The Newsletter of the Kent Field Club

The Newsletter of the Kent Field Club

Kent Field Club members now receive two or more newsletters a year by email. This page contains back-issues of the club's newsletters for the period January 2000 to August 2014.

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Newsletter 84. August 2016.

  • Nature Newsletter from Little Barton Farm January - July 2016. Susan and Terry Dove.
  • Notes on the Calliphoridae (Diptera) of Kent. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 83. February 2016.

  • The Future of the Newsletter of the Kent Field Club revisited. Laurence Clemons.
  • A Visit to Kemsing Downs. Joyce Pitt.
  • Nature Newsletter from Little Barton Farm July - December 2015. Susan and Terry Dove.
  • Early flowering of Cherry Plum in 2016. Joyce Pitt.
  • Investigations into the distribution of recent marine invertebrate discoveries in Kent. Chris Spurrier.

Newsletter 82. August 2015.

  • Notes on the Fanniidae (Diptera) of Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • Nature Newsletter from Little Barton Farm January - June 2015. Susan and Terry Dove.

Newsletter 81. February 2015.

  • Nature Newsletter from Little Barton Farm 2014. Susan and Terry Dove.
  • Progress with recording the Diptera of Kent 4. Laurence Clemons.
  • A rare mining bee, Andrena vaga, rediscovered in the UK in Kent. Grant Hazlehurst.
  • Weasel's-snout as an allotment weed. Richard Moyse.
  • A Snail Tale. Kathy Friend.
  • Potential Bryozoan invader alert. Chris Spurrier.

Newsletter 80. August 2014.

  • Nature Newsletter from Little Barton Farm 2013. Susan and Terry Dove.
  • Progress with recording the Diptera of Kent 3. Laurence Clemons
  • Here on holiday or here to stay? Kathy Friend
  • New atlas of Orthoptera and allied insects of Britain and Ireland. Richard Moyse.
  • The Bumblebees of Kent. Ian Tittley.
  • Across our borders. Ian Tittley.
  • Seaweeds at Dungeness? Ian Tittley.

Newsletter 79. February 2014.

  • A family walk in Farningham Wood on Boxing Day 2013. Joyce Pitt.
  • Observations on the effects of photovoltaic solar panels on invertebrates at Ebbsfleet Farm, Sandwich, Kent 2010-2012. John Feltwell.
  • On the shoulders of giants - forty years of Kent Diptera. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 78. August 2013

  • Peppered moth update. David Gardner.
  • Atlas of Shieldbugs & allies of Kent. Jonathan Barnard.
  • Progress with recording the Diptera of Kent 2. Laurence Clemons
  • Letter from Ranscombe Farm. Richard Moyse.
  • Sargassum in Oare Creek? An unexpected marine habitat. Ian Tittley.
  • Across the borders... What's been going on elsewhere! Ian Tittley.

Newsletter 77. February 2013

  • Eric George Philp 1930-2013. John Bdmin.
  • Notes on the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • North Kent Marshes SSSIs. Tony Witts.
  • Are photovoltaic solar arrays an influencing factor in avian mortality? John Feltwell.
  • The marina alga 'Devils Tongue Weed' in Kent. Ian Tittley.
  • 2012 Glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) report for Little Barton Farm, Bethersden. Terry and Sue Dove.
  • From the Kent Field Club archives. Kathy Friend.
  • An entomological note on Ragwort Senecio jacobaea. Paul Sokoloff.

Newsletter 76. August 2012

  • Kent's strangest tales. John Badmin.
  • Progress with recording the Diptera of Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • DNA identification of Drosophila obscura (Diptera, Drosophilidae) and a new sigma virus in Kent. John Badmin.
  • Enhancing distribution maps using Microsoft Powerpoint. Laurence Clemons.
  • Observations on the Wasp Spider (Argiope buennichi) at Little Barton Farm, Bethersden. Terry and Sue Dove.
  • Fungal associates with Yew Taxus baccata. Joyce Pitt.
  • Letter from Ranscombe Farm. Richard Moyse.

