During 2006, at the request of Council, I agreed to act as Non-marine Recorder in a temporary capacity following the resignation of Geraldine Holyoak and pending appointment of a successor.

Due to many changes in the nomenclature and additions to the British list of non-marine mollusca, a new recording card is being developed.

Over the last decade or so I have been very interested in where Zenobiella subrufescens is to be found.

Is it just me or is it becoming harder to find small snails like Carychium, Euconulus, Acanthinula, Punctum, and perhaps Vitrea spp and Aegopinella pura when sieving litter in

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.