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Moving is a pain. Spring cleaning is a pain. Following a routine is a pain. Among the many painful things in the world, they don't even stack up to the pain of virtual moving. I am having to mop up pieces of my writing from various parts of cyber space and collect them in to one spot. But then that's part of the deal. The website is still getting its final touches and if you want to see more stuff there, just let me know what is it you are missing and I will try to serve it there. You can mail me at email@example.com
The party venue has been changed but the party continues. See you at http://abhijitbhaduri.com/
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I have a a pet peeve: blurry pictures. I must have had the settings wrong on the camera because virtually all of the photo's from Nathanael's party are blurry. The pictures are terrible and I wish I would have noticed before his party started. So here is a few pictures from the party, blurry or not.
Nathanael LOVES cats so we had a cat themed party for him.
PLaying witht he wagon and the balloons with Asa.
We had hot chocolate at the party which was fantastic since it was so cold and wet.
Gama and Aunty Amanda with Ellyana.
Nathanael blowing out the candles of his cat cake (with Asa his buddy).
All the kids.
Poor Nathanael had so much fun at the party he fell asleep on the floor later. :D


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This overhead image shows clearly the location of the Thorne and Hatfield Moors, both showing up as dark brown surrounded by large fields. Please click on the image to enlarge.
Thorne Moors are to the north of the M180, Hatfield Moors to the south. The A18, the Doncaster to Scunthorpe railway and the Stainforth Keadby canal also pass through the arable area between the two moors, together forming a fairly effective barrier for all but the most determined wildlife.
Since this image (courtesy of Google Maps) was taken peat milling has almost ceased and there has been rewetting of the bare peat and some recolonisation by sedges.
The regeneration of both Moors is the responsibility of Natural England.
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The Humberhead Peatlands is the official name of the National Nature Reserve, and comprises of both Thorne and Hatfield Moors.
A nationally and internationally important area for wildlife, containing 5% of the lowland raised mire in Britain; one of this country's rarest and most threatened habitats. They are the two largest lowland raised mires in Britain. In total they cover an area of approx 3000 hectares. The Moors are notified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) under the European Birds Directive, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) under European Habitats Directive and qualify as Wetlands of International Importance under the terms of the Ramsar Convention).
The Humberhead Peatlands are a meeting place of northern and southern species; a remarkably large number of plants and animals attain their distributional range limit at this point, resulting in a unique species mix. These raised mires are rather different from other lowland raised mires in Britain and unique as an ecosystem type: The two Moors can be considered the only true Continental raised Mires in Britain with stronger affinities with the Baltic lowlands.
Thorne Moors
Hatfield Moors
What is peat?
All peatlands, including bogs, develop in waterlogged conditions where dead plants decay slowly because of a lack of oxygen. The result of this in-situ accumulation of organic matter is peat. The rate of decay is so slow that the dead plant remains can resemble the living material even after several thousand years.
The term peatland refers to any wetland which contains peat, whether or not the natural vegetation and hence the processes of a peat-forming system still survive on the site. A mire is a wetland which supports at least some vegetation that is normally peat-forming. In some cases, the terms mire and peatland are synonymous, but when all trace of peat-forming vegetation has been lost, a peatland is no longer a mire. Equally, there are some mires where, despite the presence of species which are normally peat-forming, special circumstances have prevented the accumulation of peat.
In their natural state, peatlands, or more accurately mires, support distinctive assemblages of plants and other wildlife, including many species which depend on mire ecosystems for the major part of their natural distribution. Much of the natural heritage interest is derived from systems which are capable of accumulating peat. Peat accumulates largely because the decay of plant material is inhibited by waterlogging. Conditions which favour the development of a vegetation which is normally peat-forming vary widely in Britain, thereby giving rise to different kinds of mire. Here, a distinction between fens and bogs is important.
Fen systems are fed by direct precipitation and by water passing through the underlying mineral subsoil, sediments and rock, or by water which drains from the surrounding catchment as surface runoff or as lateral seepage. Thus, for example, fens may occur at the margins of lakes, on river flood plains and where there are springs or see pages. Fen systems may vary from base-rich to base-poor depending upon the soluble cations available from the surrounding and underlying geology, particularly calcium and magnesium. They may also vary from nutrient-rich to nutrient-poor depending on the levels of phosphorus and nitrogen available in solution. Not all fens are peat-forming, particularly where rates of water flow and/or high solute concentrations result in rapid breakdown of organic matter. Some fens may also be the ecological precursors of bog systems. Under appropriate management, usually involving intensive drainage, fen soils can support productive agricultural systems. Extensive tracts of fenland in Britain, indeed throughout Europe, have been drained for this purpose.
Bogs are found where there is no contact with the groundwater and the only source of water is rainfall. Only a few plants, such as the Sphagnum bog mosses, can cope with the extreme sterile and highly acidic conditions.
Types of bog
Raised bogs form in the lowlands as single isolated domes of peat in an otherwise non- peat landscape. As peat accumulates, the bog rises from the surrounding land. The range of species found in bogs throughout the UK and Europe differ. The easy access to these bogs and their highly prized, deep moss peat make them prime targets for commercial exploitation for horticulture.
Bog systems are peat-forming mires which are fed by atmospheric precipitation – rainfall, snow, mist and dust alone. During otherwise dry periods (i.e. no rainfall), occult precipitation from mist, cloud or low-lying fog may influence the surface water-balance or, alternatively, prevent drought-stress in the main peat-forming species. Analyses of bog-pool waters show solute concentrations reflecting closely the inputs derived from rainfall. Bogs are, by definition, nutrient-poor and acidic, but are differentiated from fens with similar ion balances on the basis of their solute and water sources.
Two main types of bog have been described in Britain – blanket bog and raised bog. Their geographical distribution reflects regional differences in climate. Lindsay (1995) provided a summary of these two types, and two more restricted forms, together with a synthesis of their ecological characteristics.
In Britain, lowland raised bogs typically occur as isolated and slightly elevated features in the landscape, sometimes forming complexes of several "raised" domes of peat, which are hydrologically distinct. They are typically surrounded by highly managed farmed or forested areas.
Scientists from many disciplines recognise the importance of raised bogs. Climatologists, archaeologists and biologists value the peat archives in the living bogs as essential to research; and naturalists cherish the living carpet that covers the peat. Raised bogs help to maintain reliable supplies of clean water to rivers. They also have a cultural importance as some of the last true wilderness areas in the lowlands, and are enjoyed by thousands of people. We are only just beginning to understand the ecology of peat bogs and their importance to the global environment. We must safeguard this natural treasure for future generations and not destroy it for short-term gain.
A Living Archive
Peat bogs contain an unparalleled record of our past. A rich archive of information lies preserved in bogs. Much of this is organic, and has a capacity to expand our understanding of people, culture, economy and climate far back into prehistory.
Pollen, plants, evidence for the use of wood and woodland management, boats, weapons, lines of communication and indications of human impact on surrounding landscape and ecology all contribute to modern knowledge in ways which are seldom approached on dry land. Peat bogs have produced some of the most spectacular finds of British archaeology, including remarkably well-preserved bodies of some of our ancestors. Peat extraction on an industrial scale -as opposed to more modest, non-mechanical methods ot former times -is a crude and destructive method of discovering theses treasures.
Natural England are now actively engaged in the regeneration of both Thorne and Hatfield Moors, and have already been rewarded with the first regrowth of cotton grass and spagnum. However it will take decades, if not centuries, for the full community of flora and fauna to take shape – if indeed the conditions will ever again be favourable for such a development. But whatever the outcome of the attempt at regeneration the archaeological evidence does not regenerate.
Carbon Store
Peat is rich in fossil carbon, removed from the atmosphere by plants and accumulated over thousands of years. Peatlands are an important carbon store. They can lock up carbon for thousands of years. It is estimated that peatlands contain an average of the order of 5,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare. Drainage and destruction of raised bogs results in the rapid loss of the stored carbon in the form of greenhouse gases, a substatial part as methane, as the peat decomposes.
