Other Wildlife

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Sightings of Other Wildlife

Use this page to record sightings of species other than birds that may be of interest to others. Please note that records submitted to this website will be shared with the RSPB Croydon Local Group and may also be submittted to the London Natural History Society wildlife recorders. Do not post records on this website unless you are happy for them to be shared with the other organisations mentioned here.

Because of the great efforts put in once again by all our local recorders, archived sightings for previous years can now be found via the - Link to Archive

December 2012

• 15th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (3.45pm): totally unexpected Pipistrelle bat (probably Common Pip) circling at tree level in back garden (8°C) (should be in hibernation!) (Gavin Hawgood)
• 11th - South Norwood Lake (am): 2 queen & 1 worker Buff-tailed Bumblebees foraging on lake-side Mahonia bush at barely above-freezing temperatures (GH/JW)
• 5th - South Norwood Lake (am): very fresh-looking queen Buff-tailed bumblebee collecting pollen from flowering Mahonia in spite of snowy conditions (2°C) (GH/JW)
• 3rd - South Norwood Lake (am): Buff-tailed queen & worker bumblebee on flowering Mahonia shrub (GH/JW)

November 2012

• 29th - South Norwood Lake (am): Queen Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding on flowering lakeside Mahonia shrub (Gavin Hawgood)
• 13th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (late am): very fresh-looking & active Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee (GH)
• 6th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (4.25pm): very active & visible Common Pipistrelle bat circling/feeding low over the garden for at least 20 mins (Gavin Hawgood)
• 1st - South Norwood Lake (am): unexpectedly late record of the Hoverfly Myathropa florea (no vernacular name!) "sunbathing" on bramble leaf (GH/JW)

October 2012

• 27th - South Norwood Lake (am): 5 "Marmalade" & 4 Syrphus ribesii male hoverflies, plus 1 male Carder Bumblebee (GH/JW)
• 25th - South Norwood Lake (am): 2 juv Nursery Web (Pisaura mirabilis) spiders (GH)
• 17th - Warminster/Avenue Road, South Norwood (am): Red Admiral circling area (GH/JW)
• 15th - Warminster Road, South Norwood (am): Red Admiral flying through (Gavin Hawgood)
• 10th - South Norwood Lake & Lancaster Road, SE25 (am): single Red Admiral flying through at both sites (GH/JW)
• 10th - Riddlesdown: 2 Roe deer in open by path at 09:30 - buck and doe. (JB)
• 6th - Park Hill: 1 Badger feeding on scraps in Park Rangers yard (Ernie Thomason)
• 8th - Millers Pond: smallest bat spp flying around possible Pip (Ernie Thomason)
• 9th - Park Hill : Pair of Badgers feeding on seeds left for birds in Park Rsngers Yard very approchable (Photos taken) (Ernie Thomason)

September 2012

• 30th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (am): Red Admiral straight through SW, plus 2 Small Whites (Gavin Hawgood)
• 25th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (pm): Red Admiral flitting around sycamore in my garden (Gavin Hawgood)
• 25th - South Norwood Lake (10am): 2 Red Admirals speeding SW through the trees; Long-winged Conehead bush crickets still "singing" (GH/JW)
• 20th - Riddlesdown: one red admiral - only butterfly seen there in an hour and a half. (JB)
• 9th - South Norwood Lake (am): 6 Small Whites, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Large White, 2 Commas, 3 Red Admirals, <12 Speckled Woods, plus larvae of The Cinnabar moth on Common Ragwort (GH/JW)
• 8th - Sanderstead: Holly blue in Briton Hill Road. (JB)
• 6th - South Norwood Lake (10am): 2 Small Whites, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Comma, 2 Red Admirals & <12 Speckled Woods (GH/JW)
• 5th - South Norwood Lake (early pm): good variety (<10 species) of Hoverfly, incl 2 'awesome' female Volucella zonaria (the 'Hornet' hoverfly) feeding together (Gavin Hawgood)
• 5th - Norwood Junction Station, Pittville Gardens & South Norwood Lake (am): single Red Admiral at each location, plus 25 Speckled Woods, 6 Small Whites, 3 Large Whites and 1 Meadow Brown at the Lake (Gavin Hawgood)
• 4th - Sanderstead: Migrant hawker dragonfly in Briton Hill Road. (JB)
• 2nd - Belvedere Road, SE19 (borough boundary with Bromley)(pm): Jersey Tiger (orange variety) (Gavin Hawgood)

