Bookham Common Survey Articles in the London Naturalist

Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

The Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist – NB obituary notes not included, nor notes on weather, nor any references to an article that appears in the same volume There was recording at this site by the LNHS before the official survey launched. I searched only volumes 18-20 to assess this. I have sequenced the contents for each issue as follows – general, conservation management, plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, articles. I have given full names of authors where I have been able to identify them Please let me know of any errors or omissions and I will update this listing accordingly Maria Roberts year vol. page range author subject of LN 1938 [18] 4,8,9,11,17 includes records of Birds from Bookham Commons 1938 [18] 33 includes records of Plant Galls from Bookham Commons 1939 [19] 4,9,11 includes records of Birds from Bookham Commons 1939 [19] 20 21 includes records of Diptera – Robber Flies – from Bookham Commons 1940 [20] 16 Butterfly record from Bookham 1941 [21] 37 37 launch [1941] There are also Plant Gall records from Bookham Commons pp.13-14 and Butterfly records p.15 1943 [22] 28 31 Castell, Cyril First year. [1942] Phillip Some preliminary observations on the base map and topography. 1943 [22] 32 40 Harvey, John Bookham Common: a short history. Hooper 1944 [23] 22 23 Castell, Cyril Second year. [1943] Progress report. Phillip; Payne, Includes a list of Odonata Ronald M 1944 [23] 23 29 Carrington, L I; Some preliminary notes on the birds of Bookham Common. Castell, Cyril Phillip; Wilton, Alfred Reuben 1945 24 15 15 Castell, Cyril Third year. [1944] Progress report Phillip Large parts of the common requisitioned Work going on in various taxa and list of fungi has been compiled 1945 24 15 22 Castell, Cyril The ponds and their vegetation. Phillip Gives a description of each pond and its vascular plants 1945 24 22 23 Harrison, John L The water snails of Isle of Wight and Upper Eastern ponds. [Mollusca - see LN 28 for corrections] 1945 24 23 31 Payne, Ronald M Notes on the distribution of dragonflies on Bookham Common. 1945 24 31 35 Payne, Laurence Coleoptera of Bookham Common: some extracts from my Gilbert notebook, 1943. 1946 25 [Fourth year. 1945 There is no general progress report] 1946 25 56 63 Easton, Alan An annotated list of the Rhynchophora of Bookham Common Maurice [Coleoptera]. 1946 25 63 67 Burkill, Harold Plant galls of Bookham Common. John 1947 26 81 82 Castell, Cyril Fifth year. Progress report [for 1946]. Phillip with note What happens at Bookham? from Beven, Links with National Trust Geoffrey Bryophytes - investigation of woodland bryophytes

Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Freshwater Algae including one named as new record for Surrey Birds - song-bird census and bird population density in Eastern Wood Plant Galls Mollusca Diptera – including on fungi, and Robber Flies Coleoptera - aquatic beetles 1947 26 82 83 Steele, B Woodland vegetation of Bookham Common. 1947 26 83 87 Castell, Cyril The fungi of Bookham Common. Phillip 1947 26 87 93 Easton, Alan The Malacodermata and Phytophaga of Bookham Common. Maurice [Coleoptera] 1947 26 93 Easton, Alan The Rhynchophora of Bookham Common: Additions during Maurice 1946. [Coleoptera] 1948 27 49 51 Castell, Cyril Sixth year. Progress report. Phillip Vascular Plants Algae Birds Mammals – Rabbits Mollusca Arachnida -Araneae Diptera Coleoptera 1948 27 51 55 Bensley, Cyril J F Fresh water Mollusca of Bookham Common. 1948 27 56 59 Ellis, Arthur Land Mollusca of Bookham Common. Erskine 1948 27 59 60 Ellis, Arthur Woodlice of Bookham Common. Erskine 1948 27 60 Ellis, Arthur Amphipoda [of Bookham Common]. [Crustaceans] Erskine 1948 27 61 65 Easton, Alan The Coleoptera of Bookham Common: Sternoxia, Teredilia, Maurice Heteromera, Longicornia. 1949 28 45 46 Castell, Cyril Seventh year. Progress report [for 1948]. Phillip Birds – territories Mollusca - includes corrections to account of Mollusca in LN 24 1949 28 47 50 Castell, Cyril The fungi of Bookham Common: A supplementary list. Phillip 1949 28 51 56 Bangerter, Edward Notes on the vegetation of gun-pits and trenches on Eastern B; Plain, Bookham Common. Castell, Cyril Phillip 1949 28 56 59 Norkett, Alan Some preliminary remarks and list of algae found on Eastern Henry Plain, Bookham Common, 1947-8. 1949 28 59 63 Easton, Alan The Coleoptera of Bookham Common: Palpicornia, Maurice Lamellicornia. 1950 29 89 89 Castell, Cyril Eighth year. Progress report [for 1949]. Phillip Vascular Plants Geology Mollusca Crustacea 1950 29 90 92 Niblett, Montague Plant galls of Bookham Common. additions to the list in LN 25

1950 29 92 97 Currie, Piers Notes on the summer resident birds of the Western Plain. William Edward 1950 29 98 133 Parmenter, The Diptera of Bookham Common. Leonard 1951 30 41 42 Castell, Cyril Ninth year. Progress report [for 1950]. Phillip Vascular Plants Soil analysis Bryophytes Lichens Mollusca Coleoptera Orthoptera Plant Galls 1951 30 42 44 Panchen, Alec Notes on the reptiles and amphibia of Bookham Common. Leonard Grass Snake, Common Lizard, Slow-worm, Palmate Newt, Common Frog, Common Toad, Smooth Newt, Great Crested Newt and note that Adder is absent 1951 30 44 54 Le Gros, Armand The spiders of Bookham. Eugene 1951 30 54 56 Bangerter, Edward Further notes on the vegetation of gun-pits in Eastern Plain. B; Castell, Cyril Phillip 1951 30 57 72 Beven, Geoffrey The bird population of Eastern Wood. 1952 31 33 34 Castell, Cyril Tenth year. Progress report [for 1951]. Phillip Flora of scrub areas Bryophytes Birds - territories and feeding in Eastern Wood and Western Plain, Mammals - Grey Squirrel Hymenoptera- Symphyta and Aculeate Hymenoptera, Pompilidae, anthills Orthoptera - short-horned grasshoppers and anthills 1952 31 34 39 Bensley, Cyril JF The fresh water mollusca of Bookham Common. 1952 31 39 44 Easton, Alan The Coleoptera of Bookham Common: Caraboidea Maurice (Geodephaga). 1952 31 45 47 Macer-Wright, A short history of Bookham Commons under the National Trust. David 1952 31 47 49 Niblett, Montague Notes on some Diptera of Bookham Common, 1951. 1952 31 49 62 Leston, Dennis Notes on the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Bookham Common. 1953 32 45 47 Bensley, Col Cyril J Eleventh year. Progress report [for 1952]. F; Flora survey including Central Plain areas popular with Beven, Geoffrey; Orthoptera, willows in Eastern Plain including a check list and Castell, Cyril reference to leaf miners and rust, Phillip; Bryophytes Easton, Alan Ponds survey – flora and water levels Maurice; Birds - birds of Eastern Wood and other areas, examination of Le Gros, Armand tawny owl pellets Eugene; Mammals - Grey Squirrel counts in Eastern Wood Norkett, Alan Mollusca of accidental ponds Henry; Arachnida - Araneae - spiders including Micaria subopaca, Parmenter, parasites of spider eggs Leonard; Hymenoptera - ant Lasius brunneus

Ruttledge, William Diptera R; Coleoptera Wheeler, Alan S Orthoptera -grasshoppers Lepidoptera 1953 32 48 51 Niblett, Montague The distribution of Trypetidae (Diptera) [on Bookham Common]. 1953 32 51 77 Beven, Geoffrey Further observations of the bird population of Eastern Wood, Bookham Common. 1954 33 23 25 Bensley, Cyril J F; Twelfth year. Progress report [for 1953]. Beven, Geoffrey; Vascular Plants - checklist complete Ellis, Arthur Lichens - being surveyed with a few species mentioned by name Erskine; Fungi - aquatic fungi studied by Margaret F Hancock with 3 Laundon, Jack species noted Rodney; Birds - bird populations in Eastern Wood and volume of bird Le Gros, Armand song Eugene; Mammals - analysis of Tawny Owl pellets revealed remains of Ruttledge, William Whiskered Bat, low numbers of Grey Squirrels as many have R; been shot Orthoptera – grasshopper counts Hemiptera-Heteroptera - Eric W Groves looking at those in 2 squares with one species mentioned by name Lepidoptera – brief mention, being studied by Alan S Wheeler Arachnida - Araneae - more Micaria subopaca Crustacea - Woodlice - adds Platyarthus hoffmanseggi to the list Amphipods with one species named Mollusca 1954 33 25 47 Jones, Alfred The flora of Bookham Common. William This is the first checklist of vascular plants for Bookham Common 1954 33 47 51 Chalke, S H Vertical zonation of some species of birds in Eastern Wood, Bookham Common. 1955 34 13 16 Bangerter, Edward Thirteenth year. progress report [for 1954]. B; Plants - flora of pathside of Eastern Wood, compiling of Beven, Geoffrey; herbarium, study of several areas including deturfed areas and Castell, Cyril ponds – a liverwort mentioned Phillip; Aquatic Fungi with some species listed, fungus Penicillium Conway, G R; claviforme Groves, Eric W; Lichens with some species listed Jones, Alfred Birds - in different sectors William; Mammals – analysis of pellets of Tawny Owl in Eastern Wood Laundon, Jack with list of mammal bones found: Pygmy Shrew, Common Rodney; Shrew, Whiskered Bat, Long-tailed Field or Wood Mouse, Brown Parmenter, Rat, House Mouse, Rabbits suffering from myxomatosis, scarcity Leonard; of Grey Squirrels Ruttledge, William Orthoptera - Grasshopper counts R; Hemiptera-Heteroptera Ward, Margaret F Diptera - additions to list from LN 29 (nee Hancock) Leafminers from Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera Insects associated with birch study 1955 34 16 21 Castell, Cyril The bomb-crater ponds of Bookham Common. Phillip Mainly covers the flora, also a few beetle species mentioned and reference to Panchen’s article 1955 34 21 22 Payne, Laurence The beetles of the gun-pits (1945-1946). Gilbert [ed.