The wildlife importance of many raised bogs is recognised in their notification as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) or as Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs) in Northern Ireland under the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (NI) Order 1985. More recently EC Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC) allows important sites fulfilling specific criteria to be designated as Special Protection Areas (SPA), the EC Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (92/43/EEC) frequently referred to as the Habitat Regulations similarly allows designations as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC).
The thin living layer that carpets the bog consists largely of Sphagnum mosses, ranging from brilliant green to ochre red. Unusual plants, such as the sundews, butterworts and bladderworts, supplement their diet in their nutrient-poor environment by catching and digesting insects. This very sterility prevents other, less specialised species from colonising peat bogs, but it is also one of the reasons why bog peat is valued so highly by horticulturists as a growing medium.
Raised bogs are important for the conservation of several rare plants and animals. Some of our rarest insects, including the large heath butterfly, mire pill beetle and several species of dragonflies, thrive in the wet conditions. Plants such as bog rosemary are found nowhere else in the UK. The mossy hummocks and pools provide vital nesting and feeding grounds for wading birds. These birds depend on Europe's disappearing wetlands.
The overall mixture of plants and animals make raised bogs unique and valuable places. They become islands of typically upland species in lowland areas. Breeding birds such as the teal, golden plover and dunlin are usually found only in the far north, but on some raised bogs they can be found alongside more southerly species such as the nightjar.
As with much legislation chronology plays an important role, and in the case of the extant mineral extraction planning consents granted in the 1950's on Thorne and Hatfield Moors they pre-date wildlife legislation and for local authorities or government to intervene and revoke consents incurs considerable cost in terms of compensation payments.
Large Heath Butterfly
Coenonympha tullia
on Crowle Moors
The recorded insect fauna of both Moors exceeds 5500 species (c.25% of the British fauna) with over 30 Red Data Book Species and over 250 nationally scarce species, including six known from no other sites in Britain (Eversham, 1997). Three of the latter were new to Britain in 1992 (Skidmore, 1992; Eversham, 1997).
Thorne Moors, in terms of its invertebrate fauna, has been recorded as the richest peatland site in Britain, containing the fourth largest assemblage of rare species of any site (Ball, 1992).
Hatfield Moor is in the top ten of such sites (Heaver and Eversham, 1991; Key, 1991) and is acknowledged as being under-recorded (Skidmore, 1997).
The Moors are notable as the only British localities for the RDB1 ground beetle Bembidion humerale and the RDB1 pill beetle Curimopsis nigrita, both of which are rare throughout Europe. Phaonia jaroschewskii, a RDB2 Muscid has only been recorded in the UK from the Moors.
Southern Hawker
on Hatfield Moors Generic isolation of several thousands of years has produced forms of the Large Heath Butterfly Coenonympha tullia which differs from populations elsewhere in Britain (ibid).
A considerable amount of work has been carried out on the Moors' palaeoentomological (fossil insect) invertebrate interest. This was initiated by Prof. Paul Buckland with his seminal work on the fossil insects from the Bronze Age track way on Thorne Moors, followed by MSc research by Tessa Roper and Nicki Whitehouse. Subsequently, Nicki undertook her doctoral thesis concentrating on the fossil insects (Coleoptera) from Hatfield Moors.
Please click here for a checklist of Orthopteroid Orders on Thorne Moors
Mammals, herptiles and fish of Thorne MoorsAberrant female Adder Vipera berus,
captured by William Bunting
on Thorne Moors in the
late 1940s or 1950.
© Devisee of W.S. Pitt
This comprises the general day-to-day recording of Thorne Moors mammals, herptiles (= reptiles and amphibians) and fish. Such recording began in 1966, and the baseline reference is a split paper published in The Sorby Record in 1979-80. In 2003, work began which led to a desktop review of the herptiles and fish, and this then developed into a review of all vertebrates and vertebrates recording.
The completed result was the production of four THMCF Technical Reports, two ornithological and two relevant here. No. 13, The Fish and Herptiles of Thorne Moors, by Martin Limbert, Steve Hiner and B.P. Wainwright, was first published in 2004, with a second edition in 2008. No. 15, 'The Mammals of Thorne Moors, by Martin Limbert, was first published in 2005, with a second edition also in 2008. Both of these are available for sale.
The elements of general recording comprise:
- Blog page for managing data input and informing naturalists
- Online annual reports, primarily summarizing assessed/vetted records as classified lists of species
- Periodic broader summary of species status and changes
- Encouraging of personal/student studies
- Maintenance of cumulative – Annotated Checklist
The essential elements of general reporting currently comprise:
- Blog page
- Online annual reports
- Two THMCF Technical Reports for background and comparative information
- Published papers and notes for specific detail
1.2.1 The purpose of surveying
Population surveys on the NNR involve full surveys or (preferably replicable) sampling. Both allow the evaluation of actions undertaken to maintain or enhance populations. However, these may have to be calibrated with wider individual species fortune, occasioned for example by climate change. Species monitoring mainly focuses on the occurrence and encouragement of rare or declining species, but may involve other targeted species. Surveys and monitoring may also be tools in assessing broader habitat management or change on the NNR.
1.2.2 Population surveys
Structured population surveys comprise the following as specialist/contract work undertaken under Natural England's survey and management programmes for the NNR:
- Water Vole
- Deer
- Reptiles
1.2.3 Species monitoring
A number of species are monitored more generally, including those outlined under 1.2.2. Detailed records of the species listed under 1.2.3 are therefore especially requested.
Target species – the following are currently monitored:
- Water Shrew
- Bats
- Brown Hare
- Water Vole
- Badger
- Common Frog
- Common Toad
- Smooth or Common Newt
- Common Lizard
- Adder or Viper
- Grass or Ringed Snake
Pests and other species of concern. The following are currently monitored, the deer in conjunction with the NNR's Deer Management Group:
- Mink
- Red Deer
- Roe Deer
- Muntjac
Fish. Because of the difficulty of recording fish, all records are of value, but two species are of especial interest:
- European Eel
- Nine-spined or Ten-spined Stickleback
General recording, surveys and monitoring work have been paralleled by several studies, as cited in section 1.4. These have mostly comprised population- and diet-based studies, some undertaken privately. See also Limbert (2008) for documentation of Harvest Mouse nests, mammalian remains in pellets of presumed Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus, and results of 'Longworth' trapping. Wider reviews merely including Thorne Moors data are excluded here (but given in Limbert, Hiner and Wainwright 2008, Limbert 2008).
Bull, K. [1997] A Survey of Roe Deer Numbers on Thorne Moors National Nature Reserve. Unpublished report to English Nature.
Davis, J. (2003a) The Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) on the Humberhead Peatlands. Unpublished MSc. dissertation, University of Leeds.
Davis, J. (2003b) The Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) on the Humberhead Peatlands. Summary Report for English Nature. Unpublished report to English Nature.
[Hiner, S.] (2008) Appendix 7.2 Adder basking data 2006-08. In: M. Limbert, S. Hiner and B.P. Wainwright, The Fish and Herptiles of Thorne Moors. THMCF Technical Report No. 13. Second edition.
Holliday, S.T. (1978) Barn Owl Pellets from the Goole Area. The Lapwing 11: [40]-42.
Holliday, S.T. (1980) Variation in Mammal Content of Barn Owl Pellets Collected During Winter and Summer. The Lapwing 12: 19-23.
Howes, C.A. (1975) Notes on a collection of Barn Owl pellets from Thorne Moors. The Lapwing 8: 7-12.
[Howes, C.A.] (2005) Appendix 1: References to Fox scat analysis on Thorne Moors. In: M. Limbert, The Mammals of Thorne Moors. THMCF Technical Report 15: 41-42.
[Second edition pp.46-47].
Lane, T. (2000) A study of bat (Chiroptera) usage of Thorne Moors NNR during 1999/2000 by East Yorkshire Bat Group. Unpublished report to English Nature.
Lane, T. (2008) A Study of Bat (Chiroptera) usage of Thorne Moors NNR during 1999/2000 by the East Yorkshire Bat Group. Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers 7: 62-67.
