The Newsletter of the Kent Field Club

The Newsletter of the Kent Field Club

Two newsletters are produced annually containing articles written by members, details of future meetings, membership news and sales information for Kent Field Club publications.

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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.