Castell, Cyril Phillip] 1955 34 22 28 Bensley, Cyril J F The fresh-water Mollusca of the bomb-craters and gun-pits at Bookham Common. 1955 34 28 36 Wheeler, Alan S A preliminary list of the Macrolepidoptera of Bookham Common. 1956 35 9 12 Beven Geoffrey; Fourteenth year. Progress report [for 1955]. Castell, Cyril Conservation management - increase of scrub and management Phillip; by cutting and clearing Groves, Eric W; Liverwort Riccia fluitans Jones, Alfred Lichens William Birds - population census and feeding studies Mammals - Rabbits and myxomatosis, Grey Squirrels Hemiptera -Heteroptera - Miridae in two areas Diptera - parasitic fly named 1956 35 12 20 Harrison, John L Some small mammals of Bookham Common. Common Shrew, Water Shrew, Bank Vole, Short-tailed Vole, Long-tailed Field-Mouse, Harvest Mouse 1956 35 21 32 Beven, Geoffrey Further observations on the bird population Eastern Wood, Bookham Common 1957 36 50 51 Beven, Geoffrey; Fifteenth year. Progress report [for 1956]. Castell, Cyril Plants - colonising disturbed areas, quadrats showing increase Phillip; in scrub Jones, Alfred Lichen flora in preparation by Jack Rodney Laundon William Birds - census work and work on feeding niches continuing, analysis by Ella M Hillman 1957 36 51 54 Niblett, Montague The gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) of Bookham Common. 1957 36 54 57 Spreadbury, W H Bookham Common before 1914 and after. 1957 36 57 58 Groves, Eric W Material used in a Long-tailed Tit's nest on Bookham Common, Surrey. 1958 37 56 58 Beven, Geoffrey; Sixteenth year. Progress report [for 1957]. Castell, Cyril Plants - study of distribution of the plant Mercurialis annua, Phillip; flora of different areas, flora of Station Copse, quadrat surveys Jones, Alfred Liverwort - Riccia fluitans William; Birds - population and feeding studies with some noteworthy Parmenter, bird records Leonard Mammals – Rabbits Diptera with a number of species listed Crustacea – work carried out by W A Smith of NHM with list of species found 1958 37 58 65 Castell, Cyril Notes on vegetation of Eastern Plain. Phillip; Jones, Alfred William 1958 37 65 66 Groves, Eric W A bird's nest feeding site of the Long-tailed Field Mouse. 1958 37 66 79 Laundon, Jack The lichen vegetation of Bookham Common. Rodney 1959 38 57 60 Beven, Geoffrey; Seventeenth year. Progress report [for 1958]. Castell, Cyril Birds - censuses Phillip; Mammals - mammal bones in Tawny Owl pellets (collected by Groves, Eric W, Miss D A Rook) with a list of mammals – Rabbit, Brown Rat, Field Vole, Bank Vole, Wood Mouse, Pygmy Shrew, Common Shrew, Mole, Whiskered Bat, House Mouse

Comments on numbers of Grey Squirrels, Rabbits and Moles Coleoptera - new records listed 1959 38 60 61 Groves, Eric W A note on the heather and bracken on Eastern Plain, Bookham Common. 1959 38 61 63 Jones, Alfred The flora of Station Copse, Bookham Common. William 1959 38 64 73 Beven, Geoffrey The feeding sites of birds in dense oakwood, Bookham Common 1960 39 63 65 Beven, Geoffrey; Eighteenth year. Progress report [for 1959]. Castell, Cyril Conservation management - meeting to discuss conservation Phillip management, spread of scrub, a national problem on formerly grazed common land, plan established to clear part of Central Plain early in 1960, other problems include dumping of rubbish in old gun-pits of Eastern Plain and pollution of Central Ditch by oil discharged by the local factory, currently no warden employed, site to be scheduled an SSSI, notes on deturfed areas and on some ponds. Plants - scrub census repeated, plants identified and measured Birds - feeding niches studied, including burnt area, Waxwings recorded for first time Mammals - mammal trapping showing habitat preferences and population fluctuations – noted Water Shrew and Harvest Mouse Mollusca - note that list of molluscs was sent in by D Heppell but no details given 1960 39 66 76 Parmenter, A further list of the Diptera of Bookham Common. Leonard 1960 39 76 89 Jones, Alfred The aquatic and wasteland plants of Bookham Common. William 1960 39 89 98 Melluish, Wilfred Recent changes in the bird population of grassland with Durant encroaching scrub at Bookham Common. 1961 40 71 73 Beven, Geoffrey; Nineteenth year. Progress report [for 1960]. Castell, Cyril Conservation management - scrub clearance Phillip Plants - study of plants in Kelsey and Stent’s Woods to compare with 1943 Birds - singing males census in Eastern Wood, scrub encroachment and bird feeding, other noteworthy records Mammals - analysis of pellets of Barn Owls with list of mammal bones found – Pygmy Shrew, Common Shrew, Water Shrew, Bank Vole, Field Vole, Wood Mouse 1961 40 73 80 Lord, John C Some further results of trapping for small mammals at Bookham Common. account of methodology, species found and catches in different habitats – Common Shrew, Pygmy Shrew, Water Shrew, Bank Vole, Short-tailed Vole, Wood Mouse, Harvest Mouse 1962 41 72 74 Beven, Geoffrey; Twentieth year. Progress report [for 1961] Castell, Cyril Conservation management - scrub clearance Phillip Birds - singing males census in Eastern Wood Mammals – Rabbit, Grey Squirrel, Badger 1962 41 74 76 Ing, Bruce The Conservation Corps at Bookham. 1963 42 93 97 Beven, Geoffrey; Twenty-first year. Progress report for 1962. Castell, Cyril Conservation management Phillip Plants - Bracken survey to compare distribution with 1951, flora of Crater Pond, comments on bryophytes and vascular plants

Birds - spring bird census, feeding niches, noteworthy bird records Mammals - John Lord continuing work on small mammals with mention of Water Shrew, Harvest Mouse and Rabbit Amphibians – Common Frog and Common Toad 1963 42 98 100 Beven, Geoffrey Some additions and amendments to the check-list of birds of Bookham Common. 1964 43 83 85 Beven, Geoffrey; Twenty-second year. Progress report for 1963. Castell, Cyril Plan for appointment of a keeper and erection of cottage Phillip [Merritt’s Cottage] Conservation management - clearance of scrub and ponds Plants - Ophioglossum vulgatum found, F C Reeves studying Bracken distribution Fungi – some species listed Bryophytes - named moss species added to list Birds – censuses continuing, effects of severe winter Mammals – surveying continuing, Bank Voles more numerous, Hare seen 13 Jan 1963, only previous record was new born leveret 8 Aug 1948 with torn ear, Rabbits, Grey Squirrel, Weasel Mollusca - Limax cinereoniger added to list 1964 43 86 109 Beven, Geoffrey The feeding sites of birds in grassland with thick scrub. Some comparisons with dense oakwood. 1965 44 111 114 Beven, Geoffrey; Twenty-third year. Progress report for 1964. Castell, Cyril Erection of LNHS hut Phillip Keeper appointed at end of 1963 Plants - Scrub and pond clearance with effects on plants monitored and some records, gun pits described, first record of Erica tetralix, Bracken distribution mapping continued Birds - censuses continued and noteworthy records Mammals – Water Shrew found dead 3 Aug 1964, Rabbits, Brown Hare had been seen 9 Apr 1961, Grey Squirrel damage, bones of Dormouse found in Tawny Owl pellet 17 June 1964 – first indication that it might occur on the Common with note of report of one captured in 1962 on Effingham Golf Course Fauna of leaf litter being studied by Leonard Manns 1965 44 114 125 Castell, Cyril Notes on the geology and soils of Bookham Common. Phillip 1966 45 50 55 Beven, Geoffrey; Twenty-fourth year. Progress report for 1965. Castell, Cyril Setting up hut Phillip Plants - Aspen distribution studied, also short grass quadrat Fungi – one species named with associated beetle Birds - census data and analysis, noteworthy records, notes on Tawny Owl including preference for Field Vole, also Bank Vole and Wood Mouse mentioned Mammals - comments on distribution of Field Vole etc, also mention of Rabbit burrows and Grey Squirrel’s destructive nature Leaf litter study by Leonard Manns continuing Lepidoptera - moths being light trapped by Geoffrey Beven and Charles Bradwin Ashby with new species listed Alan S Wheeler’s comments on changes to butterfly numbers 1966 45 56 59 Parmenter, Some additions to the list of flies (Diptera) of Bookham Leonard Common.