Limbert, M. (1998) The Natural Harvest of Thorne Moors. Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers 5: 1-68.
Stentiford, N. (2006) Habitat surveys on a lowland raised mire to assess the impacts of changing management on adder and common lizard populations. MSc. Dissertation, University of Leeds.
Thorpe, S. (1998) Water Vole Survey of Selected Area of Thorne Moors May to October 1998. Unpublished report to English Nature.
Thorne Moors is a major component of the Humberhead Peatlands NNR. The recording area for Thorne Moors has been deliberately interpreted somewhat loosely. In addition to the moorland itself, it embraces peripheral farmland and drains, plus the whole of the area influenced by Thorne Colliery. This wide definition is largely because vertebrates can be very mobile, using a range of habitats. For vertebrate recording, Thorne Waste is defined as the part of Thorne Moors within Thorne parish, but early allusions to Thorne Waste are probably synonymous with the whole of Thorne Moors. The remaining parish divisions are Snaith & Cowick Moor, Rawcliffe Moor, Goole Moor and Crowle Moor. Most of Thorne Moors is situated in Yorkshire, the exceptions being Crowle Moor and since 1993 the Yorkshire Triangle, which lie in Lincolnshire. A map of place-names used by naturalists is available.
The earliest comment on non-avian vertebrates involves Red Deer c.1532 (Limbert 2008). With this exception, documentation emerges in the eighteenth century. George Stovin wrote in mid-century of Brown Hare and Fox (Jackson 1882, Collier 1905-07, Limbert 1998), and RD (1785) referred to Adder. There are then no certain dated records or accounts until the 1820s (Casson 1829, Clarkson 1889). They are more continuous from that decade (Limbert, Hiner and Wainwright 2008, Limbert 2008). Historically, excursions by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union have provided records. Local societies have also been significant, furnishing useful information. The first such excursion, by the Sheffield Field Naturalists Society, took place in 1865. Of special significance was the Goole Scientific Society, whose recorder for vertebrate zoology, Thomas Bunker, furnished useful records in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It was at the instigation of the Goole society that the YNU made its first visit in 1877. On Thorne Moors, the formation of both these organizations in the 1870s provided a great stimulus to both corporate and freelance fieldwork and associated documentation. At a slightly later period, the Doncaster Scientific (later Naturalists) Society undertook excursions from 1904 (D. Allen unpublished).
Organized modern recording had two independent origins in the 1960s. The first of these was linked with the production of Part One of An Outline Study of the Hatfield Chase (Bunting et al. 1969). This was associated with the first major conservation campaign for Thorne Moors, and was led by the Thorne naturalist William Bunting. It had the active participation of a number of naturalists, including staff from Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery. An account of the campaign was compiled by Skidmore (1970), and the relevant published outcome is outlined by Limbert, Hiner and Wainwright (2008) and Limbert (2008). Separately, in 1966, bird recording was initiated by two members of the Doncaster & District Ornithological Society, R.J. Rhodes and R.D. Mitchell MBE, and they were subsequently joined by a third member, Martin Limbert. Although this was an ornithological study, records of other vertebrates were also kept, and a more formal recording project was initiated by ML in 1970. This was maintained until 1984 (amphibians to 1990). Records of all cold-blooded vertebrates and the scarcer mammals continued to be gathered by ML, though in a less proactive way. The main result of this activity was the publication of The Mammals and Cold-blooded Vertebrates of Thorne Moors (Limbert 1979-80). This summarized available historical records, and the more frequent records of 1966-78 for mammals and 1966-79 for the cold-blooded vertebrates. Bibliographies were also given. That paper formed the baseline for the documentation of Thorne Moors mammals, herptiles and fish, though Limbert (1985, 1987) and Limbert and Wainwright (2003) extended the coverage to a limited extent, especially for amphibians. Also relevant are Limbert (1990, 1991, 1998).
Under the auspices of the Nature Conservancy Council, annual Thorne Moors reports were produced by T.J. Wells for 1980-83, primarily featuring birds and other vertebrates. In 1992, the earlier recording project was reactivated, by Steve Hiner (reptiles, mammals) and B.P. Wainwright (amphibians), with the latter also taking on mammals from 1995. Unpublished annual reports were compiled by SH and BPW for NCC/English Nature, and this recording largely merged with the activity by ML. Other annual summaries were also undertaken during the period 1989-2000. The reports by BPW ended in 2003, but SH reptile reports continue to the present. In 2003, ML initiated the annual Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report, including reptile records provided by SH. The first Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report covered 2004, with successors annually to 2008. This was then succeeded by taxonomically devolved online annual reports. However, although the bird reports were produced, the non-avian component amounted only to a mammal report for 2009 by Keith Heywood. As a result, the Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report was reinstated, compiled by ML and BPW, beginning with 2012. This latter includes, as supplements, all non-avian records except for reptiles for 2009-12 (repeating the 2009 mammal report). The Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report 2013 will include reptile records for 2009-13. The Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report is now re-established, primarily as an annual summary, and all such Reports can be freely accessed on the website of the Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation Forum. The Reports to that for 2007 were originally issued in paper form. The Report for 2008 was issued simultaneously in paper form and electronically via the THMCF website. The subsequent Reports have only been issued on the website, although print-outs are available on request.
The desktop review of all Thorne Moors vertebrates, from both general and more specialist fieldwork as outlined, resulted in two Technical Reports covering the non-avian classes (Limbert, Hiner and Wainwright 2004, 2008; Limbert 2005, 2008). These catalogue all known records, or give detailed summaries, to 2007 (reptiles to 2008). Fifty-seven species are involved (four square-bracketed as erroneous or unconfirmed). This includes those only known as subfossils, or as escapes from captivity, etc. Details of 21 species of herptile and fish are given, but two of these, both of them lizards, are square-bracketed as erroneously ascribed to the area. Of the 12 species of fish, one has merely appeared as a vagrant (Atlantic Salmon), and five or six are only present due to artificial stocking. Thirty-six mammals are listed, including species domesticated, naturalized or alien in Britain, or represented only by subfossil remains. Two are square-bracketed as unconfirmed. The Technical Reports also contain appendices, including a case of Adder-bite in June 1970, Adder basking data 2006-08, Temporal distribution of Adder by 1km square 1966-2008, References to Fox scat analysis on Thorne Moors. Barn Owl pellet analyses in the Thorne Moors area and Reports of Red Deer in the Thorne Moors area 1994-2004. All appear in at least the relevant 2008 edition except Red Deer, only included in the 2005 edition. Also in the latter edition of The Mammals of Thorne Moors, the account of Badger was limited in its detail as a security precaution. However, the full species account was made accessible as a separately paginated unpublished supplement, for restricted distribution. This was also available alongside the similarly limited species account in the 2008 edition.
Limbert (1979-80) has two lists of references, giving 46 citations directly appropriate to Thorne Moors. The non-avian Technical Reports have extensive bibliographies, with a combined total of over 180 relevant entries.
Bunting, W., M.J. D[o]lby, C. Howes and P. Skidmore (1969) An Outline Study of the Hatfield Chase the Central Electricity Generating Board Propose to Foul. [Part One]. Unpublished report.
[Casson, W.] (1829) The History and Antiquities of Thorne, with Some Account of the Drainage of Hatfield Chase. S. Whaley, Thorne.
Clarkson, H. (1889) Memories of Merry Wakefield. Second edition. W.H. Milnes, Wakefield.
Collier, C.V. (1905-07) Stovin's Manuscript. Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society 12: 23-60; 13: 197-245.
D[————-], R. (1785) A short Account of the ancient and present State of the Morasses or Moors East and North-east of Thorne. The Gentleman's Magazine 55: 589-90.
Jackson, C. (1882) The Stovin Manuscript. Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal 7: 194-238.
Limbert, M. (1979-80) The Mammals and Cold-blooded Vertebrates of Thorne Moors. Parts 1 and 2. The Sorby Record 17: 44-54; 18: 77-82.
