The Glasgow Naturalist 26 part 1
Edited by: Dominic J. McCafferty, John Hume & Iain Wilkie
Editorial
The climate is right for natural history D. J. McCafferty
Conference Proceedings
- Natives, Aliens and Reintroductions Conference 2013 − includes abstracts of talks not published in full below, together with opening andclosing remarks
- What’s natural: a species history of Scotland in the last 10,000 years T.C. Smout
- Translocation as a conservation tool: case studies from rare freshwater fishes in Scotland Colin E. Adams, Alex A. Lyle, Jennifer A. Dodd, Colin W. Bean, Ian J. Winfield, Andy R.D.Gowans, Alastair Stephen and Peter S. Maitland
- Safe guarding pollinator populations in an intensive grassland landscape Lorna J. Cole, Billy Harrison, Duncan Robertson and David I. McCracken
- The Badger: victim or vermin? Bovine TB and badger baiting Andrew Riches
- Using computer modelling to predict areas to search for chequered skipper butterflies Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) in Scotland Richard Sutcliffe
- Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) in Scotland Chris Cathrine
- The Clyde Valley Wader Initiative: How applied ecology is informing the conservation of waders in South LanarkshireToby Wilson and Dan Brown
- Giant docks and tiny dinosaurs: RSPB Loch Lomond Robert Coleman
- Bringing beavers back Róisín Campbell-Palmer & Simon Jones
- Impact of the New Zealand flatworm on Scotland’s biodiversity Brian Boag & Roy Neilson
- How does an introduced vertebrate host species affect the risk of Lyme disease? Characterising Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) as tick hosts and reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Scotland Caroline Millins, Amelia Brereton, Alissa Edoff, Lucy Gilbert & Roman Biek
- Murder in the Eyrie: a behavioural study of a native species. 1950s Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos photographs by Charles Eric Palmar David Palmar
- Can ethical analysis contribute to policy and practice development in wildlife conservation? Roger Downie
Full Papers
- Clyde re−built: when will river invertebrate communities return to a pre-industrial condition? Jennifer A. Dodd & Colin E. Adams
- Habitat preferences of European adders at Loch Lomond, Scotland Christopher J. McInerny
- Observations on a population of adders, slow-worms and common lizards on Loch Lomondside, Scotland Christopher J. McInerny
- An unusually high frequency of Atlantic salmon x brown trout hybrids in the Loch Lomond catchment, west-central Scotland C. E. Adams, A. Burrows, C. Thompson & E. Verspoor
- Nocturnal Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) caught by the Rothamsted light trap at Rowardennan, Loch Lomondside J.T. Knowler and G.R. Broad
- Recent observations of “mystery star jelly” in Scotland appear to confirm one origin as spawn jelly from frogs or toads Myles O’Reilly, Nicole Ross and Sarah Longrigg
- Johan Frederick Klotzsch’s pre−1850 material in the Glasgow Museums collections and its significance Roy Watling
Short notes
- Plantains in Lanarkshire P. Macpherson and E. L. S. Lindsay
- First record of the scalloped ribbonfish Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) (Lampriformes: Trachipteridae) from N.W. European waters D.T.G. Quigley and G. Henderson
- Insect and spider records from Islay in 2011 (Arachnida, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera) Brian Nelson
- Continuing decline of the grey squirrel population on Loch Lomondside John Mitchell
- The bizarre Eustigmatacean alga, Pseudostaurastrum limneticum (Borge) Chodat, in a shallow, nutrient−enriched Scottish loch: new to the British Isles Pauline Lang, Lenka Procházková, Jan Krokowski, Sebastian Meis, Bryan M. Spears, Ian Milne & John Pottie
- The solitary planktonic chrysophyte Dinobryon faculiferum: an alga species typically restricted to brackish environments found inhabiting a freshwater loch in northern Scotland Pauline Lang and Jan Krokowski
- Ollicola vangoorii (Chrysophyceae, Chromulinales): an unfamiliar loricate protist newly documented in U.K. freshwaters from a southern upland loch, Scotland Pauline Lang and Jan Krokowski
- The fusiform green alga Desmatractum spryii (Chlorophyta, Chlorococcales): a noteworthy discovery made in a peninsula loch, S.W. Scotland Pauline Lang and Jan Krokowski
- The rare smut fungus Urocystis fischeri (Urocystidales, Ustilaginomycotina) from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with notes on its systematic position Paul A. Smith & Matthias Lutz
- New Records of Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in Lanarkshire Erik Paterson
- Ecological distribution of the water grimmia (Schistidium agassizii Sull. & Lesq.), a nationally scarce semiaquatic moss in the U.K., with a new record from an upland tributary of the River Dee, N.E. Scotland Pauline Lang & Kevin J. Murphy
- Some uncommon desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemophyceae) encountered in the phytoplankton of Scottish lochs Pauline Lang, Jan Krokowski & Emma Goodyer
- Hoverfly records from Coll and Tiree (Diptera, Syrphidae) E. Geoffrey Hancock, Jeanne Robinson & Mary Sumner
Book Reviews
PhotoSCENE 2014
GNHS Proceedings 2013 & 2014
Front cover (above)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus) in flight at Tollie Red Kites - a partnership between RSPB Scotland and the Brahan Estate. Red Kites have been reintroduced to Scotland, and supplementary feeding is provided in at least four locations in Scotland - Tollie in Easter Ross, Argaty near Doune, Garlogie and Echt in Aberdeenshire and near Loch Ken in Galloway. Image by David Palmar, www.photoscot.co.uk
Back Cover
Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) Elaine and Eoghann emerging from crates on Knapdale loch on 23 June 2010 as part of the Scottish Beaver Trial. The trial has been conducted by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust since 2009. Image Credit: Scottish Beaver Trial.