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will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 06 Aug 2005 Topic: alpine newts in shropshire can anyone give me some information on the population/s of mesotriton alpestris in Shropshire, all i know is that they are found in the Market Drayton area. thanks Will Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 14 Aug 2005 Topic: alpine newts in shropshire any help at all??? Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 18 Aug 2005 Topic: alpine newts in shropshire i'm looking for this paper to find out more info, can't track down the paper though, can ayone help with that? Bell, B. D. and Bell, A. P. (1995) Distribution of the introduced alpine newt Triturus alpestris and of native Triturus species in north Shropshire, England, Australian Journal of Ecology 20 367-375 Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 21 Aug 2005 Topic: alpine newts in shropshire ahh cheers, that's just what i've been looking for! Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 14 Nov 2005 Topic: alpine newts in shropshire well, what i have found out is that the species has not spread more than 70 meters in almost 40 years!!!!!!!! and that the species does no damage to the local enviroment in this location, but i still haven't tracked down that paper, i'll ask the authors again.... Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 22 Nov 2005 Topic: alpine newts in shropshire i've no idea. it could be that they only spread 70m because there was no sutible habitat outside that range.... but i don't know Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 24 Jan 2006 Topic: Palmate Newt Distribution aren't there palmates on the Scilly islands and either Jersey are Gurnesy? Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 02 Feb 2006 Topic: introduced amphibians how many introduced amphibian species are known to be self sustaining and still around today? thanks Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 04 Feb 2006 Topic: introduced amphibians thanks for that, i thought that xenopus had died out now Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 03 Mar 2006 Topic: Slow woms in Shropshire Hi everyone, for some reason my portion of Shropshire seems to be completely bare of all reptiles. does any one know of any good sites in Shropshire, prefrably in the North where i can find them? Cheers Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 04 Mar 2006 Topic: Slow woms in Shropshire Hi thanks for the info. i know of only one place where i can see adders, Whixall and Fens mosses in the north west. as for the Slow worm i'm very interested on all aspects of Shropshire wildlife and reptiles are my next research project, i'm also writing an artical for another forum (caudata) on outdoor vivaria, which is mainly on caudate husbandry, but i also want to touch on european reptiles too, since i'm building another outdoor vivaria right now, i want to get a few neonates to colonise it, as well as photograph some adults in the wild Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 25 May 2006 Topic: non native animals in the uk triturus carnifex, italian crested newt has been introduced into several sites, not good news for native caudates, especially great crested newts. introduced birds include: ring necked pheasant, golden pheasant, lady amhurst pheasant, red legged partridge, ruddy duck, little owl, ring necked parakeet, mandarin duck, egyptian goose. plus reintroduced birds such as: gadwall, goshawk, red kite, white tailed sea-eagle, capercaille etc Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 26 Jan 2010 Topic: First Frogspawn Hi Guys, Whilst out birding on the Lizard Penninsula, Cornwall I found several clumps of frogspawn. By far the earliest i've found it before, but then again, stuff will be earlier down here than in Shropshire! This was on the 24th, not far from Garras. Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 26 Jan 2010 Topic: Fire bellied toad in Scotland? sounds like and Oriental Fire-bellied Toad Bombina orientalis they are common in captivity. did it look like this? http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q= fire+belly+toad&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=fire+be the green on the back can be quite variable from all bright green, to olive-brown or patchy combination of greens and browns as well as the black spotting. Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 30 Jan 2010 Topic: First Frogspawn I've found out today that the common frogs on the Lizard are the only ones in the country to regularly have two breeding seasons a year. The first being in Januay, the second around April time. My birding mate has found spawn as early as about the 9th this year (he couldn't remember the exact date) Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 31 Jan 2010 Topic: First Frogspawn there are definitely two spawnings on the Lizard, whether that means the adults breed twice a year, or if they are different "sub populations" (for want of a better word) i'm still unsure, both would seem plausable. I shall endevour to find out Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Topic: First Frogspawn sorry for the delay folks... Apparently the frogs on the Lizard are thought two breed twice in one year as opposed to two seperate populations, although the phenomenon has not been looked into with any detail yet. Might make a good uni project for next year! Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

will j Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 18 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Topic: continental invader As it has been said already, Little Egrets are widespread throughout the Old World and are unlikely to cause amphibian declines. As we only have two other native heron species (Grey Heron and the still localised Bittern) we are rather impoverished on the heron front c.f. similar latitudes in Europe, East Asia and North America which all have around 8 species give or take. On a side note, Cattle Egrets occupy a rather different niche to other heron species and amphibians would form a much smaller part of the diet then say, Grey Herons or Little Egrets. Birder from Shropshire, adrift in Cornwall!

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