Limbert, M. (1985) Some Additional Notes on the Birds and other Vertebrates of Thorne Moors. The Lapwing 16: 5-16.
Limbert, M. (1987) Further Records of Birds and Amphibians from Thorne Moors. The Lapwing 18: 40-43.
Limbert, M. (1991) The Importance of Thorne and Hatfield Moors for Vertebrate Fauna. Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers 2: 39-45.
Limbert, M. (1998) The Natural Harvest of Thorne Moors. Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers 5: 1-65.
Limbert, M. (2008) The Mammals of Thorne Moors. THMCF Technical Report No.15. Second edition.
[First edition 2005].
Limbert, M., S. Hiner and B.P. Wainwright (2008) The Fish and Herptiles of Thorne Moors. THMCF Technical Report No.13. Second edition.
[First edition 2004].
Limbert, M. and B.P. Wainwright (2003) Further records of newts Triturus from Thorne Moors. Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers 6: 89-90.
Skidmore, P. (1970) Fifty Years later. Another Look at Thorne Waste. The Naturalist 95: 81-87.
The annotated checklist includes all species recorded on Thorne Moors from the eighteenth century to 2012, including as subfossils. Four species are square-bracketed. For each of the species listed below, the span of years quoted before its statement of status (except Brown Long-eared Bat, Fallow Deer and Elk) gives the range for which records exist. denotes the first evidence for that species is from pellets of Barn Owl Tyto alba collected in that year. A bracketed year indicates the date of publication of a record, not a dated occurrence.
The sources of nomenclature are:
H.R. Arnold (1993) Atlas of mammals in Britain. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology research publication No. 6. HMSO, London.
H.R. Arnold (1995) Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Britain. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology research publication No. 10. HMSO, London.
C.E. Davies, J. Shelley, P.T. Harding, I.F.G. McLean, R. Gardiner and G. Peirson (compilers and editors) (2004) Freshwater fishes in Britain the species and their distribution. Harley Books, Colchester.
Common Frog
Rana temporaria
Widely reported on Thorne Moors, and also associated with peripheral waters and drains.
Common Toad
Bufo bufo
Widely reported on Thorne Moors, and also associated with peripheral waters and drains.
Great Crested or Warty Newt
Triturus cristatus
Early 1950s-1990
Formerly occurred in some drains surrounding Thorne Moors. Now apparently extirpated.
Smooth or Common Newt
T. vulgaris
Widely reported on Thorne Moors, and also associated with peripheral waters and drains.
Erinaceus europaeus
Occurs peripherally and synanthropically, but with a recorded penetration of Thorne Moors along Shoulder o' Mutton Tram.
Talpa europaea
Widespread and relatively frequent on and about Thorne Moors, but does not occur in the peat, being associated with routeways.
Common Shrew
Sorex araneus
The commonest shrew on Thorne Moors, living in a range of habitats.
Pygmy Shrew
S. minutes
Apparently widespread on Thorne Moors, and possibly favouring wetter peat areas more than Common Shrew.
Water Shrew
Neomys fodiens
Encountered widely on Thorne Moors, but very infrequently.
Whiskered Bat /Brandt's Bat
Myotis mystacinus
Visits Thorne Moors to feed.
Daubenton's Bat
 M. daubentoni
Visits Thorne Moors to feed.
Nyctalus noctula
Apparently visits Thorne Moors to feed, and may have summer roosts.
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Visits Thorne Moors to feed.
[Brown Long-eared Bat
Plecotus auritus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Widely present on and around Thorne Moors, though less frequent on peat areas. Population fluctuations are at least partly due to disease, with current numbers being the highest on record.
Brown Hare
Lepus europaeus
Mid-18th century-2007
Widely present on and around Thorne Moors, except in woodland and in the wettest, thickly vegetated parts of the peat.
Red Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
A former denizen of marginal woodland on Thorne Moors.
Grey Squirrel
S. carolinensis
Early 1960s-2007
An infrequent but increasing visitor to Thorne Moors, seen almost invariably in wooded or scrubby areas. Breeding was reported in 1977 from Whitaker's Plantation.
Bank Vole
Clethrionomys glareolus
A little-known species on Thorne Moors. Occasionally encountered on uncultivated warpland and at the interface with the peat, but with little evidence of the vole inhabiting more interior areas.
Field Vole
Microtus agrestis
Apparently widespread on Thorne Moors, but probably only occurring on the peat areas along routeways.
Water Vole
Arvicola terrestris
Widely reported along watercourses on and around Thorne Moors, but numbers are in decline.
Wood Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
 Widespread on Thorne Moors, including the wetter vegetated peat.
Harvest Mouse
 Micromys minutus
Apparently mostly associated with peripheral parts of Thorne Moors, but with occasional records from the peat.
House Mouse
Mus domesticus
First half of 20th century
Evidence suggests that this species has been a denizen of habitations surrounding Thorne Moors, and may still persist.
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
On Thorne Moors, recorded peripherally and synanthropically, but with at least marginal penetration on to the edge of the peat.
Vulpes vulpes
Mid-18th century-2007
Widespread and frequent on Thorne Moors.
Mustela erminea
Apparently present in all parts of Thorne Moors, except possibly the wetter vegetated peat.
M. nivalis
Apparently present in all parts of Thorne Moors, except possibly the wetter vegetated peat. Records have declined since modern documentation began.
M. vison
A recent arrival on Thorne Moors, with breeding proved in 2003.
Meles meles
Resident in several parts of Thorne Moors, both peripherally and in man-made banks in surrounding agricultural land.
Lutra lutra
There were occasional records from Thorne Moors up to 1972.
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
Subfossil and mid-1960s-2007
Has increased on Thorne Moors during the period of modern documentation (probably based on animals from deer farms), and breeding has been proved.
Fallow Deer
Dama dama
Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus
Has increased greatly on Thorne Moors during the period of modern documentation, with a significant breeding population.
Muntiacus reevesi
A recent arrival on Thorne Moors, apparently centred at Will Pits.
Alces alces
Unconfirmed subfossil].
Mongolian Gerbil
Meriones unguiculatus
Ondatra zibethicus
Early 1930s
Escape, reported from Swinefleet Warping Drain.
Feral Ferret
 M. furo
Escape, occasionally seen on the edges of Thorne Moors.
Domestic Cat
Felis catus
Occurs on the edges of Thorne Moors.
Anguis fragilis
Reported in error].
Common Lizard
Lacerta vivipara
Frequent on Thorne Moors, and marginally present off the peat.
[Sand Lizard
L. agilis
Reported in error].
Adder or Viper
Vipera berus
Frequent on Thorne Moors, and marginally present off the peat.
Grass or Ringed Snake
Natrix natrix
Widely present, but generally infrequent on Thorne Moors away from the edges.
European Eel
Anguilla anguilla
Occurs in drains and waters surrounding Thorne Moors, and has been stocked on Inkle Moor.
Common Bream
Abramis brama
Stocked in waters on Inkle Moor, and also formerly reported from the Thorne Waste peat canals. Current status uncertain.
Carassius auratus
Mid-late 1960s
Introduced into the Thorne Colliery cooling ponds, but did not persist.
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
Stocked in waters on Inkle Moor.
Rutilus rutilus
Late 1920s-2004
Occurs in drains and waters surrounding Thorne Moors. Also some stocking of fishing ponds, and formerly reported from the Thorne Waste peat canals.
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Stocked in waters on Inkle Moor. May include hybrids.
Tinca tinca
Early 1940s-2004
Stocked in Bell's Pond and in waters on Inkle Moor. Has included 'Golden' Tench.
Esox lucius
Occurs in drains and waters surrounding Thorne Moors, and has been encountered on the moorland.
Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar
A vagrant, the only record being of one stranded at New Zealand during warping operations.
Three-spined Stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Occurs in drains and waters surrounding Thorne Moors, and has exceptionally penetrated on to the margins of the moorland, with one record from nearer the interior. Said to have been introduced into waters on Inkle Moor to augment existing populations.
Nine-spined or Ten-spined Stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
Has occurred in some drains and waters surrounding Thorne Moors. Current status uncertain.