1967 46 110 116 Ashby, Charles Twenty-fifth year. Progress report for 1966. Bradwin; Public engagement and work with NT including study of Beven, Geoffrey; mammals by P Moxey with school children Castell, Cyril Plants - flora quadrat surveys Phillip Birds - census data and comments, noteworthy records, bird feeding on plant galls (including observations by Monica Betts and Miss D A Rook) with name correction in following LN 47 that Marble Gall is Andricus kollari Mammals- Rabbit, myxomatosis, Harvest Mouse Lepidoptera - moth trapping with a list of newly recorded species Neuroptera – list from 1952-1953 supplied by Armand Eugene Le Gros Arachnida - list of Pseudoscorpions from 1952-3 supplied by Armand Eugene Le Gros and a later list by Arthur Erskine Ellis plus another record Harvestmen 1967 46 116 125 Manns, Leonard Leaf litter fauna in the ecology of ground-feeding birds. 1967 46 126 129 Gold, K A J Small mammal trapping at Bookham Common. – Bank Vole, Short-tailed Vole, Common Shrew, Wood Mouse, also seen were Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Grass Snake, Fox 1968 47 87 94 Ashby, Charles Twenty-sixth year. Progress report for 1967. Bradwin; Beven, Conservation management - mowing paths. Geoffrey; Local action to reduce rabbit population Cooper, John; Plants - quadrat survey, regeneration of cleared pond and other Holland, Peter C areas, work towards revised plant list Birds - censuses and noteworthy records Mammals - Roe Deer first records, Grey Squirrel bark stripping, Wood Mouse activity Fish - list from survey by John Cooper and some historical records Reptiles - records of Grass Snake Myxomycetes list by Peter C Holland List of freshwater invertebrates from Isle of Wight Pond – Turbellaria – Triclads, Crustacea – Ostracoda, Cladocera, Copepoda-Cyclopoida, Hirudinea Coleoptera – recording by Alan Maurice Easton, J L Henderson and Derrick G Hall including list of new records for site Lepidoptera – recording by Charles Bradwin Ashby including 2 new species for site 1968 47 95 102 Beven, Geoffrey Twenty-five years of the Bookham Common Survey, including a note on the increase of scrub on grassland. With a bibliography of the natural history of Bookham Common, Surrey which covers all LN material and material from other publications, compiled by Eric W Groves Describes past work and achievements, spread of scrub – cessation of grazing and effect of myxomatosis on Rabbit, also scrub removal strategy. [NB there are references to various Field Meeting reports in the Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society] 1969 48 126 134 Ashby, Charles Twenty-seventh year. Progress report for 1968. Bradwin; Work on hut Public engagement, Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Beven, Geoffrey; Conservation management - NT cutting paths and scrub, also Coles, John W; bracken cutting Holland, Peter C; Plants – work being done on revising plant list Le Gros, Armand studying regeneration of plants after clearance of Crater Pond Eugene; and other habitat studies Reeves, F C Fungi - new additions to fungi list are given Birds - census results and commentary, and survey of new area begun Mammals - record book for recording mammals commenced (kept in hut), comments on Roe Deer, Rabbit – attempts being made to control numbers, Grey Squirrel damage including to fungi Myxomycetes – single addition to myxomycetes list given Coelentera-Hydroids – list Nematoda - roundworms from IOW Pond Oligochaeta - freshwater worms from Lower Eastern Pond Crustacea - waterfleas, Ostracoda, Copepoda-Cyclopoida Lepidoptera - additions to moths list Hymenoptera - lists of ant species from 1947-8 and 1952-3 and three associated myrmecophiles Plant Galls – those eaten by birds – study by Ella M Hillman 1969 48 135 142 Melluish, Wilfred Further notes on the bird population of grassland with Durant encroaching scrub at Bookham Common. 1969 48 142 149 Currie, Piers A preliminary list of sawflies of Bookham Common. William Edward 1969 48 152 156 Hersey, D C Conservation report for 1967 and 1968. 1970 49 93 104 Beven, Geoffrey; Twenty-eighth year. Progress report for 1969. Castell, Cyril Leonard Parmenter’s collection of Diptera and leaf mines and Phillip; his notebooks have gone to the NHM Currie Piers Public engagement William Edward; Revision of map Le Gros, Armand Plants - work continuing on new flora, findings of bracken Eugene survey 1953-1964, scrub and bracken spread, effects of scrub clearance and path widening Birds – census results and commentary including site management, noteworthy records Mammals - Rabbit survey to be undertaken by Michael Towns and there is a book in hut for all sightings – study to include habitats, distribution and burrows, also plan to create distribution maps for each mammal species and call for records from Ian Beames, the Mammal recorder Coelentera-Hydroids - additional species listed following from LN 47 Tricladida - two more triclads listed following from LN47 Nematoda - additional species and correction to LN48 Rotifera - additional species of rotifer listed following from LN47 Hirudinea - list of leech species Crustacea – details of Branchiura species Arachnida – an account is forthcoming Psocoptera - list of Book Lice Lepidoptera - records of Purple Emperor butterfly Hymenoptera - list of wasp species with dates found and some details of habitat

Insects on flowers - a comparison of insects found on Calystegia sepium and Sonchus arvensis 1970 49 105 112 Hillman, Ella M Flowers and figures. Some quantitative aspects of the flora of Bookham Common. 1971 50 98 108 Beven, Geoffrey; Twenty-ninth year. Progress report for 1970. Coles, John W; Plans for soil survey Harding, Clare; Revised map Hillman, Ella M; Other surveys planned – Le Gros, Armand study of Bracken ecology by P A Moxey Eugene woodland survey by Miss J Stoddart and A S Thorley survey of fresh water including vegetation, invertebrates and water chemistry by Michael Towns continuing study of Rabbits by Michael Towns Water Vole survey by David Warren Public engagement – nature trail and display at hut Effects of site management being monitored Support from Keeper E F Youngman Plants - continued work on new flora, details of finds of trees and shrubs in new sites, effects of cutting of Bracken and grass to be examined using permanent quadrats by Paul Moxey, other comments on flora, survey of Ruscus aculeatus Algae – list of records listed Birds - census results and comments, notes on Hawfinches, other noteworthy records Mammals - Roe Deer observations Fish - Common Carp in IOW Pond Turbellaria – Tricladidia – list Oligochaeta – Tubificidae - list Crustacea - Cladocera - list Lepidoptera - 2 species of butterfly added to list, more Purple Emperor records Collembola - list of Springtails and a key Hymenoptera - Cynipidae - additions to list of Gall Wasps Chalcid Wasps and spider eggs records Arachnida-Araneae - notes on introduction of Water Spider Argyroneta aquatica to Lower Eastern Pond 1972 51 39 44 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirtieth year. Progress report for 1971. Le Gros, Armand Public engagement Eugene; Pitfall ground traps set up for invertebrates in Eastern Plain and Towns, Michael bracken areas Conservation management - pollution of IOW Ditch, report on pond flora and recommendations prior to NT clearance Plants - revision of flora continuing, survey of Ruscus aculeatus continuing, new plant records Fungi - fungal attack on bracken Birds - census results and comments, effect of conservation activity, noteworthy records Mammals - Barn Owl pellet included bones of Field Vole, dead Badger on railway line near site, David Warren’s survey of Water Vole continuing – exploring distribution and burrows, study of faeces of Fox, Rabbit and Water Vole for intestinal parasites Hemiptera – Cicadellidae - D Collins has supplied list of leafhoppers but no details are given here Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Lepidoptera - call for micromoth records Mecoptera - notes on Common Scorpion Fly Diptera - additions to list given 1972 51 45 54 Hillman, Ella M Changes in the distribution of trees and shrubs on Bookham Common, 1953-1971. 1972 51 55 62 Towns, Michael A rabbit survey of the Bookham Commons. 1972 51 63 67 Le Gros, Armand Gall midges of the pedunculate oak. Eugene 1972 51 68 76 Le Gros, Armand The Arachnida of Bookham Common. Eugene 1973 52 72 81 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-first year. Progress Report for 1972. Coles, John W; Conservation management - draining of IOW pond, dam Hillman, Ella M; breached, Carp, Rudd and other fish washed down into Le Gros, Armand Bookham Stream, cutting of scrub, importance of timing cuts Eugene and some impacts on plants, increasing number of visitors to common – some picking plants, Plants- effect of management on plants eg Angelica sylvestris, recording flora by Central Ditch, other plant records Fungi - new records Birds - census report, comments on various species, other noteworthy bird records, additions to bird list Mammals – John L Harrison’s traps in the 1950s revealed the presence of Harvest Mouse, Barn Owl pellets containing thrushes, Wood Mouse and Field Vole Amphibians - Tawny Owl pellets containing Frogs Study of pond biology including dispersal agents. Pond debris sampling Crustacea - details of distribution of two amphipods species to be added to list Arachnida-Araneae - first report of Araneus alsine in Surrey was in 1968 but David Macer-Wright says he found it at Bookham Common in 1951 and there is a specimen in NHM comments on another spider species and its Chalcid parasite (Hymenoptera) Hemiptera – additions to list Mecoptera - comments on a species Lepidoptera - some information on Microlepidoptera (though no species listed) 1973 52 82 92 Laundon, Jack Changes in the lichen flora of Bookham Common with increased Rodney air pollution and other factors. 1973 52 93 103 Hillman, Ella M; Survey of Ruscus aculeatus on Bookham Common: the first two Warren, A years. 1973 52 104 106 Towns, Michael The incidence of Coccidia in the rabbit on Bookham Commons. 1973 52 107 113 Le Gros, Armand Preliminary observations on the invertebrate fauna of bracken Eugene; areas at Bookham Commons. Towns, Michael Arachnida, Acari, Collembola, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Hymenoptera-Aculeata, Vespidae, Apidae, Hymenoptera-Parasitica, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Crustacea – Isopoda, Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Oligochaeta 1974 53 71 78 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-second year Progress report for 1973. Coles, John W; New map updated with OS grid Hillman, Ella M; Public engagement Conservation management

