The Norfolk Natterjack

The Society's quarterly bulletin, the Norfolk Natterjack, moves into its second "century". Issue No. 101 opens by solving a mystery posed by Hans Watson in Issue No. 100. Where did the word Nostoc come from? It was, apparently, a word invented by a German physician and alchemist who also invented his own name, Paracelsus, because his real name ran to six words and seventeen syllables. And, just to remind you, Nostocs are a diverse group of Cyanobacteria. Want to know more? Read Natterjack.

There are also articles on unusual fungi, a shield bug found in a packet of rocket bought at a supermarket, copulating foxes at Horsey, where three was definitely a crowd, cunning squirrels who fake their burials of food, the splendid new nature reserve at Sculthorpe Moor, and a variety of sightings of birds, seals and hares - most of the articles illustrated by the usual excellent collection of photographs.

If you feel like taking part in a survey of moles - threatened by agricultural practices and by the introduced New Zealand Flatworm - the details are on page 15.