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1.
Background
2.
2006Survey
3.
Site Map of Hazeley Wood
4.
Survey Groups
Annual
Report
No. 3 Published August 2008
Part
1 (6.7 Mb) Part
2 (0.8 Mb)
1.
Background
Hazeley Wood is a
10.6ha
area of plantation woodland establish in 1991 on a
former wheat
field. The start of a new woodland, on a
clean slate,
provided an ideal opportunity for a long term
study of the
ecological changes that will occur as the
plantation develops
into a woodland.
At the invitation of The Parks
Trust, members of the MKNHS formed a group
of volunteer
surveyors who studied as many of the ecological
aspects of the site as
they could in the years 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Each gives a
‘snapshot’ of the ecology of the site in the
immediate post-planting
years, providing the essential baseline data
against which to monitor
future changes. It is the intention that a
series of such
publications will eventually be used to
prepare a monograph on
the ecology of a developing woodland in the
long term.
Since these early studies the Parks Trust
has commissioned a
survey of the moths in 1999, the field layer
vegetation 10 years
on in 2001 (including measuring the success of
introduced
woodland species) and butterflies in
2002/2003.
2. 2006
Survey
In 2006, 15 years
had passed since the planting of the trees
and therefore time for
another ‘snapshot’ of the ecological status of the
site. Surveys
have been completed and now the individual
reports are being
collated ready for the publication.
3.
Site Map of Hazeley Wood
4.
Survey Groups
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Botanical
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Vascular plants, grasses etc
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Roy Maycock, Joan Lancaster,
Margaret
Wickham, Linda Murphy, Mel Jones,
John Aslett, Jean Aslett
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Tree Survey
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Mike Street, Mel Jones, John Prince
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Bryophytes
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Frances Higgs, Viola Read
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Fungi
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Jo Ayers, Petra Seath (Derek Shafer,
Jeff Blincow)
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Invertebrates
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Molluscs
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Bob Stott, Jo Ayers, Petra Seath
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Spiders
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Steve Brady, Jean Cooke, Carol
Watts
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Millipedes, Centipedes
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Steve Brady, Carol Watts
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Woodlice
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Bob Stott
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Butterflies
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Mel Jones, Mike Killeby, Colin
Docketty,
Paul Lund, Martin Kincaid, Charlie
Blake
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Moths
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Gordon Redford, George Higgs, Mike
Killeby, Linda
Murphy, Martin Kincaid (Day-flying
moths)
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Leaf Miners (moths)
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Mike Killeby, Pam Harris
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Bumble Bees & Social Wasps
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Steve Brady, Mel Jones, Jean
Cooke, Tony Wood
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Ants
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Mike Killeby, Steve Brady
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Other Hymenoptera
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John Wickham, Steve Brady
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Hoverflies
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John Wickham, Charlie Blake, Jean
Cooke, Tony
Wood, Wally Lancanster
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Dragonflies
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Colin Docketty, Charlie Blake,
Pam Harris
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Ground Beetles
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Mike LeRoy, Colin Docketty, Jean Cooke,
Tony Wood,
John Wickham
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Ladybirds
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Mike Killeby, Martin Kincaid
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Orthoptera (Grasshoppers
and
Crickets)
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Paul Lund, Martin Kincaid
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Caddis
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Mike Killeby
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Galls (caused by
Arthropods)
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Mike Killeby, Mike LeRoy, John Wickham
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Misc. Arthropods
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Steve Brady, Colin Docketty
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Vertebrates
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Birds
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Martin Kincaid, Paul Moon, Gerry Baker
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Gr. Mammals
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Paul Manchester, Carol Watts, Jo Ayers,
Petra
Seath, Bernard Frewin
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Bats
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Linda Piggott, Carol Watts, Paul
Lund, Alan
Piggott, North Bucks Bat Group
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Amphibians
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Mike Street, Nikki Wheeler
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Reptiles
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Mike Street, Nikki Wheeler
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Information
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Photographs
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Charlie Blake, Mike Street
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Literature Lists
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Caroline Hawkins
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Meeting Reports
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Caroline Hawkins
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Weather Reports
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John Wickham
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