Le Gros Armand Plants - continuation of Ruscus aculeatus survey, list of Eugene brambles from Alan Leslie, few notes on flora of Crater pond other notes on flora, no revival of wet heath community Birds - census results and comments, noteworthy records Regeneration of IOW Pond after clearance with some invertebrate records given – Mesostigmata _Ascidae, Copepoda, Nematoda, Mollusca and Alga List of freshwater invertebrates from Central Ditch – Nematoda, Mesostigmata, Copepoda, Mollusca Hirudinea - records and commentary on Medicinal Leech Diptera - additions to list 1975 54 38 48 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-third year. Progress report for 1974. Coles, John W; Retirement of Keeper E F Youngman, who was replaced by Nigel Groves, Eric W Davies Hearn, John; Algae – records listed Le Gros, Armand Plants - comparisons of umbellifers, Juncus, Carex and Eugene; Gramineae with 1954 survey Stern, Rod C Birds – census results and noteworthy records, Mammals - Rabbits and myxomatosis, Grey Squirrels, records of Harvest Mouse, Fox, Stoat, Weasel, Roe Deer Crustacea - extensive survey of Cladocera of each pond with all records noted and site species checklist given, comment that all records went to BRC for Cladocera mapping scheme, notes on Minnehaha forms of 2 Daphnia species Copepoda - records listed Hirudinea - more records of Medicinal Leech Lepidoptera - Dutch Elm disease and impact on white-letter hairstreak, few other comments on butterflies Hymenoptera - new chalcid record 1975 54 49 58 Hillman, Ella M The bryophytes of Bookham Common 1941-1967. from records of C. P. Castell and J. H. G. Peterken 1975 54 59 60 Sandford, H A A new map of Bookham Common. now uses OS grid references 1976 55 19 22 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-fourth year. Progress report for 1975. Hearn, John; Public engagement Hillman, Ella M; Plants - recording plants of Station Copse and Central Ditch side, Le Gros, Armand felling of elms, continuation of Ruscus aculeatus study, current Eugene state of Central Plain, clearance of gun pits and craters Fungi - new records made but not listed Liverworts - records, distribution and notes on spread Birds - censuses and noteworthy records, danger of fishing line Mammals – Rabbits, Grey Squirrels, Harvest Mouse, Roe Deer Crustacea-Cladocera - records listed Copepoda - records pH of each pond 1976 55 23 42 Beven, Geoffrey Changes in breeding bird populations of an oak-wood on Bookham Common, Surrey, over twenty-seven years. 1977 56 71 74 Arthure, B F; Thirty-fifth year. Progress report for 1976. Beven, Geoffrey; Conservation management - including coppicing, clearance of Stern, Rod C ponds, elm felling, some other tree felling Bryophytes - additions to list Fungi - more species recorded (no details given) Birds – census results and comments, noteworthy bird records