August 2012

• 31st - South Norwood Lake area (10am): at least 30 Speckled Woods, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Small Whites, 1 Holly Blue & 3 Meadow Browns (GH/JW)
• 30th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (12pm): 2 Jersey Tigers (orange variety) flying around the garden (Gavin Hawgood)
• 29th - South Norwood Lake area (10 - 11.30am): 3 Small Whites, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 3 Gatekeepers, <20 Speckled Woods, 5 Meadow Browns, 2 Red Admirals, plus several larva of the Cinnabar moth (GH/JW)
• 24th - South Norwood Lake area (10am): 1 Jersey Tiger (orange variety), Tree Bumblebee (queen) and Volucella inanis, Volucella bombylans and Myathropa florea hoverflies (no english names unfortunately!) (GH/JW)
• 22nd - Fryston Ave.Bat Poss.Pipistrelle.(P Phillips)
• 23rd - South Norwood Lake area (10am): 3 Small White, 3 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Gatekeeper, 20+ Speckled Wood & 1 Red Admiral (22nd) butterflies (GH/JW)
• 21st - South Norwood Lake area (10.15am): probable male The Vapourer moth flying at speed along woodland edge (GH/JW)
• 18th - South Norwood Country Park (Pitch & Putt course): Honey Bees nest in Poplar Tree, Large White, Comma, Red Admiral Butterflies.(Ernie Thomason)
• 17th - Heathfield Car park: Possible Hawker/Emperor Dragonfly Spp (Ernie Thomason)
• 17th - Park Hill (Park Rangers Yard) Jersey Tiger (orange) again flew past & Possible Hawker/Emperor Dragonfly Spp (Ernie Thomason)
• 16th - South Norwood Country Park: Jersey Moth (orange), Large White, Emperor Dragonfly (JAH)
• 15th - Park Hill (Park Rangers Yard): 1 Jersey Tiger (orange variety) on Virgina creeper on walled garden (Ernie Thomason)
• 15th - South Norwood Lake: (09:40hrs) 2 Jersey Tiger, (orange variety) c20 Gate Keeper 2 Common Darter (John Watson)
• 15th - Warminster Road SE25,(08:45hrs) 2 Jersey Tiger (orange variety) (John Watson)
• 13th - Goat House Bridge area, South Norwood (early pm): 3 separate Jersey Tigers (orange variety) "flushed" in space of 5 mins' walking (Gavin Hawgood)
• 12th - Park Hill (Park Rangers Yard): 1 Jersey Tiger flushed (Ernie Thomason)
• 10th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (10am): Group of 5 Jersey Tigers (all orange variety) flying around/settling in the back garden (Gavin Hawgood)
• 6th - Warminster Road SE25,(08:50hrs) Jersey Tiger (orange variety) (John Watson)
• 4th - Stambourne Woodland Walk, Upper Norwood (am): 2 male Tree Bees B. hypnorum (a new-to-Britain species) feeding on bramble, plus Carder & Buff-tailed b/bees (Gavin Hawgood)
• 3rd - Lloyd Park,Pond,Common Darter,Broad-bodied Chaser,Emperor Dragonfly.(P Phillips)
• 3rd - Whitehorse Meadow, South Norwood (am): masses of Small, Green-veined & Large Whites, Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns, plus a sprinkling of Holly Blues (2), Small Skippers (2), Speckled Woods (1) & 6-spot Burnets (2); still no vanessid b/flies though (Gavin Hawgood)
• 3rd - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (early am): first 2012 Jersey Tiger (orange variety) for this neck of the woods (Gavin Hawgood)
• 1st - Addiscombe :Badger crossing Fryston Ave 10pm (Ernie Thomason)