Perca fluviatilis
Stocked in Bell's Pond, in waters on Inkle Moor, and in the Thorne Waste peat canals. Also reported from Swinefleet Warping Drain.
Aberrant female Adder
Vipera berus,
William Bunting with
seven Adders Vipera berus
from Thorne Moors c.1953.
Photographer unknown
For Site Guide see Birds of Thorne Moors webpage.
The Thorne Moors Vertebrates Reports are available as downloads for
This comprises the general documentation of Thorne Moors ornithology. Modern recording began in 1966, and the baseline references are Thorne Moors: Birds and Man (1986) and the subsequent Supplement (1990). These are now updated by The Birds of Thorne Moors. A Guide to Literature Sources (2009) and The Birds of Thorne Moors. An Annotated Checklist (2010), published as THMCF Technical Reports Nos 18 and 19 respectively. Both of these latter areavailable for sale.
The elements of general recording comprise:
- Blog page for managing data input and informing birders
- Online annual reports summarising assessed/vetted records as a classified list of species
- Periodic broader summary of species status and changes
- Documentation of major occurrences and events
- Encouragement of personal/student studies
- Maintenance of cumulative 'Annotated Checklist'
- Entry of records on to the British Trust for Ornithology's Birdtrack
The essential elements of general reporting currently comprise:
- Blog page
- Online annual reports
- Two THMCF Technical Reports for background and comparative information
- Published papers and notes for specific detail
1.2.1 The purpose of surveillance
Population surveys on the NNR involve full surveys or replicable sampling (e.g. line transects). Both allow the evaluation of actions undertaken to maintain or enhance the breeding and other bird assemblages. However, these often have to be calibrated with wider individual species fortune. Species monitoring focuses on the occurrence and encouragement of rare or declining breeding species, but may involve other targeted species. Bird surveys and monitoring are also tools in assessing broader habitat management or change on the NNR.
1.2.2 Population surveys
Structured population surveys comprise the following as specialist/contract work undertaken under Natural England's survey programme for the NNR:
- Surveys of breeding birds
- Year-round counts of wetland birds as part of the national Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
- [WeBS is a partnership between the BTO, the RSPB and the JNCC, in association with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust]
- Population monitoring through ringing via a Constant Effort Site (Will Pits)
- [Ringing is administered by the BTO]
The Natural England Management Plan for the whole of the NNR covering 2012-16 embraces bird monitoring at three levels. This includes both nationally important species, and others covering a range of bird types/requirements and habitat usage. Monitoring is particularly relevant to visiting birders, who can contribute useful records of the species concerned. The monitored species are listed below, although others may be added as appropriate. For example, the return of Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos would be monitored closely.
18.104.22.168 Nationally important species
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- [Thorne Moors is a Special Protection Area (European Union Birds Directive, 1979), because of the large breeding population of European Nightjars]
126.96.36.199 Other priority species
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
188.8.131.52 Additional species for which all records are requested
- Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Willow Tit Poecile montana
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
220.127.116.11 Record requirements for monitoring
For all the species listed under 184.108.40.206-3, every record is requested, with details of age/sex as appropriate, and locational data where possible. These records can be submitted with others via the blog or as paper records to Bryan Wainwright.
Thorne Moors is a major component of the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve. The recording area for Thorne Moors has been deliberately interpreted somewhat loosely. In addition to the moorland itself, it embraces peripheral farmland and drains, plus the whole of the area influenced by Thorne Colliery. This wide definition is largely because birds are very mobile, using a range of habitats. For bird recording, Thorne Waste is defined as the part of Thorne Moors within Thorne parish, but early allusions to Thorne Waste are probably synonymous with the whole of Thorne Moors. The remaining parish divisions are Snaith & Cowick Moor, Rawcliffe Moor, Goole Moor and Crowle Moor. Most of Thorne Moors is situated in Yorkshire, the exceptions being Crowle Moor and since 1993 the Yorkshire Triangle, which lie in Lincolnshire. A map of place-names used by naturalists is available.
The earliest comment on birds dates from 1586, involving Ruffs from Crowle, probably a reference to Crowle Moor or the wet pastures further east (Limbert 2008). With this exception, documentation emerges in the eighteenth century. George Stovin wrote in mid-century of …partridge, black moor-game, ducks, geese, curliews, snipes,… (Jackson 1882, Collier 1905-07, Limbert 1998), and D——-(1785) mentioned …ducks, geese, and other game,…. The first deliberate notification of a bird involves an unspecified eagle shot on Crowle Moor in 1805 (Anon. 1805). Records and accounts are more continuous from the 1820s onwards (Limbert 1988). Historically, excursions by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union have provided records. Local societies have also been significant, furnishing useful information. The first such excursion, by the Sheffield Field Naturalists Society, took place in 1865. Of special significance was the Goole Scientific Society, whose recorder for vertebrate zoology, Thomas Bunker, furnished useful records in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It was at the instigation of the Goole society that the YNU made its first visit in 1877. On Thorne Moors, the formation of both these organizations in the 1870s provided a great stimulus to both corporate and freelance fieldwork and associated documentation.
At a slightly later period, the Doncaster Scientific (later Naturalists) Society undertook excursions from 1904 (D. Allen unpublished). Also relevant are the breeding records derived from the egg collection of J.H. Verhees and Geo. Bostock of Thorne. Known as the Verhees Collection, these egg sets are a major source of local data, especially Thorne Moors, in the first half of the twentieth century (Limbert 2005, 2009, 2012).
Organized modern bird recording had two independent origins in the 1960s. The first of these was linked with the production of Part One of An Outline Study of the Hatfield Chase (Bunting et al. 1969). This was associated with the first major conservation campaign for Thorne Moors, and was led by the Thorne naturalist William Bunting. It had the active participation of a number of naturalists, including J.H. and J.F. Verhees and staff from Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery. An account of the campaign was compiled by Skidmore (1970). Separately, in 1966, bird recording was initiated by two members of the Doncaster & District Ornithological Society, R.J. Rhodes and R.D. Mitchell MBE, and they were subsequently joined by a third member, Martin Limbert. The outcome of this latter activity was centred on the publication of Limbert, Mitchell and Rhodes (1986) and Limbert (1990).
Under the auspices of the Nature Conservancy Council, annual reports had been produced for 1980-83 by the Warden, T.J. Wells. However, from 1990, annual bird reports were compiled under the NCC/English Nature by P.C. Roworth as Warden/Site Manager, together with Janet Roworth, and later by a volunteer, B.P. Wainwright. Also relevant here is an account of bird recording given by Roworth (1997). The annual reports ended in 2003. Martin Limbert then initiated the Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report (2004-08),which is succeeded ornithologically by an online bird report for 2009 onwards. All the reports are treated as published, although the earliest were not regarded as such at the time. The reports from 1980 onwards can be freely accessed on the websites of B.P. Wainwright www.birdingsiteguide.com (1980-2003) and the Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation Forum (www.thmcf.org) (2004 onwards). All reports to that for 2007 were issued in paper form. The Thorne Moors Vertebrates Report 2008 was issued simultaneously in paper form and electronically, the latter via the THMCF website. The subsequent reports have only been issued on the THMCF website, although print-outs are available on request.
Traditional methods of recording applied until 2010, when record capture was transferred to a blog site, although records by other means are still welcomed. However, online reporting is now important as a way of managing data input and informing birders. The pre-existing vetting procedures remain in place, especially through the Reports Committee of the Yorkshire Naturalists™ Union Birds Section.
The baseline for the documentation of the Thorne Moors avifauna is Limbert, Mitchell and Rhodes (1986). This provides a detailed account of all taxa 1966-82, together with an appendix of records covering 1 January-10 July 1983. All available historical records were also included. A Supplement later extended the coverage to the end of 1989 (Limbert 1990). Limbert (1985) includes a detailed summary of records for 1983-84. Most recently, a partly codified and partly written annotated checklist (Wainwright 2010) summarises all known bird records 1586-2009, concentrating on the years 1990-2009. In total, 229 species were detailed (four square-bracketed as pending or vaguely reported), together with perhaps nine additional races. There are also appendices, including escaped birds in the period from 1966, and notable but unchecked reports January-August 2010. Additional records discovered retrospectively, of all dates, are also sometimes published separately (e.g. Limbert 2005, 2009). Mention should also be made of a handlist of the birds of Thorne Moors written by P.C.Roworth in the mid-1990s. Although never published, the script was kindly made available by its author as a source of data for Wainwright (2010).