Mammals - Rabbits including myxomatosis, Stoat, Wood Mouse, Weasel, Badger, Roe Deer Ephemeropta - list Lepidoptera - notes on several species 1977 56 75 76 Hall, Derrick G Coleoptera of Bookham Common: Hydradephaga. 1977 56 77 81 Le Gros, Armand A working list of the microlepidoptera of Bookham Common. Eugene 1978 57 61 67 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-sixth year. Progress report for 1977. Jones, Richard A; Conservation management - including coppicing and pond Radcliffe, Bryan R; clearance, clearance of hollows to restore chain of 5 ponds Stiles, David Plants - vegetation of Upper and Lower Eastern Ponds after clearance Bryophytes – additions to list Fungi - Peter Holland produced up to date list of fungi for the hut but no details given IOW Pond after clearance, very little plant life with impact on birds etc Birds - census and comments, noteworthy bird records Mammals - Rabbit survey by Oliver French on habits and distribution, myxomatosis, records of Dormouse, Weasel, Badger, Roe Deer Amphibia - survey of ponds for newts with details of records and comments on ID Reptiles - observation of Grass Snake Fish - species of fish in IOW pond listed Coleoptera – list of those found in disused owl nest 1979 58 38 43 Arthure, B F; Thirty-seventh year. Progress report for 1978. Beven, Geoffrey; Nigel Davies leaving as Keeper Radcliffe, Bryan R; Public engagement Stern, Rod C; Conservation management - thinning of Turkey and Common Oak, attempt to create small marsh Plants - recording for new botanical survey, some examples of gains and losses, noteworthy records Bryophytes – new records Birds - censuses and comments, other bird notes and records including first record of Cetti’s Warbler Mammals - Rabbit, Stoat, Weasel, Roe Deer, Grey Squirrels – numbers being controlled IOW Pond considered to be overstocked with fish so many removed Fish – list of species removed and details of parasites comparison of invertebrates in IOW and Lower Eastern Ponds – former is very impoverished – only by group not by species note that Bank’s Stream carried sewage effluent 1979 58 44 55 Hillman, Ella M A study of Ruscus aculeatus on Bookham Common. 1979 58 56 58 Hall, Derrick G A further contribution to the Coleoptera of Bookham Common. 1980 59 60 65 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-eighth year. Progress report for 1979. Jones, Richard A; Ian Swinney is now the Keeper Radcliffe, Bryan R; Laying of sewage pipe Stern, Rod C; Plants - transplanting of threatened plants of Carex strigosa, fieldwork complete on updated botanical survey, some noteworthy plant records listed including ferns, note of an introduced sapling Birds - censuses and comments, other noteworthy records including first of Quail Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Mammals - analysis of pellets of Long-eared Owl – list of contents include several bird species plus Field Vole, Wood Mouse, Bank Vole, Common Shrew, Long-eared Bat (with later comment that this seems to be the first site record), Rabbit and myxomatosis, Badger, Roe Deer Bryophytes – new records listed Coleoptera - beetles associated with elm trees and comments on Dutch Elm disease 1980 59 66 72 French, Oliver B J A survey of the rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus warrens at Bookham Common after an interval of seven years. 1981 60 64 67 Beven, Geoffrey; Thirty-ninth year. Progress report for 1980. Hillman, Ella L; Sewer has been laid Laundon, Jack Plants - noteworthy plant records Rodney; Fungi - new records Radcliffe, Bryan R; Bryophytes - recent records Stern, Rod C; Lichens - study compared with previous one with comments on some species Birds - oakwood bird census wasn’t carried out, scrub and grassland bird census data and comments, noteworthy bird records Mammals - Grey Squirrels cull, Dormouse record brief comment on fauna of IOW Pond Knopper Gall first seen in 1979 with plan to record distribution as this may affect food supply Annelida (Oligochaeta) - single record Crustacea-Cladocera – records Copepoda - record 1981 60 68 84 Radcliffe, Bryan R Vascular plants of Bookham Common: a new survey. and Page, Ken [this was the 2nd botanical survey] 1982 61 95 99 Beven, Geoffrey; Fortieth year. Progress report for 1981. Radcliffe, Bryan R; Brief summary of 40 years Hillman, Ella L; Public engagement Stern, Rod C; Plants - preparation of herbarium, noteworthy records, study of Bratton, John H pipeline site and pond vegetation Fungi – records Bryophytes - additions to list (Oliver French is taking over recording) Birds - censuses and comments, noteworthy bird records, status of magpie and comments Mammals - records of Common Shrew, Water Shrew, Roe Deer Reptiles - few records of Slow-worm and Common Lizard, comments on Grass Snake – quite common, Adder records 1954, 1973 unconfirmed, 1975, 1968 Lepidoptera - records of 3 species Turbellaria – Tricladidia – Platyhelminthes (flatworm) records Hirudinea - freshwater leeches records Arachnida - Hydracarina - water mites records 1983 62 88 96 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty first-year. Progress report for 1982. Bratton, John H; Public engagement Coles, John W Plants - noteworthy records including Juncus French, Oliver B J; Fungi – new records Goldsmith, Bryophytes - new records Pamela; Birds - censuses and records Mammals - account of Hazel Dormouse Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Hussey, Charles Amphibians - Common Toad records and counts, Common Frog George; Radcliffe, records and observations, various records and observations on Bryan R; Great Crested Newt, Smooth Newt, Palmate Newt including hibernation and drowning Reptiles - records of Common Lizard and historical anecdote on Adder Rotifera - records Nematoda - records Turbellaria – Tricladidia – Platyhelminthes (flatworm) records Hirudinea – leech records Mollusca - a gastropod record Crustacea – record of a Daphnia species Coleoptera - Glow-worm records over several decades 1983 62 97 104 Stern, Rod C & The bryophyte flora of Bookham Common. French, Oliver B J 1984 63 124 132 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty-second year. Progress report for 1983. Bratton, John H; Plants - list of Rubus fruticosus microspecies, noteworthy Coles, John W; records French, Oliver B J; Bryophytes - corrections to list Goldsmith, Fungi - new records Pamela; Birds - censuses and comments, other noteworthy records Groves, Eric W; Mammals - Water Vole records Radcliffe, Bryan R; Fish – records Amphibians - records of hibernating Smooth Newt, Common Toad, Common Frog Reptiles – reference to Adder Protozoa – record Coelenterata - Hydra record Nematoda – records Crustacea - Copepoda – records Cladocera – records Amphipoda - record Arachnida - Araneae - noteworthy spider records Lepidoptera - butterfly records 1984 63 133 136 Bratton, John H; Notes on the dragonflies of Bookham Common. Langlois, D 1984 63 137 138 Stoddart, J M Changes in the flora of Station Copse, Bookham Common. 1985 64 103 112 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty-third year. Progress report for 1984. Bratton, John H; Conservation management - information on domestic animals Goldsmith, grazed on site in the past Pamela; Pond survey - water temperature and conductivity survey of the Radcliffe, Bryan R ponds and ditches with some comments Plants - noteworthy records Fungi - new records Bryophytes – new records and impact of tree felling Amphibians - fire on Eastern Plain, records of Common Toad and Common Frog affected Birds – censuses and noteworthy records Mammals - observation of Hedgehog eating Common Toad, Long-eared Bat and Roe Deer records Odonata – records Lepidoptera – records 1986 65 181 192 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty-fourth year. Progress report for 1985. Boyd, Douglas A; Public engagement Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Coles, John W; Plants - noteworthy records French, Oliver B J; Bryophytes - records and news of compilation of herbarium Goldsmith, (some collected material is in Wales) Pamela; Fungi - additions to list Hillman, Ella M; Birds - woodland bird census not carried out, some extra 1984 Lee, Ruth; data, noteworthy records, Barn Owl pellets containing Common Page, Ken; Shrew, Pygmy Shrew, Water Shrew, Bank Vole, Field Vole, Wood Mouse, Common Frog and bird species and beetles, Little Owl pellets containing Common Shrew, Field Vole and beetles Mammals - records of Hedgehog, Dormouse, Fox, Rabbit (with reference to previous myxomatosis events), Weasel, Roe Deer Fish - Carp record and associated parasite record Amphibians - records of Common Toad and Common Frog spawn Plant Galls - preliminary survey of Knopper gall Protozoa – record Oligochaeta – note that no nematodes found Odonata - Ruth Day’s report on damselflies Coleoptera - records of Glow-worm Lepidoptera - records including additions to micromoth list Mollusca - snail records from IOW pond 1987 66 157 166 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty-fifth year. Progress report for 1986. French, Oliver B J; Public engagement Goldsmith, The Birches and Hundred Pound Wood acquired by NT Pamela; Ecology - comparison of IOW and Lower Eastern Pond to try and Merritt, Andrew; determine lack of aquatic vegetation in former, comparing Page, Ken aquatic invertebrates and water chemistry etc, results don’t provide explanation – Hemiptera, Hydracarina - water mites, Cladocera, Cyclopoida, Diptera, Amphipoda Plants - records of plant hybrids Bryophytes – records Fungi - additions to site list Birds - note that bird censuses not done, noteworthy records and commentary Mammals - Fox, Badger, Roe Deer, Brown Hare – general comments and references to numbers of records but not specific records themselves Amphibians - Smooth and Palmate Newts recorded from Crater Pond 17 June 1986 Reptiles - comments on Grass Snake and observations and some historic records Hirudinea - records of medicinal leech [not confirmed see LN 67] Lepidoptera - butterfly records 1987 66 167 184 Day, Ruth Population dynamics of damselflies at Bookham Common. 1988 67 147 159 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty-sixth year. Progress report for 1987. Coles, John W; Approval for new hut Day, Ruth; Conservation management - storm damage French, Oliver B J; Plants - ancient woodland and presence of ancient woodland Holland, Peter C; indicator plants Radcliffe, Bryan R Fungi - additions to list Bryophytes - few new records Birds – census and noteworthy records and some historical material Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Mammals - evidence of Fox, Roe Deer, Hedgehog with a few specific records Coelenterata - Hydra – records Nematoda - records Oligochaeta - records Rotifera – records Hirudinea - note on medicinal leech record Lepidoptera – moth records Diptera – Hoverflies records Odonata - records and an account of survey work 1989 68 133 146 Beven, Geoffrey; Forty-seventh year. Progress report for 1988. Coles, John W; Opportunities for survey work, references to habitat changes, Day, Ruth; study of grassland begun Goldsmith, Conservation management- including impact of storm, Pamela; reintroduction of grazing to be considered Page, Ken; Plants - historical and recent fern records (by division) Swinney, Ian W; Fungi - additions to site list Wheeler, Alan S Birds - census and analysis Mammals - records (some with location/date) of Weasel, Badger, Roe Deer (and dog attacks), Harvest Mouse (historic), Dormouse Fish - removal of Carp and Silver Bream, explanation that fish are introduced to IOW Pond by angling club, some were moved to Lower Eastern Pond Protozoa - records Rotifera - records Coelenterata – Hydra records Crustacea - amphipods, crayfish records Diptera - record Odonata - records and survey work Lepidoptera - present status of butterflies and references to historical status 1990 69 119 137 Ashby, Charles Forty-eighth year. Progress report for 1989. Bradwin; New hut erected Beven, Geoffrey; Conservation management – cattle back on Central Plain, path Day, Ruth; edge clearance, Goat Willow planting, pond edge clearance, Goldsmith, some comparisons on Sheepbell Pond before and after raking Pamela; Birds - census with comments, noteworthy records Menzies, Ian; Mammals - Badger record, Roe Deer general records, Grey Radcliffe, Bryan R; Squirrels comments on cull and surveys of evidence of their Swinney, Ian F eating a variety of species and on bark damage Amphibians - records of Great Crested Newt and Smooth Newt in SE Pond, records of Common Toad and of Common Frog spawn Reptiles - Grass Snake record Plants - noteworthy records, quadrats to monitor impact of grazing and initial comments Fungi - additions to list Overview of survey of ponds for aquatic invertebrates and comments on previous studies Algae - records including historical records Protozoa – records Coelenterata - Hydra species – records Rotifera – records Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Lepidoptera – 2 records Neuroptera - record Coleoptera – new records Odonata - records and observations Ephemeroptera – record 1991 70 125 140 Ashby, Charles Forty-ninth year. Progress report for 1990. Bradwin; Update on hut, aerial photos taken, opportunities for survey Groves, Eric W; work eg on recently cleared and remade Kelsey’s Pond Holland, Peter; Public engagement Martin, Leslie Conservation management - comments on ponds – Typha in Vernon [?]; Lower Eastern Pond Menzies, Ian S; Algae – records Merritt, Andrew; Fungi – new fungal record Page, Ken Birds – census Mammals - comments on Grey Squirrel, specific records of Roe Deer Reptiles - Grass Snake record Fish - Common Carp record Plants - hybrid plants with locations Rotifera - complete checklist Gastrotrichs – complete checklist Cladocera - records including new species for site Orthoptera – recent records and some early Orthoptera records from William Ruttledge Hemiptera-Heteroptera – records Coleoptera – records Lepidoptera – records Odonata - census and records 1991 70 141 148 French, Oliver BJ Epiphytic bryophytes at Bookham Common. 1991 70 149 152 Groves, Eric W A preliminary list of the Hemiptera-Homoptera (Auchenorhyncha) of Bookham Common, Surrey. 1992 71 157 168 Ashby, Charles Fiftieth year. Progress report for 1991. Bradwin; Brief review Day, Ruth; Mooting of idea of bringing all of the findings of the survey Goldsmith, together Pamela; Opportunities to study the impact of grazing Kettle, Ron; Conservation management - including enlarging glades, Menzies, Ian S; preserving wetter areas, increasing area of grassland Page, Ken; Plants - hybrid woundwort records Swinney, Ian F; Fungi - additions to list Birds - noteworthy records brief description of Crater Pond Amphibians - recent record of Great Crested Newt plus historical records, reference to Smooth Newt occurrence, Palmate Newt record in Sheepbell Pond, and other historical occurrences Tardigrades - records Orthoptera – records Hemiptera-Heteroptera – records Coleoptera – records Odonata - population studies and records 1992 71 169 176 Ashby, Charles A further bibliography of the natural history of Bookham Bradwin; Common, Surrey. Groves, Eric W