Newsletter 75. May 2012

  • Corrections and amendments to the Bulletin of the Kent Field Club volume 57. Laurence Clemons.
  • 2001 Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) report for Little Barton Farm, Bethersden. Terry and Sue Dove.
  • The red alga Bostrychia scorpioides (Hudson) Montague ex Kützing (Ceramiales, Rhodomelaceae) in Kent and the Thames Estuary. Ian Tittley.
  • Beach invasion? Chris Spurrier.
  • Dianthus armeria at Farningham Wood. Joyce Pitt.
  • Whitstable winter weather 2011-12. Jim Crawley.
  • Observations from St. George's Golf Course, Sandwich. Joyce Pitt.

Newsletter 74. August 2011

  • Book review - Seasearch guide to Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Ian Tittley.
  • Porch roof at St. Peter's Church, Oare. Joyce Pitt and Alison Riggs.
  • Pyramidal orchids at Doddington churchyard. Kathy Friend.
  • The green seaweed Codium in Kent. Ian Tittley.
  • A swarm of starfish at Foreness Point. Ian Tittley.
  • Recent changes in distribution of bees in Kent. Geoff Allen.
  • Congratulations - Fred Booth MBE. Ian Tittley.
  • Publications of the Kent Field Club. Ian Tittley.
  • News of sister societies. Ian Tittley.

Newsletter 73. March 2011

  • Book review - Silent Summer. John Badmin.
  • Notes on the genus Bibio Geoffroy, 1762 (Diptera, Bibionidae) in Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • 2010 Glow Worm (Lampyris noctiluca) report for Little Barton Farm, Bethersden. Terry and Susan Dove.

Newsletter 72. August 2010

  • Progress with recording the Woodlouse flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae) of Watsonian Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • Turquoise Crayfish with Duck Potatoes. Kathy Friend.

Newsletter 72. August 2010

  • Progress with recording the woodlouse-flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae) of Watsonian Kent. Laurence Clemons.

  • Turquoise crayfish with duck potatoes. Kathy Friend.

Newsletter 71. February 2010

  • Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca studies at Little Burton Farm, Bethersden. Terry and Susan Dove.
  • 'Ideal homes' for White-clawed Crayfish. Kathy Friend and Sue Skipp.
  • Progress with recording the Flesh-flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) of Watsonian Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • Where have all the orchids gone? David Johnson.

Newsletter 70. August 2009

  • Progress with recording the Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Watsonian Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • Rabbits! Orchid friend or foe?
  • The identity of the leaf-curling mite on cleavers in Kent
  • Occurrence of new eucalyptus gall in Kent Bees, wasps and ants of Kent by Geoff Allen

Newsletter 69. April 2009

  • Hothfield Heathland Project "To pollinate or not to pollinate, that is the question"
  • Notes on the Muscidae of Kent

Newsletter 68. September 2008

  • Wasp visits fly at downe bank
  • Notes on the Roman snail Helix pomatia
  • Notes on studying the Chironomidae. Laurence Clemons.
  • Frangula alnus at Hosey
  • Common Amanita pantherina - Panther cap
  • More Kentish orchid variants

Newsletter 67. February 2008

  • Fungi on piles of wood chippings. Joyce Pitt and David Mitchell.
  • More notes on Kentish orchids. David Johnson.
  • Progress with recording the Craneflies of Kent. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 66. July 2007

  • Mniaecia jungermanniae in Kent. Joyce Pitt.
  • Chalk bank in Lullingstone Park. Joyce Pitt.
  • Progress with recording the Tephritidae (Diptera) of Watsonian Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • Insects to look out for in Summer - Oak Bush-Crickets. Richard Moyse.