Taken together, Limbert (1985), Limbert, Mitchell and Rhodes (1986), Limbert (1990), Wainwright (2010), and the annual reports outlined below, represent the primary sources of data arising from general bird recording on Thorne Moors since 1966.
In general, records have appeared in site, district and county bird reports. Of these, the site reports are obviously the most useful in this context. A significant volume of Thorne Moors records was included in the bird reports of the Goole & District Natural History Society (1973-76). These were followed by a similarly short series of bird reports, but specifically for Thorne Moors, from the Nature Conservancy Council. They spanned the years 1980-83. However, from 1990, Thorne Moors recording has led to an unbroken series of bird reports to the present day. Summaries of the site reports for 1990-2001 appeared in the former Doncaster Bird Report.
There have been several attempts at a bibliography of Thorne Moors ornithology. The first was the References section of Thorne Moors: Birds and Man (Limbert, Mitchell and Rhodes 1986). The Supplement to this study (Limbert 1990) added 18 references to the 75 already garnered in print, virtually all the latter being of direct local relevance. The gathering of such references continued, and a list of 107 items appeared later in the decade (Limbert and Roworth 1997). At the turn of the century, THMCF Technical Report No. 2 provided a Thorne Moors bibliography comprising 147 main items (Limbert and Roworth 2000). Based on this source, a further Technical Report (No. 18) was issued at the end of the decade (Limbert and Roworth 2009). Entitled The Birds of Thorne Moors. A Guide to Literature Sources, it is a companion report to the Annotated Checklist (Wainwright 2010). The 2009 bibliography is divided into two sections. The first, comprising 30 items, is titled Chronological list of primary data sources. The second, titled Additional references, cites 244 items, only three of which are common to both sections.
Five Thorne Moors projects are highlighted and referred to below. A supporting bibliography is also given, excluding European Nightjar, for which see section 4.2.1.
3.1.1 Black-necked Grebe
All records are sought of Black-necked Grebe, for any year from the first occurrence in 1998.
3.1.2 Common Crane
A project is underway to document the occurrence of Common Crane from 1970 onwards. Again, all records are of value.
3.1.3 Black Grouse
Historical records of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix are being sought for both Thorne and Hatfield Moors.
3.1.4 Black-headed Gull
Ringing data for Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus. are being collected.
3.1.5 European Nightjar
Breeding European Nightjars are monitored annually, under contract from Natural England.
From the beginning of modern recording in 1966, general recording has been summarised both periodically and annually, augmented by the documentation of specific events, occurrences etc. This includes both avian events, like the occurrence of a rarity or a notable breeding record, but also non-avian events like the results of organized excursions. In addition, surveys and studies have been undertaken and written up, as given in section 4.2. These have generally comprised population studies, species-based work and ringing activity. They include contract work and other activity on behalf of the Thorne & Hatfield Moors Conservation Forum and Natural England (and predecessors). When sought, ornithological information has been contributed to NNR enhancement/management projects. Other endeavour has been taken on individual initiative. Contributions have also been made to national surveys/atlases and action plans. There are two generic exclusions to section 4.2:
- The successive management plans for the Humberhead Peatlands NNR and its predecessors
- Documentation for wind farm proposals
For convenience here, all reports and other items are listed on/including European Nightjar (except when part of wider summaries), in a separate section. They are presented in chronological order. All other surveys and studies are listed within a second section, and in conventional author/editor order.
4.2.1 European Nightjar
4.2.2 Other species
RN Grebe
The checklist includes all species reliably recorded on Thorne Moors 1586-2011 that appear in Categories A-C of the British List maintained by the British OrnithologistsUnion.
English and scientific names, and sequence of species, follow The British Birds list of Western Palearctic Birds, British Birds Ltd (accessed 11th February 2012).
The Thorne Moors checklist can be downloaded to form a convenient leaflet or viewed by clicking here
A map of the site, showing the recording areas, can be viewed from the maps page of this website.
The following external links (which will open in a new page/tab) are recommended.
A general overview of the site –THE HUMBERHEAD PEATLANDS NNR
An illustrated description of routes on the moors can be found on
PHOTO TOUR OF THORNE MOORS PART 1, PART 2, and PART 3.
Catley, G.P. (1996) Where to watch birds in the East Midlands, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Christopher Helm (Publishers), London.
Catley, G. (2000) Heathland Heaven. Bird Watching August: 53.
[Crowle Moor].
Dickens, R.F. (1971) Birds. In: W.A. Sledge (editor) The Naturalists™ Yorkshire. Dalesman Publishing Co., Clapham.
Dickens, R.F. and W.R. Mitchell (1977) Birdwatching in Yorkshire. The Dalesman Publishing Co., Clapham.
Elliott, S.C. (1989) Bird Watching in East Yorkshire, The Humber and Teesmouth. Hutton Press, Beverley.
Flowers, M. (2009) Walk 03. Thorne Moors NNR. In: Go Birding. Bird Watching June: 54.
Limbert, M. (1980) Thorne Moors. In: M. Limbert (editor) Ornithological Sites Around Doncaster. Lapwing Special Series 1: 23-25.
Limbert, M. (1991) The Importance of Thorne and Hatfield Moors for Vertebrate Fauna. Thorne & Hatfield Moors Papers 2: 39-45.
Limbert, M. (2007) Where to see Nightingales in Yorkshire. Yorkshire Birding 16: 30-33.
Mather, J.R. (1998) Where to watch birds in Yorkshire (including the former North Humberside). Second edition. Christopher Helm (Publishers), London.
[The first edition (1994) did not include Thorne Moors].
Sprakes, R. (1995) Thorne Moors Site Guide. Yorkshire Birding 4: 90-96.
Green, K. (1987) Crowle Waste Nature Reserve. Lapwings 67: 10-11.
[Published by the Lincolnshire & South Humberside Trust for Nature Conservation].
Johnson, B.R. and P.C. Roworth (1995) The revival of Thorne Moors, a unique lowland wilderness in Yorkshire. Yorkshire Philosophical Society Annual Report for the year 1994: 66-74.
Lunn, J., P. Middleton and K. Bull (2011) The restoration of Thorne and Hatfield Moors. British Wildlife 22: 322-332.
Marren, P. (1994) England's National Nature Reserves. T. & A.D. Poyser, London.
Roworth, P.C. (1991) Thorne Moors National Nature Reserve, South Yorkshire. British Wildlife 2: 164-166.
The Thorne Moors Vertebrates Reports for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008 and 2012 are available, comprising annual classified lists covering fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. From 2009 to 2011 separate reports were compiled for birds, mammals and cold-blooded vertebrates. The Thorne Moors Bird Reports for 2009, 2010 and 2011 have been published. The annual Thorne Moors Bird Reports from 1980 to 2003 are available at Birding Site Guide.
The Thorne Moors checklist in leaflet form can also be downloaded.
When accessing birding blogs please remember that the information they contain is not necessarily complete and accurate. Records of rarer species may be omitted to protect the interests of the birds, particularly in the breeding season. Not all recorders confine themselves to reporting only sightings which they are 100% certain of. Nevertheless blogs do provide a very useful service in informing birders and other visitors what birds it may be possible to see. However it is prudent to obtain corroboration of records before travelling, particularly if the journey is long.
The Thorne Moors Birding Blog is updated most days and is an excellent source of information on birds which have been recently observed.
There are several blogs which detail bird sightings in nearby areas. These include :
The Hatfield Moors Birding Blog
Kalmia angustifolia
The diverse habitats of the two moors give rise to an impressive species-rich flora, over 800 flowering plants and ferns having been recorded on or in the immediate vicinity of the moors. Additionally there are records of over 100 mosses and liverworts, 300 fungi and 100 lichens.