1993 72 103 112 Ashby, Charles Fifty-first year. Progress report for 1992. Bradwin; Description of how the survey works, need to monitor impact of Day, Ruth; conservation management, fact that a butterfly census would Greaves, Philip M; be helpful, Bayfield Pond remade in 1992 – cleared and Kettle, Ron; deepened - so would be good to study, would be good to Menzies, Ian S; discover why IOW Pond doesn’t have aquatic flora, quadrats are Page, Ken; being used to study impact of grazing Swinney, Ian F Conservation management - also involved surfacing of some of public bridleways, clearance of path edges, removal of some scrub and creating glades Algae – records Plants - reappearance of Heath Cudweed, studies of grasses and Rubus microspecies are in place, description of Rosa species, Fungi - study Birds - census and noteworthy records Tardigrades - new study begun in 1992 with list Orthoptera - new records and comparisons Hemiptera-Heteroptera – records Coleoptera – records Lepidoptera – records Odonata - records and population studies 1994 73 163 174 Day, Ruth; Fifty-second year. Progress report for 1993. Kirk, Ruth S; Conservation management - site as a dynamic ecosystem, effect Menzies, Ian S; of grazing and trampling, value of mixed age scrub, full survey Page, Ken; of ponds and wetland areas commissioned by NT, selective Radcliffe, Bryan; felling of oak, scalloping of ride edges, creating glades, need for Swinney, Ian F; coppicing Willmott, Ken J Grazing - until 1949 most of the south of the site was grazed and was mostly open grassland, there was a marked change after grazing ceased, in 1989 part of Central Plain was fenced and cattle reintroduced, quadrats were established and are showing the grazing is generally increasing diversity and favouring grasses as against shrubs and trees Plants - study of birch species, monitoring of invasive plant species, comments on uncommon and decreasing plants, other noteworthy records Birds - census and noteworthy records Mollusca - study of molluscs from IOW and Western Hollow Pond – list of molluscs and study for parasites – very few affected, parasite is named Orthoptera – records Hemiptera-Heteroptera – records Coleoptera – records Lepidoptera - notes on several butterfly species Odonata - records and population studies 1994 73 175 180 Kett, Steven M; A survey of the aquatic macro-invertebrate communities of Isle Kirk, Ruth S of Wight Pond and Western Hollow Pond, Bookham Common. Tricladida, Oligochaeta, Hirudinea, Mollusca, Arachnida, Crustacea, Ephemeroptera, Megaloptera, Trichoptera, Odonata, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera 1994 73 181 183 Kett, Steven M Observations on the lack of macrophytes in the Isle of Wight Pond, Bookham Common. 1994 73 185 190 Greaves, Philip M; The tardigrade fauna of Bookham Common. Marley, Nigel J Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

1995 74 165 168 Kettle, Ron; Fifty-third year. Progress report for 1994. Menzies, Ian S; Conservation management - maintaining open grassland, Page, Ken; thinning trees, site increasingly isolated and surrounded by Swinney, Ian F; urbanised or intensive agricultural sites, independent report on Willmott, Ken J ponds completed and being considered Plants - discovery of hybrid agrimony and giant hogweed and other noteworthy records Birds - census and notes on various species Lepidoptera - butterfly records and counts, moth records Coleoptera – records Orthoptera – notes 1996 75 119 131 Day, Ruth; Fifty-fourth year. Progress report for 1995. Kettle, Ron; Study days begin Menzies, Ian S; Conservation management - overstocking of fish thought to be Page, Ken; reason for impoverished state of Hollows Ponds and especially Radcliffe, Bryan; IOW pond and they were removed – Common Carp, Crucian Swinney, Ian F; Carp, Bream, Rudd, Pike, clearance of scrub and selective Willmott, Ken thinning and coppicing of willow, new raised timber walkway over marshy area by IOW Pond beginning of study of impact of scrub clearance – birch and Salix - on Bayfield Plain, grassland quality is improving generally, Bracken mown on Bayfield and Eastern Plains, Mark Oak area Himalayan Balsam pulled Plants - noteworthy records including some introduced plants, monitoring of the planted wild service tree Birds - census results and noteworthy records Mammals - Ian Swinney’s account of mammals - Mole over most of site as is Fox, sometimes culled on neighbouring farmland but numbers recover, evidence of eating signal crayfish, Rabbits, increasing number of Badgers and comments, Roe Deer increased and impact on vegetation, increasing number of dogs walked on site, Brown Hare seen more frequently in recent years mostly from Hill House Wood and nearby farmland suitable for breeding, but young one seen at Merritt’s Cottage in 1981 and are recent sightings from Eastern Wood, Hedgehog frequently recorded in the mid-1980s, especially around IOW enclosure, recently mostly only as road casualties, Stoat and Weasel – most sightings on the edge of Central and Bayfield Plains, and along the Commons Road, Water Vole - rarely seen in recent years though evidence of presence along the stream banks, after cessation of fishing Common Rat seldom seen around the IOW Pond, but still near cottages at the IOW enclosure and at the station, Grey Squirrel - increased steadily, especially since 1988 when culling discontinued, on the plains are damaging oaks by ringbarking, and could be problem to birds’ nesting, Dormice found during clearing operations hibernating in the IOW Pond area and, in spite of lack of hazel and tree cover, the Bayfield Plain, little information about Bats - Pipistrelle appears to be plentiful, especially in the IOW and Hollows Pond areas, and a larger species has been noticed, also a dead Brown Long-eared Bat was found a few years ago on Stent’s Path Reptiles - more frequent Grass Snake records – 3 specific ones given Odonata – records Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Lepidoptera - butterfly records, comments and counts, moth records Coleoptera - additions to list and population studies in margins of Western Hollows Ponds Orthoptera - comments 1997 76 175 189 Kettle, Ron; Fifty-fifth year. Progress report for 1996. Landells, William; Information on the 20 divisions of Bookham Common and Menzies, Ian; record cards Page, Ken; Plants - noteworthy records, tree thinning has led to rise in Radcliffe, Bryan; Viola Thomas, Audrey; Fungi - list from the fungus foray, also one specific fungal record Willmott, Ken J Birds - census and noteworthy records and comments Mammals - bat records (including dates and location) and comments Lepidoptera - butterfly records and comments including painted lady and silver-washed fritillary, a few with specific locations Coleoptera - records (with place and date) Hemiptera – Heteroptera - Box Bug records with place and date, list of heteropterous bugs with date and place Orthoptera - records dates and comments 1998 77 155 175 Alexander, Keith; Fifty-sixth year. Progress report for 1997. Anderson, Neil Conservation management - value of unimproved neutral Landells, William grassland, also value of some scrub, grazing extended to part of N; Bayfield and IOW Plains, need to thin some oak woodland, gains Menzies, Ian; by butterflies, some loss of mature oaks and NT is seeking Page, Ken; advice, removal of fish from IOW Pond has led to increase in Prowse, Alan; aquatic invertebrates and plants, also waterfowl, NT Biological Radcliffe, Bryan; Survey Team spent time at site creating report on management Swinney, Ian F; issues also made some finds including Coleoptera, brown tree Thomas, Audrey; ant, false scorpion, moth species, bug species, deer fly, bark fly, Willmott, Ken J; also notes on presence of small fish in IOW Pond, comments on Typha management Plants - noteworthy records including hybrids and aliens, comments on survey methods and changes in distribution Fungi - list of species seen on Bookham Fungus Foray Birds - noteworthy records and comments [this was the last year of the Common Birds census] Mammals - comments that there are few mammal records from Bookham on the LNHS database or with Surrey Wildlife Trust, Brown Hare comments including one specific record for 1997, Dormouse caught by cat, comments on Bats, Roe Deer (and dogs), Badger, Rabbit, Mole, Fox Odonata - records with dates and locations Lepidoptera - comments on butterflies and some records with location and date, moth records Coleoptera - records Hemiptera – Heteroptera - records Orthoptera - records and comments 1998 77 177 187 Prowse, Alan D Birds of Bookham Common in the breeding season. 1999 78 173 185 Kirk, Ruth; Fifty-seventh year. Progress report for 1998. Menzies, Ian; Conservation management - whole of Central, Bayfield and IOW Page, Ken; Plains now being grazed by cattle to help control scrub and the Prowse, Alan; spread of birch and willow in particular, comment that in the past this site was grazed by both cows and Rabbits and their Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Swinney, Ian F; removal made a big difference, scrub clearance and tree Willmott, Ken J thinning continuing but scrub maintained for nightingales, IOW Pond showing some signs of recovery since fish removed, vegetation increasing but affected by swans and Canada geese, also evidence of fish fry, there is a plan to restore South East Pond, has been an increase in oak dieback, widening of glade at junction of Woodland and Tunnel Paths has positive impact on butterflies, plans to reduce Turkey Oak, coppice hazel – sensitive to Dormouse – widen and scallop edges of some paths and tree thinning to create more wood pasture Plants - new records, start of new plant survey Birds - census counts, noteworthy records and comments Mammals - increasing number of dogs, attacks on Roe Deer, large number of Grey Squirrels Lepidoptera - records of butterflies, and moths Coleoptera – records Orthoptera – records with comments Hemiptera – Heteroptera - Box Bug Hymenoptera -Hornet Mollusca - list of molluscs from the chain of 5 ponds 2000 79 177 186 Anderson, Neil; Fifty-eighth year. Progress report for 1999. Barclay, Maxwell Conservation management - concern that water from sprayed V. L; agricultural land runs into Kelsey’s Pond, also that fish numbers Menzies, Ian S; are increasing in IOW Pond and need to remove some Typha Page, Ken; from IOW, Upper and Lower Eastern Ponds, nightingale is Prowse, Alan D; favouring scrub maybe because of density of woodland, BBC Swinney, Ian F; filmed Purple Emperor, South East Pond cleared, nearby Badger Willmott, Ken J set had flooded and Badgers abandoned it, Crater Pond as important breeding site for Newts, continuing clearance of scrub and young trees especially on Bayfield and IOW Plains but with some scrub retained for nightingale, Eastern Plain has sandy soil and poor drainage creating damp acidic heathland which becomes dominated by Bracken, controlled by mowing which also helpfully disturbs ground. Two 5m squares scraped back to bare soil to see whether Bracken litter elsewhere inhibits plant regeneration, further work on large glade at junction of Tunnel and Woodland Paths with shrubby margin and suitable plants for butterflies and other invertebrates in centre, most of larger English Elm killed by Dutch elm disease and also Wych Elm, hope that sucker regrowth will occur Plants - noteworthy records and comments Birds - noteworthy records and population studies of several species Mammals - 5 Mink controlled Odonata - records and report of study day Lepidoptera - butterfly and moth records and comments Coleoptera - records and comments Orthoptera - records from study day 2001 80 181 192 Barclay, Maxwell Fifty-ninth year. Progress report for 2000. V L; Conservation management - involved coppicing, thinning Menzies, Ian; around IOW and Bayfield Ponds and margin of Central Ditch, Page, Ken; scrub management and tree thinning and grazing on Bayfield, IOW and Western Plains, issues of encroachment of Turkey Oak and Sycamore, aim of re-establishing wood pasture, thinning Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Prowse, Alan D; excess saplings, Hill House Wood has been thinned, fallen trees Swinney, Ian; stacked in Mark Oak area, pulling of Himalayan Balsam, control Willmott, Ken of Bracken Plants - survey, increase in wood violets and other noteworthy records Birds - noteworthy records, population studies, need for perches for turtle doves highlighted so perhaps some trees should be ringed Lepidoptera- records and comments Coleoptera – records and comments with list of new species of beetles and dates first recorded Orthoptera - records from field day Baxter, Roger; Results of a five-year study of leaf miners (Diptera: 2001 80 193 201 Baxter, Elspeth C Agromyzidae) on Bookham Common. 2002 81 187 196 Anderson, Neil; Sixtieth year. Progress report for 2001. Barclay, Maxwell Events to mark 60th anniversary V L; Conservation management - closure of site due to foot and Menzies, Ian; mouth disease, effect eg on Roe Deer, no grazing possible, Page, Ken; rubbish removal and repair of damage, reorganising of NT Prowse, Alan D; warden structure Swinney, Ian F Plants - noteworthy records Birds - noteworthy records and warbler census Amphibians - records of Great Crested Newt, Common Newt, Common Frog, Common Toad Mollusca - Ash Back Slug Odonata – records Orthoptera – records Lepidoptera – records Coleoptera – records Diptera records including Hoverflies Hymenoptera - Sawfly records Hemiptera – Heteroptera - records 2002 81 197 214 Kett, Steven M; Changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in Bookham Kirk, Ruth Common Hollows Valley Ponds from 1993 to 1998. – Tronchoni, E Turbellaria, Oligochaeta, Hirudinea, Mollusca, Chelicerata, Branchiopoda, Ostracoda, Branchiura, Malacostraca, Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Megaloptera, Trichoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera 2003 82 205 217 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-first year. Progress report for 2002. Barclay, Maxwell Conservation management - pond and wetland management, V L; value of plank walk at IOW Pond, also removal of sallow carr, Crundall, Oliver; tree thinning and adjustable sluice so can maintain marshy Menzies, Ian; conditions, comment on dog pressure and on need to maintain Page, Ken; entrances so site looks well cared for, cattle grazing restarted Prowse, Alan D; on Central, Bayfield and IOW Plains, Bookham Stream has Swinney, Ian F; altered course giving new small marsh on Bayfield Plain Willmott, Ken J Plants - details of sedges recorded on site, plant survey complete Birds - noteworthy bird records, territory counts, breeding bird status changes and comments Lepidoptera – records Arachnida - Araneae - Strawberry Spider records, a further spider record