Newsletter 65. February 2007

  • Mistletoe and hosts in the County. Joyce Pitt.
  • Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (L.) In Kent. Norman Heal.
  • Insects to look out for in Spring. Richard Moyse.
  • Further notes on the Lizard Orchid Himantoglossum hircinum at Lullingstone Park, West Kent (v.c. 16). David Johnson.
  • You couldn't make it up. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 64. July 2006

  • Man Orchids and Common Helleborines. Joyce Pitt.
  • Life on the edge! The incredible insects of soft cliffs. Andrew Whitehouse.
  • Where are the cynipid galls on Quercus robur? Karsten Schonrogge.
  • Mistletoe Viscum album in Kent. Joyce Pitt.
  • Book review: The Longshoreman. Priscilla Nobbs.
  • Nomenclatural numerical nonsense. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 63. February 2006

  • New locations for the Shrill Carder Bee Bombus sylvarum. Richard Moyse.
  • Arable weeds on an allotment. Richard Moyse.
  • Juniper management at St. Margaret's Leas. Phil Chantler.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 62. April 2005

  • The future of the Newsletter of the Kent Field Club. Laurence Clemons.
  • Fallow Deer in Kent. Peter Heathcote.
  • Water Voles on the north Kent marshes. Malcolm Jennings.
  • Nibbled nuts. Hazel Ryan.
  • The Lizard Orchid Himantoglossum hircinum at Lullingstone Park. Sue Pittman.
  • Two Sawflies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 61. January 2005

  • Oxtongue Broomrape Orobanche picridis in the Dover area. Phil Chantler.
  • Lizard Orchid Himantoglossum hircinum at Lullingstone Park, West Kent (v.c.16). David Johnson.
  • Elham weather, fourth quarter 2004. Peter Gay.
  • Weather facts from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 60. October 2004

  • Xylocopa violacea in Kent. Geoff Allen.
  • Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma Linn. In the Dover to Kingsdown SSSI. Phil Chantler.
  • The Military Orchid (Orchis militaris) in Kent. David Johnson.
  • Moths to look for in Autumn. Keith Palmer.
  • The Horse Chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) in Kent. Keith Palmer.
  • Dormice in Kent. Peter Heathcote.
  • Elham weather, third quarter 2004. Peter Gay.
  • Weather facts for July 2004. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 59. July 2004

  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • A possible record of the Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea in Kent. Richard Moyse.
  • Weather records: Elham weather, second quarter 2004. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Weather notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 58. April 2004

  • Thames Gateway: The most threatened invertebrate fauna in Britain? Richard Moyse.
  • Moths: what to look for in Summer. Keith Palmer.
  • Notes from KRAG. Lee Brady.
  • Weather records: Elham weather, first quarter 2004. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.
  • Unusual weather records. Peter Gay.

Newsletter 57. January 2004

  • Lepidoptera collection in the Maidstone Museum. David Agassiz.
  • Adders in decline. Lee Brady.
  • New site for Epipactis phyllanthes (Green-flowered Helleborine) in Kent. David G. Johnson.
  • Mammal records for Kent. Peter Heathcote.
  • Further records of the Hornet Vespa crabro from Kent. Geoff Allen.
  • A fly to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Asilus crabroniformis at Bockhill Farm, East Kent. Phil Chantler.
  • Post-script to Phil Chantler's note on Asilus crabroniformis. Laurence Clemons.
  • Moths: what to look for in Spring. Keith Palmer.
  • Looking forward to 2005 ! Keith Palmer.
  • The hazards of being a Kent Field Club member. Laurence Clemons.
  • Digitised maps of Watsonian Kent. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Elham weather, fourth quarter 2003. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 56. October 2003

  • A Record Centre for Kent. Steve Smith.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Some notes concerning land associated with major new development in Kent. Richard Moyse.
  • Moths: what to look for in Winter. Keith Palmer.
  • Lichens: information on name changes. Keith Palmer.
  • With Nature and Camera. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 55. July 2003