July 2012

• 30th - Addington Hills (0745): Pair (or at any rate a couple) of Roe Deer disturbed "in cop". Having read recently in John Wyatt's classic "The Shining Levels" about the damage the stilletto-sharp antlers of a roebuck can inflict, I didn't linger when this little fellow, angry at being interrupted (who wouldn't be?!), spotted me standing 30m away and gave a few warning barks in my direction! (John Parish)
• 30th - South Norwood Lake (am): Small White (2), Holly Blue (1), Small Copper (1), Speckled Wood (1), Gatekeeper (<20) & Meadow Brown (6) (GH/JW)
• 29th - Selsdon Wood: Male Roe Deer crossed grass Car park before disappering along path towards 2nd field. (Ernie Thomason)
• 29th - South Norwood Lake (am): Large Skipper (1m), Large White (1), Small White (3), Green-veined White (1), Purple Hairstreak (1), Comma (1), Red Admiral (1), Speckled Wood (8), Gatekeeper (<20) & Meadow Brown (5) (GH/JW)
• 26th - Fryston Ave. Jersey Tiger Moth.Purple Hairstreak.(P Phillips)
• 26th - The Ridgeway, Waddon: Holly Blue. (JB)
• 26th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (3pm): single White-letter Hairstreak landed on a leaf of mature sycamore in back garden (excellent views through binoculars); also impressive nos. of Holly Blues, Common Blues and the 3 regular Whites. Marked absence of any of the vanessids, Skippers, Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns & Speckled Woods (Gavin Hawgood)
• 25th - South Norwood Lake (9pm - 11pm): Noctule, Daubenton's, Common & Soprano pipistrelle bats recorded during this month's London Bat Group's Monthly Transect Survey (Meike Weiser, John Watson & Gavin Hawgood)
• 22nd - South Norwood Lake:(am) 2 Purple Hairstreak 1 Gatekeeper,(John Watson)
• 21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 2-spot ladybird and broad bodied chaser. (JB)
• 19th - Riddlesdown: 3+ Marbled Whites, good numbers of Ringlet and Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, 1 Red admiral, 1 Speckled wood, 1 Small/Essex skipper. (JB)
• 17th - Shirley Hills.new site for Marbled White (P Phillips)
• 12th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Ringlet (JAH)
• 12th - South Norwood Lake (am): 2 Red Admiral, <10 Ringlet, 2 Large Skipper, 4 Meadow Brown, 1 Speckled Wood & 1 Small White butterflies (GH/JW)
• 11th - Croydon Crematorium, Thornton Heath (early pm): the tiny "memorial pond" produced at least 5 Common, Azure (1pr ovipositing) & Blue-tailed damselflies in a 5-minute survey (Gavin Hawgood)
• 11th - Croydon Crematorium area, Thornton Heath (late am/early pm): my 1st (of 2) annual WCBS butterfly count produced surprisingly good results (given the current ridiculous weather conditions!), incl 17 Ringlets, 2 Commas & 20+ Large/Small/Essex Skippers (Gavin Hawgood)
• 10th - Whitehorse Meadow (late am): c30 Meadow Browns (mostly fem), 1 m Large Skipper & 1 Speckled Wood, plus pair of Common Blue damselflies in tandem/ovipositing and a cracking female Volucella zonaria, the largest UK hoverfly (Gavin Hawgood)
• 8th - Millers Pond: Stag Beetle flying around main gate (Ernie Thomason)
• 5th - Sanderstead Pond: Male emperor dragonfly (JB)
• 5th - South Norwood Lake (am): 12 Ringlet, 1 Comma, 2 Large Skipper, 1 Meadow Brown butterflies, 1 Silver Y moth, 1 f Common Blue damselfly & lots of Meadow Grasshoppers (GH)
• 1st - South Norwood Lake (am): 4 Ringlet, 1 m Large Skipper, 1 f Meadow Brown & 4 Speckled Wood butterflies (Gavin Hawgood / John Watson)

