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Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 14 Feb 2003 Topic: Humanity Living with Nature Please use this thread for ideas and discussions as to Humanity living in accordance with Nature Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 25 Feb 2003 Topic: Alien or not? Martin Try Nymphoides peltata Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 26 Feb 2003 Topic: Alien or not? Martin Quite honestly I had never heard of this before. Please bear with me I am very busy working at the moment but when i have free time I will reseach this and come back to you. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 28 Mar 2003 Topic: rescued tadpoles JaneW As an overview, as you are considering making a pond, if you did this sooner rather than later, you could transfer the tadpoles to this new pond which is more suitable than bowls. (They will still need feeding till the pond becomes established) Redleg is not such an issue as the pond would be newly populated, the fear is that the disease will be spread to existing populations by translocation. Froglife advice sheet 1 gives answers to questions about amphibians in gardens http://www.froglife.fsnet.co.uk/FAS/1.htm Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 30 Mar 2003 Topic: Fate of Frogs Spawn in Temporary Pools? On March 29th Gemma and I returned to the pond, she took the following photograph. This shows the final stages of the demise of the pond, only 16 days after the original picture at the top of this page was taken. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 18 Apr 2003 Topic: Damage to key refugia According to Anglia News this morning (Friday April 18th) 5 acres of trees was lost to fire yesterday in Thetford Forest. Rain forecast for Saturday and Monday in Eastern England Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 26 Apr 2003 Topic: Frog re-location Alan A bit late for this occasion, but if you hear of this situation about to happen again, why not approach the school governors and explain to them, or object on the planning application and try and get the support of the local press. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 30 Apr 2003 Topic: Bringing wildlife back to farmland Please find below a link to the Farmed Enviroment Company. Not strictly Reptile and Amphibian but in my view good news regarding conservation in the UK. It is a three-year research and knowledge transfer initiative, which looks at effective techniques to manage farmland in order to improve biodiversity whilst maintaining farm profitability. I believe that compared to todays normal crop fields there were: - 13 times more butterflies - 38 times more birds - 3134 bumblebees recorded on habitat plots; only 1 bumblebee recorded on the crop plot In total approximately 60,000 invertebrates per hectare were recorded. This shows the speed of response when farmers reintroduce the appropriate wildlife habitats on to their farmland. http://f-e-c.co.uk/index.htm Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 30 Apr 2003 Topic: Sad stuff folks Alan Send the info to me and I will pass on to administrator You could also pass on the evidence to DEFRA Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 02 May 2003 Topic: Sad stuff folks Alan I am led to believe that Dr Rob McGibbon of the Surrey Heathland project is the man in charge of this project. Pirbright Parish Council is also involved. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 16 May 2003 Topic: Ouch! Tony Hope its soon OK Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 26 May 2003 Topic: Merv�s meanderings Today I had gotten bored working so I decided to take my dog for a walk on the local (10 miles away) heath. I was pleased to see the heathland is well maintained. In the pond (half covered by some sort of pond weed) I saw many toad tadpoles shoaling and also some frog tadpoles. They appeared well developed and healthy. In the pond itself there was some movement (frogs?). I was unable to look closer due to having to prevent dog (part newfoundland) from attemting to swim the pond. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 03 Jun 2003 Topic: Serious concerns for Ash Berus I am inclined to agree with Wolfgang - i.e. not to put up signs which could attract the wrong sort, but (if possible) put up a fence to keep the dogs out. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 09 Jun 2003 Topic: Help Needed for Pond Rescue Conscript No 1 will be there Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 11 Jun 2003 Topic: More goings on in Ash Lost ? My ........................ Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 12 Jun 2003 Topic: More goings on in Ash Navigation: Gemma driving, me looking at map. I say "turn right at the T junction Gemma" Gemma said "Which right?" Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 16 Jun 2003 Topic: Bad news at Toad Pond I spoke to Chairman of Local Parish Council. The site manager has recently passed away and the Council will be contacting EN for advice. Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 24 Jun 2003 Topic: Adders at Sunrise No luck here Alan Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 28 Jun 2003 Topic: A Qo For Mervyn, Gemma, and Lee Alan I will leave the reply to the experts. I have enough trouble with the pelling Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

Mervyn Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 41 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 07 Jul 2003 Topic: Developers & BAP Species Mike Do you have any more information on the proposed Judicial Review eg who has applied for the review and on what grounds? Mervyn J. COTTENDEN, CPA

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