Human activity has had an impact on the flora of the moors, starting with Bronze Age farmers whose activities probably accelerated the loss of the primeval forests which grew before the formation of the raised mires. Extensive drainage by Vermuyden and others, followed by warping of parts of the peatlands will have had an effect too. A horticultural enterprise by William Casson in the 19th century has left a troublesome legacy of Rhododendron ponticum, and there also remains a small population of North American Sheep-Laurel Kalmia angustifolia together with another North American plant, Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata. Limestone ballast was deposited to make a solid base for the tramways used to remove peat earlier in the 20th century, and these have been colonised by calcifers. The more aggressive drainage needed for peat milling placed severe stresses on the more ecologically demanding species.
80% of the area of both moors is peat, supporting a range of acidic, nutrient-poor, habitats. One of the first documented losses came from the deep peat pools – the famous Rannoch-Rush Scheuchzeria palustris – some time between 1870 and the 1940s. Both the Great Sundew Drosera Longiflora and Oblong-leaved Sundew D. intermedia have also disappeared, but the Round-leaved Sundew D. rotundifolia still thrives among the Spagnum. Flooded peat workings contain Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus and the carniverous bladderworts Utricolaria. Heather Calluna vulgaris prefers the drier peat banks but the Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix likes damp places, often among tussocks of Hare's-tail Cotton Grass Eriophorum vaginatum.
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria
The heaths are dominated by Heather, Bracken Pteridium aquilinum and Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea. A rich variety of lichens grow in these areas, including the rare Cladonia sulphurina, found on Hatfield Moors – normally it grows at high altitudes. The vascular flora of these heaths is usually very limited, except in the sandy grass-heath at Lindholme, where Red Fescue Festuca rubra, Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis and Harebell Campanula rotundifolia are to be found.
The lagg zones around the mires have been severely reduced by drainage and encroachment by agriculture. What remains is dominated by Common Reed, although the reedbed and meadow at Inkle Moor contain Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi, Common Meadow-rue Thalictrum flavum and Marsh Pea Lathyrus palustris.
Trackways and paths reveal some unuaual species, such as Greater Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus augustifolius which grows on stretches of paths on Crowle Moor. Ominously Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera is spreading rapidly along the Lincolnshire side of the Thorne Warping drain. Lindholme supports Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis and Common Stork's Bill Erodium cicutarium on sandy disturbed areas.
Himalayan Balsam
Impatiens glandulifera
Birch scrub thrives on the drier areas and few plants can thrive among it, exceptions being Cross-leaved Heath, Cranberry and Common Cottongrass. Bog Rosemary Andromeda polifolia also still competes in Poor Piece on Hatfield Moors. Birch does have the advantage of being a host plant to a wide range of fungi, typical species are Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria and bracket fungi such as Piptoporus betulinus. Where the birch has matured to woodlands little survives on the woodland floor apart from grasses – Wavy Hair Grass Deschampsia flexuosa and Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. The willow carr at Will Pits on Thorne Moors provides a good environment for several ferns. Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata and Male-fern D. Filix-mas are common here.
Please click here to download A checklist of Fern-allies and Ferns on Thorne Moors
Thorne Moors Botanical Survey
2012 was the third season of this enormous undertaking initiated by Ian McDonald. Thorne Moors is around 1900 hectares, much of it like the Southern Canals and the Paraffin Ponds are potentially dangerous, so the project was an incredibly ambitious challenge. New data from Thorne have already superseded the recently published South Yorkshire Plant Atlas entries, most notably in the rediscovery of Lathyrus palustris. The colony is at serious risk, and like much of Thorne Moors, the compartment is assessed as unfavourable and declining.
When the survey was first mooted it was not initially envisaged that Crowle Moors would be included. However as the survey progressed it seemed desirable that if possible the land to the east of Swinefleet Warping Drain and out-with "The Yorkshire Triangle" be surveyed, particularly the recent acquisitions by Natural England and North Lincolnshire Council as these sites were new and now accessible to naturalists. Crowle Moors (LWT Reserves) were already considered to be well documented. 2012 was the third season covering Thorne Moors and saw a single season of field work on Crowle Moors to at least provide a baseline for new areas acquired and entering conservation management.
The acidic peat creates an environment where few bacteria survive and there is no oxygen.
This inhibits the process of decay and thus preserves a veritable Doomsday archive of three millennia. Charred tree stumps yield rare clues to its use by Bronze Age human communities. Fossil insects provide a wealth of information about the bog and local environment, thousands of years ago. As the bog dries, and most of the peat is extracted this record is lost forever.The Inkle Moor map


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How Can I Use Up Excess Hot Cocoa Mix? Good Questions
Q: Any suggestions for how to use up hot cocoa mix?
Every year for Christmas my mother-in-law gives me more than I could drink in five years, let alone one, and I hate to see it go to waste.
Sent by Jillian
Editor: Jillian, first of all, we will take this as a good warning not to over-gift people with hot cocoa mix this year! Secondly, what about just serving hot cocoa with a good dose of brandy in it, and with homemade whipped cream, at your next dinner party?
Also, you could try using it in chocolate pudding; just add a little cornstarch and milk. Refer to this recipe.
Readers any other idea? And, while we're at it, any other holiday gifts you need help using up too?
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This huge entertainment complex houses six venues and is situated on the sloping banks of the Torrens River in the heart of Adelaide.
The impressive 1929 Railway Buildings now house the Skycity Casino, Adelaide's only casino located in the heart of the CBD. The casino offers 90 gaming tables and over 950 Pokie machines. There are eight bars and restaurants to choose from, some trendy and funky; and some classy and traditional. Live entertainment can be found most evenings in the Balcony Bar or Loco. North Terrace, Adelaide (08 8212 2811).
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[Letter] 1792 December 13, Philadelphia / James Monroe and Jacob Clingman.
[Letter] 1792 December 13, Philadelphia / James Monroe and Jacob Clingman.
Personal Author:
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Clingman, Jacob.
1792 December 13.
[5] leaves.
General Note:
This letter is part of a numbered series sent by Monroe regarding the Reynolds affair in 1792. See others in the collection as well as additional 1797 letters from Hamilton and Monroe referencing the Reynolds affair. See also Hamilton's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (
), as well as Monroe's official White House biography (
) and a guide to researching his papers (
Monroe records Clingman's testimony to which Clingman signs an oath on the final page. Clingman states that while visiting with Mrs. Reynolds, Hamilton arrived with a paper he had been "ordered" to give Mr. Reynolds. When Clingman questioned Mrs. Reynolds, she said that Hamilton does not want it known, but that he had given them $1100 and had made $30,000 in speculation; Mr. Reynolds later told Clingman that he could get money from Hamilton to pay his debts. When Reynolds was imprisoned, Hamilton advised Mrs. Reynolds to seek help from Wolcott or Muhlenberg; instead, she received aid from Colonel Wadsworth who had served with her husband's father. She tells Clingman that she has burned all of Hamilton's letters except for two or three to which his name is not attached. When released from prison, Reynolds sent a message to Hamilton by a girl, whom he followed, while being followed himself by Clingman. Hamilton agreed to meet with Reynolds the following morning. This is one of a series of letters in the collection referring to Hamilton's involvement in the "Reynolds scandal." In 1797 accusations were brought against Hamilton by James Monroe and others, alleging that Hamilton had bribed James Reynolds to cover up financial misconduct during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury; to preserve the honor of the financial system, Hamilton confessed that the blackmail payments resulted from an affair with Reynolds' wife, Maria. Born in the British West Indies, Hamilton was effectively orphaned at age 11, and emigrated to America where he served with Washington during the Revolution. After the war he attended the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, publishing the Federalist papers in installments in 1787, and becoming Washington's Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795). Hamilton's public opposition to Aaron Burr's gubernatorial candidacy in New York resulted in a challenge from Burr, and in the ensuing duel Hamilton was fatally wounded. The recipient of the letter, James Monroe would become the fifth President of the United States; he also served in the Revolution, as a Senator from Virginia (1790-94), as a member of the Continental Congress (1783-86), as Minister to France under Washington (1894-96) and Jefferson (1803, also England 1803-07), as Madison's Secretary of State (1811-17), and as Secretary of War (1814-15). Frederick Muhlenberg was a preacher and politician, member of the Continental Congress (1779-80) and the House of Representatives (1789-1797) where he was the Speaker of the House for the first and third Congresses.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Monroe, James, 1758-1831--Correspondence
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801
Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833.