June 2012

• 30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 'blue' damselfly and large red damselfly in garden. Also an unidentified small bush cricket. (JB)
• 28th - South Norwood Lake (am): 1 Ringlet, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Large Skipper & 1 Small White butterfly, plus 1 male Common Blue damselfly (Gavin Hawgood / John Watson)
• 27th - South Norwood CP: At least six terrapins basking in the sun. Several 'blue' damselflies. (JB)
• 23rd - Addington Hills: Painted Lady (on dog faeces). (John Parish)
• 23rd - Lloyd Park : Roe Deer (doe); Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Large Skipper; Pyramidal Orchid (at least 12 spikes in usual patch). (John Parish)
• 22nd - Park Hill: One Badger walking along driveway up to Coombe Cliff House. (Ernie Thomason).
• 21st - Park Hill: Poss Pipestelle Bat around Park rangers office. (Ernie Thomason).
• 19th - South Norwood Lake (10am): 2 newly-emerged male Common Blue Damselflies (away from water), 1 male Large Skipper & 3 Speckled Wood butterflies and 1 male ("singing") Field Grasshopper (Gavin Hawgood / John Watson)
• 19th - Sanderstead: 22-spot ladybird on teasel in garden, in company with a Harlequin ladybird and at least two Harlequin larvae. (JB)
• 13th - Lloyd Park (am): one Roebuck flushed. In spite of the morning sunshine, a single Speckled Wood was the only butterfly seen. (John Parish)
• 6th - Croydon Crematorium, Thornton Heath (11.30am): 3 Large Red and 10 Azure Damselflies (Gavin Hawgood)
• 4th - Whitehorse Meadow, South Norwood (12pm): 2 Silver Y & 2 Burnet Companion moths and 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Large White & 3 Small White butterflies (Gavin Hawgood)
• 1st - South Norwood Lake (early pm): 1 Lesser Stag Beetle & male Tree, Early, Buff-tailed & Carder bumblebees now appearing in reasonable numbers on flowering bramble (Gavin Hawgood)

May 2012

• 30th - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (5pm): totally unexpected mature male Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) damselfly giving extended binocular views on my garden sycamore (Gavin Hawgood) (duly reported to British Dragonfly Society (BDS) & LNHS Recorder Neil Anderson)
• 28th - South Norwood Lake (10am): 1 Red Admiral, c10 Speckled Wood & 2 Small White butterflies (Gavin Hawgood)
• 28th - Addington Hills: Small Heath (c10). (John Parish)
• 27th - Lloyd Park: a small colony of Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)[a leatherbug sp]; also 16-spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis 16-punctata). (John Parish)
• 27th - South Norwood Lake (1pm): 2 queen Southern Cuckoo (B. vestalis) & sev Tree (B. hypnorum) bumblebees, plus 2 teneral female Azure damselflies on blossoming bramble (Gavin Hawgood)
• 27th - South Norwood Lake (10am): very fresh female Broad-bodied Chaser d'fly away from water on bramble (JW photo) (Gavin Hawgood)
• 26th - South Norwood Lake (am): 1 Peacock, 1m 1f Orange Tip, 1 Sm White, 1 Holly Blue & 6 Speckled Wood butterflies (Gavin Hawgood / John Watson)
• 25th - South Norwood Lake (10.30am): 1 Large White, 1 Red Admiral (both 2012 SNL firsts), plus 3 Holly Blue, 1m Orange Tip & 3 Speckled Woods (Gavin Hawgood / John Watson)
• 24th - South Norwood Lake (12pm): my 1st sighting (anywhere) of 2-spot ladybird this year. Has anyone else seen examples of this increasingly rare ladybird? (Gavin Hawgood)
• 24th - South Norwood Lake (12-1.30pm): 3 Sm White, 2 Holly Blue, 2m 1f Orange Tip & 1 f Brimstone, but NO Speckled Wood butterflies (Gavin Hawgood)
• 24th - South Norwood Lake (12-1.30pm): monthly BCCT Bee Walk produced unexpectedly few queen/worker specimens of Buff-tailed, Large Red-tailed, White-tailed, Tree, Carder & Early Bumblebees (Gavin Hawgood)
• 23rd - Millers Pond: Male Stag Beetle flying around Wochester Close entrance (Ernie Thomason)
• 12th - Hutchinsons & Chapel Bank reserves (Ted's bird walk) : Common Lizard & 2 Slow Worms; Orange Tip, Brimstone, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Peacock, Small Heath, Speckled Wood, Grizzled and Dingy Skippers. (John Parish)
• 11th - South Norwood Lake (11am): 2 Speckled Wood & 1 m Orange Tip (JW photo); Tree (first this year) & Buff-tailed bumblebee workers feeding on Ceanothus (Gavin Hawgood & John Watson)
• 10th - South Norwood Lake (am): Early & Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers on Ceanothus (Gavin Hawgood)
• 8th - Lloyd Park (in pm sunshine): Small White, Orange Tip, Holly Blue, Peacock, Comma, Speckled Wood. (John Parish)
• 3rd - Melville Avenue, South Croydon: Badger crossed road in front of our car and disappeared into a garden; the first I've seen here for a year or two. 9.45pm. (Alan Pearson)
• 1st - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (4pm): Red Fox vixen with 3 cubs basking in the late afternoon sunshine (Gavin Hawgood)
• 1st - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (pm): 4 Holly Blue & 1 Small White butterflies (Gavin Hawgood)
• 1st - Queen's Road Cemetery, North Croydon (12.30pm): 1 Holly Blue, 2 Small White, 1 m Brimstone & 1 m Orange Tip butterflies (Gavin Hawgood)

