Table Of Content

autumnalcolouring. TheLanarkshirerecordistheonlyone GREYSQUIRRELSANDPINEMARTENS intheWestofScotlandwhereacolonyisknowntohave ATEASTLOCHLOMONDSIDE over-wintered. JohnMitchell 22MuirparkWay,Drymen,GlasgowG63ODX. Waterfernissoldasanornamentalplantingardencentres, eecgVfbifneeauaraoantletcmttelqehphhreunaeaeayesprct,nlFbteatwooyndeireftttdtwhahwiahpthsithreabaleiosvnndirobtedfpdaw.ooctbanCwionlWdnollmdyyti.ype,ndltasgteehChrehtrearieeCeornivnalutvgetyngaeroiahditbodolonewubilaaetnttaysmnhaspitaanoanhefnofaesdyartmktsiechadogudlbesforomywiawmsmtfnenaehet-ttiorhhusntkeepehonoecnpoWfgoihwalnel2oti.teott0hettsnoe0lAhreyge3elrftF!wraowCheipa-ohplrohtspinyu.nlcdgosoeihehrorss wAcrfoLSaqilfrmoiutioecisShmmrhrecbrdioaiteLctnhltowaleghemnanenlnuocoldmanpGrrbdortenwesshenihrsi-vtyisewdorb.rerieeeSslenqticwutPmhoiyhiieuringdrtglehehhdtplalMtoaaappSnprtrucdphotliseeaveuatenhrpriasuroasvtenneMoscaeoeacbrnffreotfcomeetelochseintenoieemifvinnaeosnttrifothctsrihetd.sohiesdrecauekgsccfiTpetilhorrdesicne,tosNanGpodttarrrihareetancteyhsgts- Thewriter’sobservationsonGreySquirrelsmadeduringthe aWliitehntphleantvsi,ewaodfoacdudmreenstsinhgasthreectehnrtelatysbpeoesnedcibryculiantveadsivteo L19o9m0osndinwtohuelwdoosdeleamndtsosbuogrgdeesrtintghatthetheeairstnsuimdbeerosfLwoecrhe csinhotomeumrleedsntbteesdaapdsadrtetodiewtshoebtSyhcehretdhouerlenSoc9totPatairnsthuImIbEoexferctuohtfeievWxeit,lrdaliisnfpveeictaiinendsg ciinonndfetiehrdemafdatilislotinrnigcotffos(luMlciothwcihanegldlet,chlei2ne0es0t1ha,abslipbs.hemee1n7n3tf)o.orfthPciSonimenicMneagrtfthreenonsm, JpCelavoapeunanntntterosoyfefswiKadhneidoceAthccwiteissei1omd9ni8(n1Ftu.oatleThl-oahpvewieoalujiislattpdioinnbncieclcluauid)nde\edts.heWWasatatemererFcFearetnre.ng-oIrneyatcahhse ahutrhpaeedait.roeoWaiwitdnthoehrzopeuartndtiieoscxtauchlpeeapprretiaopobransetedcarhlvleothrrhasedbwotehnhcceooesmlafiemvaemeiealsxnittadorrr/yoeGrmtreoweltoyyerllkS,sqtcuihainarrtcrteehi.len Conversely, onthe off-shore islands-where asyetno sightings ofmartens have been reported -the squirrel population has shown little change (M.A. Batespers comm.). PositiveevidencethatPineMartenswerepreyingonGrey SquirrelswasfinallyobtainedinearlyApril2004,whenthe gamekeeper to Buchanan Castle Estate near Drymen witnessedamartencloselypursingasquirrelthroughthe treetopsbeforecatchingitandmakingakill. Themarten thendescendedwithitsquarrybeforedraggingitdowna holeamongsttherootsofatree(A.Cowan, comm.). Reference Mitchell,J.(2001).LochLomondside.NewNaturalist.No. 88.HarperCollins,London. SUCCESSFULTRANSLOCATIONOF GRASSVETCHLINGLATHYRUSNISSOLIA Fig.1. IndividualplantsofWaterFernin2002. INDUMBARTONFROMASITEOF DEVELOPMENTTOANAREAOFSEMI- Acknowledgements NATURALGREENSPACE WearegratefultoAlisonRutherford andAngusHannahfor supplyingrelevantinformation. 81OxhillPlaKceei,tDhuFmubtatretronG824EX References Preston,C.D.,Pearman,D.A.&Dines,T.D.(2002).New InJuly1990theScottishWildlifeTrust(SWT)Dumbarton AtlasoftheFloraofGreatBritainandIreland. Oxford habitatsurveyteamlocatedapreviouslyundocumented UniversityPress. colonyofgrassvetchlingLathyrusnissoliagrowingatthe Rutherford, A. & Stirling, A. McG. (2001). Azolla siteofaformerquarryatDalmonach,ValeofLeven filiculoides(WaterFern)intheForthandClydeCanal.BSBI (NS397805)nearJamestown,WestDunbartonshire(Futter, ScottishNewsletter23,12. 1990).Thecolonywasflourishinginanareaofwet Stace,C.A.,Ellis,R.G.,Kent,DHandMcCosh,DJ(2003). grasslandandwasalocallyabundantplantinthefield GVriecaet-CBoriutnatiyneCtec.nsBuotsanCiacatlalSoogcuieetoyfofthteheVBarsictuislharIslPelsa.ntsof wwbihytethrhieeniStthWweaTLsetvgereaonmwVidanilgdl.enFyoutorlrtohDceuartnedbeattrhateiolsnepsdehcsiiureresve(aytSsaWncTayrro1it9eh9de2r)o.usitte 62