Coleoptera - reference to annotated Coleoptera list and new records Odonata – records Orthoptera - records Page, Ken; Fifty years of botany at Bookham. 2003 82 219 243 Radcliffe, B [this was the 3rd botanical survey] 2003 82 245 247 Page, Ken Rubus on Bookham Common. 2004 83 175 187 Fure, Alison; Sixty-second year. Progress report for 2003. Menzies, Ian; Hut to be replaced and named in commemoration of Ruth Day, Page, Ken; Conservation management - regular meetings planned between Prowse, Alan; LNHS and NT Radcliffe, Bryan Plants - snowdrops and snowflakes, measuring tree heights Birds - noteworthy bird records and territory counts and comments, comments on Chasemore Farm Mammals - new mammal activity led by Alison Fure, survey of Hundred Pound Wood – Common Shrew, Pygmy Shrew, Wood Mouse, Yellow-necked Mouse, Field Vole, Bank Vole, list of Bat records, plan to erect Dormouse boxes in several locations, evidence of Badger, Roe Deer seen, Mink trapped, also Mole, Squirrel, little evidence of Fox, possible Hare, no Harvest Mouse, possible evidence of Water Shrew Reptiles - Grass Snake and Common Lizard sightings Coleoptera – records Lepidoptera – records Orthoptera – records Hemiptera – Heteoptera – records of bugs Hymenoptera – Hornet record Arachnida - Araneae - Strawberry Spider Mollusca - Swan Mussel 2005 84 181 199 Fure, Alison; Sixty-third year. Progress Report for 2004. Menzies, Ian; Hut erected and opening event (1st hut was in 1964 and 2nd in Prowse, Alan D; 1989) this one is larger and less intrusively sited Radcliffe, Bryan; Field meetings between NT and LNHS continuing, wardens had Swinney, Ian been reorganised Conservation management - activities included controlling Himalayan Balsam and Bracken, tidying of entrances, idea is to have combination of scrub, open grassland and wood, need scrub of different ages, grazing to continue and rotational clearance of over-mature scrub and young trees, complex process, have been some communication issues so blackthorn scrub that nightingales were using was removed, removal needs to be sensitive eg Aspen can be problematic but it is also a food plant, tree thinning round IOW Pond, this part of the site used to be more open and grazed, clearance of wetland area, clearance at Bayfield Pond, removing Sycamore and Turkey Oak from Hill House and Central Woods, cutting back and scalloping of part of High Point Path, rotational work along woodland rides, collaboration between NT and LNHS Plants - new records Birds - noteworthy records, territory counts, focus will now turn to woodland species, advice on conservation management to NT related to birds Mammals - evidence of Wood Mouse and Shrew in mammal boxes as well as other fauna Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Odonata – records Lepidoptera – records Orthoptera – records Coleoptera – records Heteroptera - records Arachnida - Araneae - spider record Hymenoptera - Hornet records Diptera – Hoverfly records 2006 85 179 198 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-fourth year. Progress Report for 2005. Fure, Alison; Conservation management - suggestion that work needs to Halstead, Andrew; focus on ecology and management, over-mature scrub removed Mellor, Steve; on Central and Bayfield Plains, management is a balancing act, Menzies, Ian; is desire for unimproved pasture, clearing of woodland edges, Prowse, Alan D; rotational management of scrub, grazing continuing, account of Swinney, Ian history – oak was used for fuel and building timber and was combined with grazing to give wood pasture, this has produced large veteran oaks with rich ecology, need to thin trees, plan to survey veteran trees and also identify suitable young trees that should grow on, Broadway track cleared (as on 1947 photo) which will be good for butterflies, some clearing around Lower Eastern Pond, Bayfield Pond is doing well as is the wetland area between Lower Eastern and East Hollows Ponds, major clearance of Typha from Lower Eastern Pond planned but to be done with care, recent management has increased plant diversity Plants - noteworthy records and comments Birds - noteworthy records and woodland bird survey of target species Mammals - records from Bat survey with species listed and other Bat evidence, number of Deer falling due to culling, records of Wood Mouse, Dormouse, a Shrew Odonata – records Orthoptera – records Lepidoptera – records Coleoptera – records Arachnida - Araneae - spider record Hymenoptera - Hornet records, definitive list of Sawflies – complete list for the site incorporating the historical records published by Currie [in LN 48] 2007 86 125 137 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-fifth year. Progress report for 2006. Fure, Alison; Ian Swinney becomes Chair Hawgood, Gavin; Conservation management - concerns about destruction of Mellor, Steve; some habitats which has had a negative impact on some bird Menzies, Ian; species including damage to hornbeam area in Kelsey’s Wood Prowse, Alan D; and also activity on Central Plain, has been a report to Natural Swinney, Ian England, open unimproved grassland has value, need rotational scrub and young tree clearance aware of bird requirements, veteran tree survey has identified over 100 veteran trees and 2 ancient ones over 500 years old, these are a very valuable resource and are now logged on the Woodland Trust database, most had grown in conditions of wood pasture, need to identify the trees that will eventually replace them, fencing replaced on IOW Plain and water trough installed, clearance of section of Central Plain and Western Plain – ancient wet pasture, Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