  • Mammal records for Kent. Peter and Pauline Heathcote.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 54. April 2003

  • The future of aviation in the south-east. Richard Moyse.
  • RECORDER 2002. Richard Moyse.
  • Anthophora plumipes a Spring Bee to look out for. Geoff Allen.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.
  • Great age in Natural History. Terence Ingold.
  • And finally... Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 53. January 2003

  • Laburnum leaf-miner population felled by milk-van. John Badmin.
  • Seasearch in Kent. Jon Bramley.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 52. October 2002

  • Dormice in Kent 2001. Peter and Pauline Heathcote.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • A new snail species for Kent. Richard Moyse.
  • Update on Small Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) in Kent. John and Gill Brook.
  • The Side Memorial Award. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 51. July 2002

  • Odonata update. Gill and John Brook.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.
  • And finally... Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 50. April 2002

  • Errata in the Bulletin of the Kent Field Club 47. Laurence Clemons.
  • The Hornet in Kent! Geoff Allen.
  • A preliminary analysis of aculeate recording in Watsonian Kent. Geoff Allen.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • RECORDER 2000 biological recording software. Richard Moyse.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 49. January 2002

  • Stingers. Clive Stace.
  • A view from the Pennines. Peter Wilberforce.
  • Diptera references for Kent in the literature, 2001. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 48. October 2001

  • "Dragonflies of Kent". Laurence Clemons.
  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • The Hornet, Vespa crabro: modern records from Kent? Geoff Allen.
  • A short profile of the bee Lasioglossum semilucens (Alfken, 1918) (Hymenoptera, Apidae:Halictinae). Geoff Allen.
  • The hazards of being a Kent Field Club member. Laurence Clemons.
  • An inland record of Divided Sedge Carex divisa Huds. Richard Moyse.
  • The possible occurrence of Urtica galeopsifolia Wierzb. Ex Opiz in Kent. Richard Moyse.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 47. July 2001

  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • The hazards of being a Kent Field Club member. Laurence Clemons.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 46. April 2001

  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • The hazards of being a Kent Field Club member. Laurence Clemons.
  • A bee to look out for. Geoff Allen.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 45. January 2001

  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • Call for Orthoptera records. Richard Moyse.
  • Use of GPSs in vegetation surveys. Richard Moyse.
  • Recent references to Kent Diptera in the litererature. Laurence Clemons.
  • Torymoides kiesenwetteri (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) in Kent. Malcolm Jennings.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 44. October 2000

  • RECORDER 2000 update. Laurence Clemons.
  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • Clouded Yellow sightings. Phil Shore.
  • Reptile records. Phil Shore.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.

Newsletter 43. July 2000

  • More about RECORDER 2000. Laurence Clemons.
  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • Weather records: Summary. David Newman.
  • Weather records: Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Weather records: Notes from Sellindge. Tony Orsbourne.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Transient Heath Fritillary colony in the Church Woods complex. Phil Shore.
  • Recent Grass-snake sightings. Phil Shore.
  • Book review: London Clay Fossils of the Isle of Sheppey. Laurence Clemons.

Newsletter 42. April 2000

  • RECORDER 2000 – More comments. Lee Brady.
  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • Flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather January to March 2000. David Newman.
  • Notes from Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Some minute Pyrenomycetes on burnt ground. Peter Wilberforce.

Newsletter 41. January 2000

  • RECORDER 2000. Laurence Clemons.
  • Notes from a Kentish garden. Martin Newcombe.
  • Two flies to look out for. Laurence Clemons.
  • Weather summary October - December 1999. David Newman.
  • December at Elham. Peter Gay.
  • Yet more records of the Long-winged Conehead Conocephalus discolor in Kent. Richard Moyse.
  • Book\CD-ROM review: The Flora of Cornwall. David Newman.
  • And finally..."tolerable sport for one month". Laurence Clemons.