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JOINT BRITISH GALL SOCIETY/ESSEX FIELD CLUB VISIT TO STOUR AND
COPPERAS WOODS, ESSEX ON 19th AUGUST 1995
A somewhat disappointing turn out of three (including the leader!) did not prevent some
useful records from being made in these two woodlands overlokking the Stour Estuary.
The morning was spent walking around Stour Wood, a joint Woodland Trust R.S.P.B.
reserve. Despite the recent high temperatures and lack of rainfall, which gave the woods
an almost autumnal feel, galls were present in good numbers. Although Stour Wood is
fairly well recorded for galls we added several new species. A stand of rosebay produced
several vacated galls of Mompha nodicolella, a local micromoth. On oak, Andricus
testaceipes and A. quercusradicis were recorded for the first time in the wood.
In the afternoon we moved on to Copperas Wood, an Essex Wildlife Trust reserve where
little, if any, gall recording has been earned out. We again found Mompha nodicolella
galls along the edges of the paths, but the final total for this site was lower than that for
the morning.
STOUR WOOD TM1831, TM 1931
Acer campestre Field Maple
Artacris macrorhynchus
Chamanerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb
Dasineura epilobii
Mompha nodicolella
Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy
Rondaniola bursarius
Populus tremula Aspen
Dasineura populeti
Normandia cavernosa
Normandia globuli
Harmandia loewi
Syndiplosis petioli
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn
Eriophyes similis
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken
Chirosia parvicornis
Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak
Cynipidae
Andricus anthracinus
Andricus curvator
Andricus fecundator
Andricus kollari
Andricus lignicola
Andricus quercuscalicis
Andricus quercusradicis
Andricus testaceipes
Cynips divisa
Neuroterus numismalis
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
Diptera
Macrodiplosis volvens