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Presidents--United States--Correspondence.
United States--Intellectual life--18th century
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
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our reknowned sacramento painter, wayne thiebaud, was interviewed over a ritzy breakfast by writer regina schrambling recently and the artice about their time together was in today's NY Times.
this restaurant, as it turned out was not where he would have chosen. he expressed a "dedicated diner's cynacism" (read chowish thought) about the place and "finally admitted that if he had chosen the site, we would've be tucking into cereal with snappier service at Three Guys, a diner a couple blocks away..."
"Throughout breakfast he involked the timeless link between food and art..." he goes on to talk about the parallels of "utter simplicity" between the evolution of his art and that of the pure types of food creations alice waters is known for.
midway through the article there is a paragraph full of descriptors, painting a picture with words this time about thiebaud's fascination with and understanding of food. "He understands what makes a simple layer cake more than sugar and shortening, what makes it evoke the most powerful memories and longing, and what makes a bowl of soup not just the picture of nourishment but a vision in spinach green or tomato red that almost takes you back to the warm aromas at your grandmother's table. even if you never met your grandmother."
all in all, i felt i'd run into another, albiet more talented than most, chowhound. here's to us all


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The John Glenn Civic Leadership Council is the Glenn College's undergraduate student organization. The CLC seeks to promote, broaden, and cultivate civic engagement and leadership among college students.
Focused on four distinct pillars: policy, academics, service and community, the Civic Leadership Council provides an enriching environment to encourage active citizenship on campus and in the community. Our broad variety of programming ranges from in-depth policy discussions to unique service projects, fostering academic support and lifelong friendships along the way.
Members of the John Glenn Leadership Community are automatic members of the CLC, but the organization is also open to the entire Ohio State undergraduate community. The CLC has twice been recognized by the Ohio Union as the Most Outstanding Student Organization on campus. The CLC works closely with the Childhood League Center and the many of our events crossover with the John Glenn Leadership Community.
The CLC meets on Thursdays at 6 p.m. in room 130 (LEC).


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Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Department of Economics
University of Bristol
email: sekyu.choi at bristol dot ac dot uk
Curriculum Vitae
Working Papers
- Deconstructing Job Search Behavior (joint with Stefano Banfi and Benjamin Villena-Roldán)
- Labor Share and Technology Dynamics (joint with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull)
- Sorting On-line and On-time (joint with Stefano Banfi and Benjamin Villena-Roldán) (submitted)
- On households and Unemployment Insurance (joint with Arnau Valladares-Esteban) R&R, Quantitative Economics, August 2016
- Occupational Mobility Across Years, Decades and a Century (New version coming soon!). Hours and wage data by occupation, from 1880 to 1930.
- The Value of Remarriage: Welfare Effects of Divorce Legalization (joint with Clement Joubert)
- Worker Turnover and Unemployment Insurance (joint with Javier Fernandez-Blanco) International Economic Review, vol 59(4), pp.1837-1876. Online appendix with more results.
- The Marriage Unemployment Gap (joint with Arnau Valladares-Esteban) January 2018. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 18(1), pp. 1-14.
- A Note on U.S. Worker Turnover (joint with Javier Fernandez-Blanco) April 2017. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 79(2), pp. 276-289.
- Fertility Risk in the Life-Cycle February 2017, International Economic Review, vol. 58(1), pp. 237-259.
- Unemployment, Participation and Worker Flows over the Life-Cycle (joint with Alexandre Janiak and Benjamin Villena-Roldán) 2015. The Economic Journal, Vol. 125, Iss. 589, pp. 1705-1733. Data from the paper: flows. Here is the web appendix.
- Revisiting the Effect of Household Size on Consumption Over the Life-Cycle (joint with Alexander Bick) May 2013. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 37 (2013) pp. 2998-3011. Online Appendix. Data used in the paper: extprofiles (comma delimited file) .Code [fortran]
- Understanding the Dynamics of Labor Share: The Role of Noncompetitive Factor Prices (joint with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull) July/December 2009. Annales d'Economie et Statistique, No. 95/96.
- Recessions, Openness and Exchange Rate Regime (In Spanish) Joint with Felipe Larraín B., December 2003. Latin American Journal of Economics, 121, 668-677
- Money as a Leading Indicator (In Spanish) Joint with Luis Felipe Lagos, August 2003. Latin American Journal of Economics, 120, 259-28
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NEW: Brown Leads Warren By 5 Points In New Poll
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Brown continues to do well because of his personal popularity and because voters see him as different from the Republican Party as a whole. 53% of voters approve of the job he's doing to 36% who disapprove. Incumbents with those kinds of approval numbers generally don't lose. Brown's approval has improved a net 14 points from March when he was at +3 (45/42). Warren's numbers are headed in the other direction. On that poll her favorability was 46/33 and now it's 46/43- her negatives have risen 10 points over the last five months while her positives have remained unchanged.
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When you live in a luxurious home in Newport Coast, it can be easy to ignore the homeless. They don't live next door.
When you make more than $24 million a year, hunger isn't an issue.
And when you drive around town in a Mercedes-Benz 500 E Class, the panhandler on the street corner can be invisible.
(Click the photo to see Kobe and Vanessa at the event)
Yet, Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, have not closed their eyes. Kobe sees homeless people, many of them young kids, hang around Staples Center long after the games are over.
There are an estimated 48,000 people, 7,000 of them under the age of 25, living on the streets of Los Angeles. The ones Bryant saw stuck with him, images he couldn't shake, prompting he and his wife Vanessa, to start up a nonprofit organization aimed at ending homelessness.
Bryant's foundation will focus on youth homeless populations in Los Angeles and partner with existing homeless outreach organizations, such as My Friend's Place, where he made his announcement Tuesday.
Funds raised by the Bryants' foundation will help create programs that will benefit homeless kids and their families by helping provide permanent housing and resources for education and career development.
"Vanessa and I are still educating ourselves to it because we're brand new to it," Bryant said.
"The important thing for us is that we're going to attack this because for our youth to be stranded in the streets when there's no one else to support them, to help them or get them guidance to be able to follow or achieve their dreams, it's weak.
"It's a problem that we can solve, that we can go after and we're going to solve."
Bryant met with several members of My Friend's Place, teens and young adults that have been helped by the center's guidance and resources. He heard their stories of how they ended up on the streets.
Jabaree Lyons, 23, has been coming to My Friend's Place off and on for seven years. He was in foster care and landed on the streets when he was 16 years old.
"This place has given me information about funding and given me more awareness about what I can do," Lyons said.
Jimmy Medina, 24, has been homeless for nearly 10 years. He said it's surprising to see someone of Bryant's stature "actually care" about people like us.
"It is heart-wrenching stuff," Bryant said of the stories he heard. "Growing up, you want to feel like you have a dream …. You have these dreams that you want to achieve and you feel that if you follow these steps – A, B, C – you'll get there. Finish high school, go to college, follow whatever it is and viola, here you are.
"But for some of these youths, they don't have that. Their lives are going in zigzags; some of them it's a one-way street. So for this place, we're going to try and raise awareness for it and funding, and help get these kids off the street and help their lives become more of a straight line and have their goals become more focused and achievable."


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Watercolor Wedding Dessert Table
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Dear Friends, This time we used the fact that the Easter holiday fell within the month to serve as inspiration for our birthday treats. We selected our festive, celebratory Hot Cross Buns for the menu as well as an egg-shaped … Continue reading
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