clearance of young trees on Bayfield Plain, control of Himalayan Balsam and Bracken, scalloping part of Rydal Path, tree safety work, dealing with litter and flytipping Plants - noteworthy records, comments on ancient woodland indicator plants, entries made to Surrey Rare Plants Register Birds – noteworthy records and woodland survey results, comments on the hawfinches on Bayfield Plain Mammals - evidence of Dormouse, Wood Mouse, Grey Squirrel, lack of Deer, Common Shrew, Pygmy Shrew, Weasel, update on mammal boxes Lepidoptera – records Odonata – records Hemiptera – records Coleoptera – records Orthoptera – records Arachnida - Araneae – spider records 2008 87 165 171 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-sixth year. Progress report for 2007. Cole, Stuart; Value of regular meetings with NT Hawgood, Gavin; Plants - noteworthy records Mellor, Steve; Birds - noteworthy records Prowse, Alan D Lepidoptera - records Odonata - records Orthoptera - records Coleoptera – records and comments Heteroptera - records 2009 88 201 205 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-seventh year. Progress report for 2008. Cole, Stuart; Survey priorities - Coleoptera, butterflies, Odonata, Orthoptera Fure, Alison; are pretty well known so turning to survey moths (Paul Hawgood, Gavin; Wheeler) and Hemiptera (Tristan Bantock) Prowse, Alan D Mention of proposed publication of Bookham beetle list Conservation management - discussion with NT about management of site, cattle grazing and tree thinning Birds - noteworthy bird records Mammals - comments on Deer, Grey Squirrels, difficulty of accessing mammal boxes, evidence of Wood Mouse, Dormouse – droppings sent for analysis Lepidoptera - records Odonata - records Coleoptera - records Diptera – Hoverflies - records Orthoptera - records Arachnida - Araneae – spider records 2010 89 79 92 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-eighth year. Progress report for 2009. Barnes, Sarah; Mention of Heteroptera and Auchenorhyncha surveying, moth Cole, Stuart; surveying with overnight light trapping, NHM fogging of oak Mellor, Steve; tree to look at insects inhabiting it – plan to identify finds mainly Prowse, Alan D; Diptera, Hymenoptera-Parasitica Swinney, Ian Conservation management - thinning of oak woodland, need to refurbish Eastern Hollow Pond, Plants - noteworthy records, survey of ancient and veteran trees (listed on Ancient Tree Forum website), conservation of traditional wet meadow areas, woodland and wood pasture, details of particular trees and of other oak species, Fungi records and comment that Ray Tantram runs fungal foray Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Birds - noteworthy records Mammals - comments on Deer and Rabbits Lepidoptera – butterfly records and moth records mainly from light traps Odonata – records Diptera – Hoverfly and Hornet Robber Fly Arachnida - Araneae– spider record Orthoptera – records Coleoptera – records Hemiptera – record Hymenoptera Hornet – record Trichoptera - Caddis Flies noted but no species identified 2011 90 211 233 Anderson, Neil; Sixty-ninth year. Progress report for 2010. Cole, Stuart; Regular moth trapping and study of Heteroptera and Mellor, Steve; Auchenorhyncha continuing Prowse, Alan D; Conservation management - continuing thinning of mature Wheeler, Paul woodland, removing scrub, clearance around some ponds, brushwood barrier at Upper eastern Pond and viewing hide erected, removal of Typha from Upper Eastern Pond Plants - noteworthy records Birds - noteworthy records Lepidoptera – records including summary of moth records from trapping and comments (there is reference to an Excel file of detailed records made by Paul Wheeler) Odonata – records Hemiptera – records Mammals - Roe Deer record Reptiles - Grass Snake record (no details) Coleoptera – records Hymenoptera – Bumblebee records, Ichneumon Fly find Arachnida - Araneae -spider record Trichoptera - Caddis Flies – found but no details 2012 91 163 169 Anderson, Neil; Seventieth year. Progress report for 2011. Cole, Stuart; Beetle trapping continuing and fungus foray and study days Mellor, Steve; Conservation management - continuing to thin woodland and Prowse, Alan D; remove some scrub as well as continuing grazing, sharing expertise on managing habitats for butterflies, R4 programme Plants - monad recording and noteworthy records Concern about removal of fungus Birds - noteworthy records Mammals - Roe Deer, list of species recorded by Surrey Bat Group Bechstein’s Bat, Noctule, Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle, Brown Long-eared Bat, also evidence of Hazel Dormouse, Pygmy Shrew, Weasel Amphibians – Great Crested Newt, Common Frog, Common Toad Reptiles – Common Lizard, Slow-worm, Grass Snake Lepidoptera - records of butterflies and moths (including from light trapping) Odonata - records Coleoptera - records Diptera - records Hymenoptera - Sawfly species. Hornet record Trichoptera - Caddis fly -no species identified Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

Hemiptera - records Arachnida - Araneae – spider record 2013 92 159 162 Anderson, Neil; Seventy-first year. Progress report for 2012. Barnes, Sarah; Issues with hut and ranger Cole, Stuart; Continuing of beetle trapping – with other invertebrates also Prowse, Alan D trapped (not identified to species) Plants – few species seen on field meetings named Birds – noteworthy records and comments, nightingale territory survey Mammals - reports on Dormouse, Wood Mouse, Weasel, Common Shrew, Badger Reptiles – records of Common Lizard, Slow worm Amphibians – records of Common Frog Plant Galls Odonata – records Lepidoptera – records Orthoptera – records Coleoptera – records 2014 93 185 195 Anderson, Neil; Seventy-second year. Progress report for 2013. Barnes, Sarah; Plants – few records Cole, Stuart; Birds - noteworthy records Fure, Alison; Mammals - general comments on mammal findings – Prowse, Alan D; Dormouse, Wood Mouse, no Weasel predation, Badger Root, Tommy; Amphibians – Great Crested Newts Reptiles - Grass Snake at IOW Pond Plant Galls - account of plant galls with new species for list Lepidoptera – butterflies and micromoths records Diptera - records including Hoverflies Odonata - records Coleoptera -records Hemiptera - coreid bug, froghopper records Blattodea – cockroach records Hymenoptera – bee and Hornet records Orthoptera - records Chilopoda – list of centipedes found Myriapoda - list of millipedes found Diplopoda Crustacea – Malacostraca – list of woodlice found 2015 94 102 108 Anderson, Neil; Seventy-third year progress report for 2014. Cole, Stuart; Plants - noteworthy records Mellor, Steve; Fungi - new records from fungal foray Birds - few records Amphibians - Smooth Newt Mammals - Bank Vole, Field Mouse Reptiles - Common Lizard, Grass Snake Lepidoptera - records including moth Odonata – records Hemiptera – records Coleoptera – records Diptera – records including Hoverflies Hymenoptera – records of bumblebees, wasp, Hornet and sawfly Arachnida - Araneae – spider records 2016 95 There was no report this year Bookham Common Articles in the London Naturalist (February 2021) created by Maria Roberts and adapted from content by Ian Manzies © London Natural History Society. This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Bookham Common Survey articles in the London Naturalist

2017 96 31 39 Cole, Stuart; Seventy fourth and seventy fifth years Progress report for 2015 Prowse, Alan D and 2016 Potential value of database of all species records from the survey Conservation management - continuing thinning of parts of woodland, creating clearings and scalloping edges, grazing continuing and some scrub control Mammals - Surrey Bat Group survey with Brandt’s Bat recorded Hymenoptera - records Diptera – records Coleoptera – records Hemiptera – records Orthoptera – records Neuroptera – lacewing record Birds - noteworthy records and territory survey results, 2018 97 35 51 Cole, Stuart; Seventy-sixth year. Progress report for 2017 Mellor, Steve; Value of a single database reiterated and interest expressed by Prowse, Alan D both NT and Natural England Plants - noteworthy records and comment that botanical records are sent to Surrey Botanical Society via Mapmate and then go to BSBI Fungi list of records 2007-2015 by the group led by Ray Tantram Birds - noteworthy records, territory survey results Mammals - Surrey Bat Group survey with species list – Soprano Pipistrelle, Common Pipistrelle, Nathusius’ Pipistrelle, Serotine, Noctule, Bechstein’s Bat, Whiskered Bat, Natterer’s Bat, Daubenton’s Bat, Brown Long-eared Bat Diptera - list of Hoverflies recorded from site in recent years Odonata -record Lepidoptera - butterfly record Coleoptera - record 2019 98 There was no report this year 2020 99 There was no report this year 2021 100