how it is being used).

Ravens return as hoodies retreat . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 105 , Autumn 2000 (article on local raven increases).

New Keeper of Biology/Natural History – article on my new job appointment submitted to newsletters/bulletins of all local natural history groups in 2000.

Our East-West Divide . Warwickshire Wildlife magazine 107, Spring 2001 (article on the ancient versus planned countryside in Warwickshire).

Beautiful, Biodiverse & Brown . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 107 , Spring 2001 (article promoting understanding of brown-field land wildlife value).

Looking close at Gulls . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 109 , Winter 2001 (article about the common and unusual gulls found in Warwickshire).

Plight of the Bumblebee . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 109 , Winter 2001 (article about Warwickshire’s bumblebees).

Important New Bee Site . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 110 , Spring 2002 (article about an important bumblebee site).

Wildlife on the Web . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 111 , Autumn 2002 (article promoting the Warwickshire RINGs newsletter and web site).

New Beetle Atlas . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 111 , Autumn 2002 (article promoting the new Warwickshire beetle atlas published jointly by Warwickshire Museum and Coventry Museum).

Southern Invaders . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 112 , Winter 2003 (article on new southern wildlife species now colonising Warwickshire).

The joys of late Summer . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 114 , Autumn 2003 (the things to look out for in September)

Warwickshire Hoverfly list reaches 201! Hoverfly Newsletter 2004.

Warwickshire’s Oldest Trees . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 116 , Spring 2004 (article about veteran trees and the Ancient Tree Hunt).

Mammal Watching in Nepal . Tracks 2004 (newsletter of the Warwickshire Mammal Group).

Mammal Watching in Kerala and Goa . Tracks 2004 (newsletter of the Warwickshire Mammal Group).

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Half a Million Years of Humanity . Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group Newsletter 10 , Autumn 2005 (human evolution and Warwickshire’s place in it).

Flies (leaflet) 2005. Buglife, Peterborough (text author and co-designer).

Half a Million Years of Humanity . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 121 , Winter 2005 (article about human evolution and Warwickshire’s place in it).

The Big (Huge) Tree Hunt of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull . Warwickshire Wildlife Magazine 122 , Spring 2006 (article about a major new tree survey – similar articles in several other newsletters too).

Champions and Veterans . Viewpoint 7, Spring/Summer 2007 (an article on trees for the newsletter of the Warwickshire County Council Countryside recreation section).

Focus on Warwickshire (Trees of Shakespeare Country) . The Tree Register Newsletter 16, 2006/2007 (account of some special trees discovered in Warwickshire, co-produced with David Alderman). Champions and Veterans . Wellesbourne News August 2007 (an article on trees).

Jephson Gardens Tree Leaflet . Warwick District Council (leaflet celebrating the trees of Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa).

The Special Trees of Warwickshire . Warwickshire Life magazine. April 2009. (an image-rich celebration of Warwickshire’s trees in a popular, widely-read magazine.

The Special Trees of Oversley Wood . Local Past 4 (4) , December 2009 (The Journal of the Alcester and District Local History Society).

Tree Hunting in Warwickshire . Tree Line (on-line newsletter of the International Society of Arboriculture) Summer 2010 (summary of the diversity of trees in Warwickshire).

Abbey Fields Tree Leaflet . Warwick District Council and Friends of Abbey Fields (leaflet celebrating the trees of Abbey Fields, Kenilworth).

Heart of England Celebrates Trees . Tree Line (on-line newsletter of the International Society of Arboriculture), Summer 2011 (account of a successful ISA field meeting held in Warwickshire, April 2011).

Calcicoles - plants and that love limestone. Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group News - Spring 2011 - Issue number 21: 11 (one of a series of articles making links between biodiversity & geology).

Regular newsletters

Wildlife News in Warwickshire Coventry & Solihull (formerly Warwickshire RINGs newsletter) – newsletter produced three times a year by Warwickshire Museum for local nature enthusiasts. Editor and main author of all editions from 2000 until Sept 2009 (30 editions).

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Wildlife survey reports, ecological appraisals and other technical reports

Falk, S. J. 1993. The Coventry Wildlife Survey 1991 . Coventry City Council.

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1994. A study of the Scarce and Threatened Invertebrates of Herald Way Marsh SSSI with impact assessments for individual species . Coventry Museum Ecology Unit.

