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British Plant Gall Society Survey

This is a recording form for lists of plant gall records from a single site, date, and recorder. They will feed into the British Plant Gall Society Recording Scheme. Importantly, the form includes bespoke fields for host plant and other associated organisms (e.g. inquilines, parasitoids and predators). Click on the end of a row to expand the associated organism fields. 

We are in the process of setting up a network of regional verifiers across Britain; if a verifier is not active in your region then hopefully there will be one in the near future. Your records will help to build up our knowledge about gall-causer distributions, ecology, and conservation imperatives.

For identifying gall-causers, we recommend the excellent illustrated keys in British Plant Galls (3rd edition) by Margaret Redfern, Peter Shirley and Michael Bloxham. Updates to the keys are published periodically by Sam Buckton in the 'Files' section of the British Plant Galls Facebook group, which is also a supportive learning community and a great place to obtain identifications of galls you're unsure about. Updates will also be published on the British Plant Gall Society website in the near future.

See also the in-progress checklist of British gall-causer species, which includes advice about recording grades and information about species' national scarcity and recording/conservation priority status. Further information about galls, including a treasure trove of photos, is available elsewhere on the Society's website.

We recommend subscribing to the British Plant Gall Society in order to receive the Society's journal Cecidology, which is the world's only journal dedicated to plant galls. It features articles at the forefront of the fast-moving world of cecidology in Britain and beyond.

 

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Earthworm Society of Britain Soil Pit samples

id date gridref location recorders idguide comment habitat pits unidentified lumbricidae a_chlor a_calig_pre a_calig_post a_cupul a_icter a_limic a_longa a_noctu a_rosea b_eisen b_rubid d_attem d_horte d_octae d_pygma d_venet e_andre e_fetid e_tetra h_ocula k_armad l_casta l_festi l_frend l_rubel l_terre m_mulda m_phosp o_cyane o_lacte p_ampil s_mamma s_tames
187581892016-05-19SE556557OvertonMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Field Margin. Single hand-sorted soil pit (18x18x15cm). Conventional arable. Transect OV 7. Wheat, Farmer uses strip-tillage method; Hedge is >10yr old, sampled along this old hedge. Lots of worm middens visible; good soil. Patches with herbicide applied. 050 FARMLAND140100000000000000000000100000000000
187581702016-05-17SE518505Hutton WandesleyMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Arable field. 6 hand-sorted soil pits (18x18x15cm) along a 64m transect. Conventional arable. Transect HW B. Very wide margins, ~4m wide. Margins sometimes used to spread chicken manure. Heavy dried out soil, lots of cracking. Hedge on drainage slope. Other hedge behind the drain. 051 arable6130400000000000000000000100000000000
187581632016-05-17SE518505Hutton WandesleyMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Field Margin. Single hand-sorted soil pit (18x18x15cm). Conventional arable. Transect HW B. Very wide margins, ~4m wide. Margins sometimes used to spread chicken manure. Heavy dried out soil, lots of cracking. Hedge on drainage slope. Other hedge behind the drain. 050 FARMLAND160100000000000000000000000000000000
187581552016-05-17SE518505Hutton WandesleyMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Hedge. Single hand-sorted soil pit (18x18x15cm). Conventional arable. Transect HW B. Very wide margins, ~4m wide. Margins sometimes used to spread chicken manure. Heavy dried out soil, lots of cracking. Hedge on drainage slope. Other hedge behind the drain. 050 FARMLAND100000000000000000000000000000000000
187577702016-05-17SE513505Hutton WandesleyMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Pasture field. 6 hand-sorted soil pits (18x18x15cm) along a 64m transect. Conventional ley. Transect HW A1. Ley after arable, with N fertiliser. Grass with clover. Wide margins, ~4m wide. Drying, cracking soils. Hedge with no ditch. 052 pasture6100110000000000000000000500000000000
187576212016-05-13SE311958Little LangtonMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Hedge. Single hand-sorted soil pit (18x18x15cm). Organic arable. Transect LL B2. just been ploughed, no visible growth yet. Paired with B1. 050 FARMLAND160000000000000000000000200000000000
187574102016-05-12SE315955Little LangtonMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Arable field. 6 hand-sorted soil pits (18x18x15cm) along a 64m transect. Conventional arable. Transect LL A2. Field with wheat? growing. From margin to ~6m into field, very dry compact soil and not much growth. Paired with A1.051 arable640000000000000000000000000000000000
187573012016-05-12SE316956Little LangtonMiranda Prendergast-MillerSims, R.W. & Gerard B. M., (1999) Earthworms: Keys and Notes for the Identification and Study of the SpeciesSoilBioHedge Project. Records adapted from Prendergast-Miller, M.T.; Jones, D.T.; Hodson, M.E. (2019). Soil moisture, temperature and bulk density and earthworm abundance and biomass along transects in arable fields and ley strips in farms in North Yorkshire, England (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5638d26-a8be-4409-ac51-42904069d919. Hedge. Single hand-sorted soil pit (18x18x15cm). Organic Arable. Transect LL A1. Ploughed field, just been seeded but no visible plant growth. Slow-draining pit samples at 2m and margin. Paired with A2. 050 FARMLAND180200000000000000000000100001000000
186112542022-06-01TQ201651Tolworth Court Farm FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day.030 GRASSLAND5100000000000000000000000000000000000
186112512022-06-01TQ202651Tolworth Court Farm FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Dried up wetland.030 GRASSLAND5100300000000000000000100000100020000
186112482022-06-01TQ202650Tolworth Court Farm FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Damp grassland.030 GRASSLAND580100000000000000000000000600010000
186112372022-06-01TQ202649Tolworth Court Farm FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Wet sandy soil. Hogsmill river bank.010 WETLAND560000000100000000000000000000000000
186112312022-06-01TQ199652Tolworth Court Farm FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day. Base of hedgerow (predominantly blackthorn).120 OTHER (please specify)5580001000000000000000000200010000000
186111232022-06-01TQ200652Tolworth Court Farm FieldsKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled on FSC BioLinks Field Recorder Day.032 neutral grassland5150100000000000000000000200000000000
180950852022-04-11TQ203671Elmbridge Meadows Open SpaceKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSCBioLinks field recorder day. Very wet soil at edge of pond.010 WETLAND5210000000000000000000200000000003000
180950302022-04-11TQ204669Elmbridge Meadows Open SpaceKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd editionSampled during FSC BioLinks field recorder day. Deciduous woodland regularly flooded.071 deciduous5830000040000000000000000200000000020
180750632022-04-11SU45176922Rack MarshKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition010 WETLAND500300000000000000000000000000000000
180750572022-04-11SU45136921Rack MarshKatie JenksSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition010 WETLAND300100000000000000000000000000000000
180564462022-04-06TQ321819Barbican Wildlife GardenKeiron Derek BrownSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition5 x Soil pits in wildflower meadow of community wildlife garden.044 garden580100000000000000000000600010000010
177934502022-02-25TQ292915Bounds GreenSheila WarbusSherlock (2018) Earthworm AIDGAP 2nd edition044 garden57901301000000000000000000000002000000
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