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Eleven public information leaflets are currently available. Within about 1000 words of text, each leaflet contains as much information as possible about the specific topic.
The following titles are currently available:
Gregory, S.J. and Wright, I.R. (2005). Techniques to enhance the habitat of ground-nesting solitary bees and wasps. British Wildlife: Habitat management news. Vol. 6, No. 5. 408-409.
Gregory, S.J. and Wright, I.R. (2005). Creation of patches of bare ground to enhance the habitat of ground-nesting bees & wasps at Shotover Hill, Oxfordshire, England.
Conservation website: www.ConservationEvidence.com Ed. D. Showler
Wright, I.R. and Gregory. S.J. (2006) The aculeate Hymenoptera of Shotover Hill, Oxfordshire. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History. Vol 19. 65-76.
We also hold a number of undergraduate and MSc. dissertations resulting from project work on Shotover. These are all held with the permission of the authors, and may be loaned to members for reference.
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Shotover Wildlife has a wide ranging collection of wildlife and conservation publications that are available for loan to members. This library includes new books, books that are now out of print, reports not normally to be found on sale, species 'keys' and some journals.
and for loan to members
Leaflets
Journal and webpage articles
ABSTRACT: Five years of new survey work on Shotover Hill (2000-2004) for aculeate Hymenoptera are presented and compared with newly collated historic records. This study has recorded 184 species, which when combined with the results of surveys in the 1980s, places the total of recently recorded aculeate species at 209. By comparison, in the years before 1939 an estimated total of 203 species had been accumulated. Sixty two of the species that were recorded before 1939 have not been observed in recent years, yet the recent work (1980s-2004) has added 68 species (54 by this study). The nesting requirements of these ‘formerly recorded’ and ‘recently added’ species differ, and are shown to be consistent with the land use changes since the 1930s. Site quality scoring indices suggest that when compared with other UK sites, Shotover Hill remains an important site for wasps and bees. The all-time total of aculeate Hymenoptera for Shotover Hill is calculated to be 271 species.
Wright, J.A. and Wright I.R., The Changing Bryophyte Flora of Chawley Brick Pit, Oxford. Fritillary.
ABSTRACT: The bryophytes (mosses and liverworts)of Chawley Brick Pit, Oxford were surveyed in the years 2002 and 2003, and a diverse bryoflora was recorded.
Higher plants and soil acidity were also recorded to assist with an understanding of the site. The bryophyte survey added 16 species to the extensive historical list for the pits,
including the locally rare liverwort Pellia neesiana. The natural succession that has occurred in the pits (1940-2000), from bare soil and acidic pools to woodland,
is closely related to the industrial history of the site, and the results are placed in the context of these changes.
The site is notable for the regionally and nationally rare bryophytes that have been recorded there, and some of these remain, including Sphagnum species.
Factors relating to the future of bryophytes at the site are discussed.Full paper (PDF file)
Book: The Birds of Shotover
Whitehead, A., Wright, I.R. and Gosler, A.G., 2003a. pp.126.
Report: The Birds of Shotover: an Historic Review.
Whitehead, A., Wright, I.R. and Gosler, A.G., 2003b. pp.126.
Shotover Butterfly Survey 2002
Julian, A., 2002. pp.21. Is Shotover Hill SSSI still nationally important for Aculeate Hymenoptera?
Wright, I.R. and Gregory, S.G., 2002. Interim Report. pp.15. Shotover Country Park Survey of Wetlands. No. 4.
(Botany and Recommendations).
Wright, I.R. and Wright, J.A., 2000. pp.66. Shotover Country Park Survey of Wetlands. No. 3.
(Botany and Recommendations).
Wright, I.R. and Wright, J.A., 1999. pp.62. Shotover Country Park Survey of Wetlands. No. 2.
(Botany and Recommendations).
Wright, I.R. and Wright, J.A., 1998. pp.72. Shotover Country Park Survey of Wetlands. No. 1
(Botany, Hydrology and Recommendations).
Wright, I.R. and Wright, J.A., 1997. pp.92.
Student Dissertations
Other publications and reports
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