April 2012

• 30th - South Norwood Lake (10.30am): 2 fem Orange Tip, 3 Small White butterflies; several Large Red-tailed (worker), Carder & Buff-tailed (queen) Bumblebees (Gavin Hawgood)
• 27th - South Norwood Lake (8 - 9.30pm): the annual public bat walk produced at least 7 species of bat, some in unbelievable numbers - definitely the place for bats in the Borough, if not south London itself (Gavin Hawgood)
• 22nd - Pittville Gardens, South Norwood (am): 2 m Brimstone, 1 m Orange Tip, 5 Speckled Wood & 5 Small White butterflies in 15 mins viewing (Gavin Hawgood)
• 20th - Whitehorse Meadow, South Norwood (10am): 7 Small White, 2m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue & 1 Speckled Wood butterflies (Gavin Hawgood)
• 16th - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (8.30pm): Common (45kHz) Pipistrelle feeding in garden & rly embankment area (Gavin Hawgood)
• 16th - South Norwood Lake (10am): 1m Orange Tip, 1 Holly Blue, plus Carder, Buff-tailed & Large Red-tailed Bumblebees (Gavin Hawgood)
• 12th - Heavers Meadow, SE25 (4pm): 4 Speckled Wood (Gavin Hawgood)
• 11th - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (pm): 1m/1f Orange Tip, 1 m Brimstone, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small White (Gavin Hawgood)
• 10th - South Norwood Lake (12pm): 2 m Orange Tips & 1 Speckled Wood (Gavin Hawgood)
• 6th - South Norwood Lake (1pm): 4 Speckled Wood and 2 Small White butterflies, plus queen Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Gavin Hawgood)
• 3rd - South Norwood Lake (early pm): queen Carder, Large Red-tailed & Buff-tailed Bumblebees about, but no butterflies seen at all (Gavin Hawgood)
• 2nd - Millers Ponds; Small bat flying around possible Pipstelle Spp (Ernest Thomason)
• 2nd - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (am): 1 Holly Blue, 1 Green-veined White (Gavin Hawgood)
• 2nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Orange Tip, Holly Blue, Bee fly (JB)
• 1st - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (pm): 1 Small White, 1 Comma & 1 Speckled Wood (Gavin Hawgood)

