Moodie, 2005, Fungi of the Sandwell Valley
( Vol.28 Part 1 of the Bulletin of the Sandwell Valley Naturalists' Club)
The booklet contains 68 pages of text and line illustrations, and four pages of colour plates. It gives a general introduction to the major groups of Fungi and Lichens; descriptions and notes of important representatives of those groups occuring in the valley; and a comprehensive systematic list, with both Latin names and English names as appropriate. It concludes with two Checklists for use in Fungus Forays. The lists use the latest taxonomic names and the English names used are those recommended by the British Mycological Society and English Nature.
Price £6.00 plus 50 pence postage and packing.
Contact: Mr. M. Bloxham, 1 St. John's Close, Sandwell Valley, West Bromwich. B70 6TH.
Forbes, Hackett and Hextell, 2000, Birds of the Sandwell Valley
Special Series Publication No. 2 -
Contains 136 pages, illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs
ISBN 0 9511532 26
Available from Mr. P.R.Shirley, Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & the Black Country,
28 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B-----
telephone, 0121 454 1199.
Price £8.50 including U.K.postage..
This is Sandnats' most ambitious publication to date, and updates the earlier account in 'Wildlife of the Sandwell Valley - 1986'
The habitats of the area are reviewed, and a monthly bird calendar gives a snapshot of what might be seen on a chosen visit. Classified notes provide the reader with data on the lives and regional ecology of nearly all birds listed.
The book also contains a glossary and index, as well as the main check list.
Contains 44 pages, illustrated with line drawings by Paul Edwards.
ISBN 0 9511532 1 8
Available from Mr.P.Shirley, details as above, price £3.00 including U.K. postage.
This is a useful handbook for visiting botanists, with a comprehensive check list of the plants of the valley, with assessments of their local status, and details of approximate flowering times. This work supplements and updates the original account of the flowering plants given in 'Wildlife of the Sandwell Valley'.
Bloxham, 1986, Wildlife of the Sandwell Valley.
Contains 88 pages, illustrated with line drawings and maps.
Available from Mr. P.R.Shirley, details as above.
Price £3.50 including U.K. postage.
The booklet is a valuable introduction for anyone wishing to visit the valley, with contributions by various writes on geology, ecology, history and plant and animal species found in the valley, with notes on interesting species. An appendix lists the plants and animals seen up to the date of publication.
Members also receive the Quarterly 'Bulletin of the Sandwell Naturalists' Club'.
The Bulletin contains regular reports of Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, Insects, Plants and Fungi recorded in the valley, along with Weather Reports and conservation notes, particularly in regard to Sot's Hole an interesting wooded valley within the Sandwell Valley..
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