This population of the freshwater pearl mussel has been unable to successfully reproduce for more than 30 years, putting the colony at risk, as there were only 80 adults left.

At the World Malacological Congress Ted von Prosovitch and colleagues presented a poster on the highly variable species Pupilla muscorum.

Stoke Wood is an ancient woodland, dominated by ash but also containing oak, birch, hazel and crab apples.

In mid June 2007, I went to the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve in W. Sussex to help my wife.

In the July 2006 number of Mollusc World I wrote about the absence of clausiliid snails in the otherwise very rich woods within the Sheffield city boundaries.