March 2012

• 29th - South Norwood Country Park: Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White, 2 Speckled Wood (JAH)
• 29th - Sanderstead: Bee fly, plus various bee species in garden. (JB)
• 29th - South Norwood Lake (late am): 3 Speckled Wood, 4 Peacock & 1 Small White butterflies, plus first sighting this year of Harlequin ladybirds (2) amongst many 7-spots (mostly on nettle) (Gavin Hawgood)
• 28th - South Norwood CP - small white amd a 7-spot ladybird. (JB)
• 28th - Brickfields Meadow: 2 speckled woods and a small white. (JB)
• 28th - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (pm): Brimstone, Small White & Comma (Gavin Hawgood)
• 28th - South Norwood Lake (10am): Speckled Wood (Gavin Hawgood)
• 27th - Lloyd Park. Small Tortoiseshell Brimstone.(P Phillips)
• 27th - Fryston Ave.Small White.Peacock.(P Phillips)
• 26th - Fryston Ave. Brimstone,Holly Blue.Orange Tip.Speckled Wood.(P Phillips)
• 23rd - South Norwood Lake: Brimstone,Peacock. (Ernie Thomason)
• 23rd - South Norwood Country Park: Brimstone, Small White (JAH)
• 22nd - Sanderstead: first Brimstone in the garden this year. (JB)
• 21st - South Norwood Lake (11.30): stunning male Brimstone, so-called Marmalade (Hover)Fly, and Bombus sylvestris (Forest Cuckoo bumblebee) (unusually early for a cuckoo species) (Gavin Hawgood)
• 21st - South Norwood Country Park: Holly Blue (JAH)
• 20th - South Norwood Country Park: Speckled Wood (really early!) (JAH)
• 20th - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (5.30pm): First Holly Blue of the year (Gavin Hawgood)
• 20th - South Norwood Lake (12pm): Comma, first for year Large Red-tailed Bumblebee and Early Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa (Gavin Hawgood)
• 19th - Whitehorse Meadows (12.15): Red Admiral, Bee Fly & queen Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Gavin Hawgood)
• 19th - South Norwood Lake (11am): 2 Commas, 1 Small White, Bee Fly Bombilius major and Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum (all 1st sighting for year) (Gavin Hawgood)
• 18th - South Norwood Lake (late am): first for year fem Hairy-footed Flower bee Anthophora plumipes basking on leaf litter, and several queen Tree Bees Bombus hypnorum feeding on Goat Willow (Gavin Hawgood)
• 15th - Sanderstead Plantation: Brimstone (JB)
• 15th - South Norwood Country Park: Comma, Red Admiral (JAH)
• 15th - South Norwood Lake (am): <10 queen Buff-tailed Bumblebees feeding on Goat Willow catkins (Gavin Hawgood)
• 14th - Pittville Gardens, SE25 (2pm): Pine Ladybird in open porch area of house (Gavin Hawgood)
• 12th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Red Admirals (JAH)
• 11th - Fryston Ave. Brimstone (P Phillips)
• 11th - Lloyd Park Comma (P Phillips)
• 11th - Lloyd Park: two weasels active among the beech trees at 07:30 (John Parish).

February 2012

• awaits records

January 2012

• 29th - Lloyd Park. Red Admiral (P Phillips)
• 11th - Addington Hills: Wood Mouse scuttling around in leaf litter, Red Admiral on the wing at 10:30 (John Parish)
• 9th - South Norwood Lake: Single small bat species posible Pip flying around near Bowling Green above path from 16:25 - 16:30hrs (Ernie Thomason)
• 7th - Sanderstead Plantation: frsh molehills. (JB)
• 7th - Kings Wood, Sanderstead: fresh molehills. (JB)
• 2nd - South Norwood Lake (10.30am): extremely late/early? female Drone (Hover)Fly (Eristalis tenax) basking on dead leaf (5C max) (Gavin Hawgood)
• 1st - South Norwood Lake (11am): several Buff-tailed Bumblebees feeding on lake-side mahonia (Gavin Hawgood)