Falk, S. J., Lane, S., Slawson, C. & Bloxham, M. 1996. A Comparative Study of the Invertebrate Assemblages of Three Staffordshire Heathland Sites . Coventry Museum Ecology Unit (for English Nature and the Staffordshire and West Midlands Heathland Partnership).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1996. A Study of the Insects associated with the River Cole Flood Alleviation Scheme (phase 1 only) Falk Entomology. (for the Environment Agency).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1996. Survey of the Insects of Emscote Power Station, Warwick. Falk Entomology (for Warwickshire County Council).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1996. A Study of the Insects at Finham Sewage Works (redevelopment area). Falk Entomology (for Severn Trent Water).

Falk, S. J. 1997. Ecological Appraisal of the Coventry North-South Road Phase 3 . Coventry Museum Ecology Unit. (for BABTIE)

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1997. Survey of the Insects of Hawkesbury Sidings, Warwickshire 24 June 1997 . Falk Entomology (for Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council).

Falk, S. J. 1997. Survey of the bees,wasps and some other insects of Dosthill Brick Pit, Warwickshire, 28 May 1997 . Falk Entomology (for Baggeridge Brick Company).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1997. A Survey of the Insects of Dordon ‘Orchards’ proposed opencast site, Warwickshire . Falk Entomology (for RJB Mining).

Falk, S. J., Lewis, J. & Lane, S. 1997. Survey of the invertebrates, fish, herptiles and aquatic plants of Kingsbury Water Park proposed Otter and Owl Centre area . Falk Entomology (for Warwickshire County Council).

Falk, S. J. 1994-2004 (annual reports). Insects recorded at Centerparc holiday villages . Falk Entomology (for Centerparcs).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1998. A Survey of the Insects of Foleshill Gasworks , Coventry. Coventry Museum Ecology Unit (for Gibb Environmental).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1998. A Survey of the Insects of Sharman’s Tip, Coventry . Coventry Museum Ecology Unit (for SGS Environmental).

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1999. A Survey of the Insects of Sutton Park, Birmingham . Falk Entomology (for English Nature and the Staffordshire and West Midlands Heathland Partnership).

Falk, S. J. 1999. A Review of the Important Nature Conservation and Geological Sites in Coventry . Confidential draft. Coventry City Council.

Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 1999. A Survey of the Insects of Cuttle Pool Lane Quarry, Temple Balsall, Solihull . Falk Entomology (for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council).

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Falk, S. J. & Lane, S. 2001. The Insects of Bickenhill Plantation (for the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre).

Falk, S.J. & Webb, J. 2002. A review of the scarcer insects of Highgate Common, Staffordshire (for Staffordshire County Council).

Falk, S. J. 2002-2004. Species and Habitat Action Plans for the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Local Biodiversity Action Plan, Warwickshire County Council. (Rare Bumblebees Bombus humilis & B. ruderatus ; A Cuckoo Bee Nomada ferruginata ; Dotted Beefly Bombylius discolor ; Red Wood Ant; Black Poplar; Bats (first draft); Rivers & Streams; Fen & Swamp; Parks & Public Open Spaces; Quarries & Gravel Pits; Abandoned Industrial & Railway Land; co-author of Pasture Woodland, Parkland & Veteran Trees.

Falk, S. J. 2004. A survey of selective groups at Yarningale Common, Warwickshire 2003 . report (for Claverdon Parish Council).

Falk, S. J. 2005 Odynerus melanocephalus study (autecological study of a scarce wasp for the Aculeate Conservation Group/English Nature).

Falk, S. J. 2007. Insects of Bell Green Goods Yard, Coventry (for Ecoline/Coventry City Council).

Falk, S.J. 2008. Insects of Hencott Pool SSSI, Shropshire (for Ecoline/Shropshire County Council).

Falk, S.J. 2008. Insects of the A40 road verges near Monmouth (for Ecoline/Highways Agency).

Falk, S.J. 2008. An entomological survey of Wyken Slough Local Nature Reserve, Coventry on 2 nd May 2008 (for Arup).

Lane, S. & Falk, S. 2010. A survey of the insects of insects of Edgbaston Park Nature Reserve SSSI, Birmingham 2008/9 (for Birmingham Natural History Society).

Falk, S.J. 2011. A Survey of the bees visiting flowering Rape at thirteen selected farms in Central England . (for Syngenta).

Falk, S.J. 2011. A study of the Red-shanked Carder-bee Bombus ruderarius . (for Hymettus)

Key published Letters

Wildlife & Countryside Magazine – regular published letters

Out and about in Warwickshire . Museums Journal Sept 2005 (the value of museum collections, data and staff expertise in improving the local environment through the planning system, collaborative projects etc).

Extinct: natural history keepers in West Midlands. Museums Journal 2011 (highlighting the loss of natural history specialists in local and county museum services).

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