Wildlife in Mind
This CD owes much to many people. Flora for Fauna, a project developed with
the assistance of grant-aid from English Nature by Jill, Duchess of Hamilton,
was an early source of inspiration. Roger Whitehead of the Southern Wildlife
Areas Network (SWAN) suggested something much closer to the current concept.
The idea was then developed by John Stockdale of the Plant Press and Steve Berry
of English Nature. Phil and Anna Hills and Phil and Jay Burkinshaw of Land Care
Associates, a subsidiary of the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black
Country, supplied the original data on contract. Other staff and volunteers
there who helped with assembling the information were Guy Belding, Mike Bloxham,
Sara Carvalho, Chris Parry, Paul Stephenson, Ed Turner, Lucy Wilson and Neil
Wyatt. Jonathan Morgan-Jones and Nick Ryan of Ideal Integration Ltd developed
the software. Jonathan developed the software for the original CD version and
loaded several generations of data into it, and Nick redeveloped the software
for the Internet version some two years later. Thanks are also due to Peggy
Millard for her contribution to the ramsons text.
Special thanks go to Dr Chris Gibson and Dr Roger Key who not only supplied
many of the photographs but were an unfailing source of encouragement and advice.
Dr Jill Sutcliffe was an endlessly patient botanical adviser.
The following other staff members of English Nature, past and present, helped
with photographs, suggestions, text improvement, moral support and proof-reading
and in so doing made achievable what often looked like an impossible task.
Daniel Abrahams, Cheryl Allibone, Dr Isabel Alonso, Brian Banks, Simon Bates,
Bernard Booth, Jenny Bowen, Dr Anne Brenchley, Sarah Brocklehurst, Corrie Bruemmer,
Alastair Burn, Ian Carter, Peter Clement, Lynne Collins, Sean Cooch, Rob Cooke,
Peter Corkhill, Debbie Croote, Caroline Daguet, Ian Davidson-Watts, Stephen
Davis, Rachel Dedman, Felicite Dodd, Ron Donaldson, Erica Donnison, Helen Doran,
Allan Drewitt, Dr Keith Duff, Angela Easton, Phil Eckersley, Mike Edgington,
Sue Ellis, Wendy Estabrook, Caroline Flanagan, Jim Foster, Mathew Frith, Amanda
Giles, Kay Goodridge, Dr Karen Goodwin, Anna Gundrey, Sharon Gunn, Judith Hanna,
Pauline Harvey, David Heaver, Kristoffer Hewitt, Ralph Hobbs, Louise Hutchby,
Tracy Jackson, Kate Jennings, Rosy Key, Tim Kohler, Paul Lacey, Jonathan Larwood,
Ben Le Bas, Maria Leel, Charlotte Lemmon, John Lincoln, Chris Mainstone, Sharron
Mallinder, Roger Matthews, Claire May-Miller, Simon Melville, Becca Millard,
Pat Millard, Karen Mitchell, Vicky Morgan, Michael Murphy, Ash Murray, Mandy
North, Fiona O'Mahony, Jacqueline Ogden, Nicola Orchard, Kate Page, Mina Patel,
Susannah Peckham, Rob Petley-Jones, Ron Porley, Joanna Ramsay, Hannah Ross,
Dr Stephen Rothera, Deborah Rusbridge, Alison Rush, Dick Seamons, Jane Squirrell,
Nick Squirrell, Helen Stace, Dee Stephens, Naomi Stevenson, Graham Steven, Mark
Taylor, Dr Rachel Thomas, Rebecca Tibbetts, Jean Tither, Martin Tither, Linda
Tucker, Chris Walker, Susan Watt, David Williams, David Withrington, Rob Wolstenholme,
Rob Wolton, Debbie Worland, Gordon Wyatt and Carol Youngson.
Peter Marren not only checked the text exhaustively but made many invaluable
suggestions for improving the layout and presentation of the information.
In 2006 English Nature became part of Natural England, a Government Agency.
The photographs in this publication are individually acknowledged with each
species entry. They have been supplied by the following sources: Andy Callow,
Robin Chittenden web: www.harlequinpictures.co.uk),
Hugh Clark (Avico Ltd), Dave Cotteridge (Avico Ltd), Garth Coupland, Bob Gibbons,
Dr Chris Gibson/English Nature, Paul Glendell/Natural England, John Glover,
Chris Gomershall, Mike Hammett/Natural England, Geoff Higginbottom/Natural England,
Howard Lacey Collection, Paul Keene (Avico Ltd), Dr Roger Key, George McCarthy/rspb-images.com,
Rob Petley-Jones, A J Pontin, Peter Roworth, Andy Sands, Leigh Simpson, John
Stockdale, Jill Sutcliffe, Susan A Tindall, Peter Wakely/Natural England, Nick
Watts/Natural England, Rob Wolstenholme and Rob Wolton/Natural England.
Most of the photographs were scanned by Dunns Imaging Group of Cradley Heath,
West Midlands.