Dear Scotty,
Thank you for your offer of records - I am very keen to build up the
database so that the society can help people with projects like yours.
Indeed it is a long old road and we are just starting out but many people
who have been collecting records for years have promised me theirs - they
just need a bit of time to get them in order. Brian is one of these. I
haven't contacted LRCs yet for records so I can't blame them for not passing
them on. I will give your address to the other members in your area and I
hope you will get some response.
All the best,
Janet

You wrote:

Thanks for the help. I will of course send you my records and any others
that I come across.

I will be working closely with one of your members, Brian Spooner, whom I
believe has many records for V17. Do you already have his data?
I will also be spending time in the near future trawling through the
records at SWT, many of which are only on paper. I am aware that there was
a gall recorder active during the mid eighties on many SWT sites, probably
in tandem with the SNCI recording.
My own records have always been sent to the site rangers on the
understanding that they are to be passed on to the local BRC. I am
painfully aware that this may not have happened, nor that the BRC has
forwarded records to relevant groups.
I believe that the Ecology lecturer at Merrist Wood College, John Arnott,
was/is a member of the BPGS. I anticipate many years of records from him as
plant galls are featured on his syllabus.
'Tis a long old road! Many thanks.
>
> Scotty Dodd
> 25 Fairoaks
> Aldershot Road
> Guildford
> Surrey
> GU3 3HG
>
> 01483 237 488
>
> scott.dodd@...
> scottyandrowan@...
>
>Janet Boyd <janetboyd_entomologist@...> wrote: Hello Scotty,
> Re the second part of your message re gall records for Surrey, I am the
> records data manager for the BPGS and I have just checked the database
>for
> you. Unfortunately, the scheme has only recently got going and we only
>have
> two records for VC17, neither of which are for oak galls. I know we have
> members living in the area and a couple of these are listed as people
>who
> record galls. If you would like to give me your address (feel free to e
>mail
> me direct with this if you prefer), I will contact the members in
>question
> and pass your request on to them. I wonder if you might consider passing
> your gall records on to me eventually when you have finished your book?
> Good luck with your project anyway,
> Janet
>
> you wrote:
> >I would like to make contact with anyone who holds gall records for
> >Surrey (V17). The Surrey Wildlife Trust Atlas project hopes to map the
> >distribution of oak galls in a volume entitled 'The Oak Galls of
> >Surrey'. There are also plans afoot to produce a checklist of all gall
> >causers in Surrey (simply presence or absence). Please contact me if
> >you are able to provide any records.
> >
> >Many thanks
> >
> >Scotty Dodd
> >
> >
>
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