The documents are in Adobe's PDF format and you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)]

The documents are in Adobe's PDF format and you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)]

Original Articles This section contains original articles of spelaeological interest [An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst] by Vince Simmonds (revised 2016). [Swildon's - What's in a name?] A Suggestion for the derivation of the name Swildon's by R. M. Taviner

Original Articles This section contains original articles of spelaeological interest [An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst] by Vince Simmonds (revised 2016). [Swildon's - What's in a name?] A Suggestion for the derivation of the name Swildon's by R. M. Taviner

At 3.5 meters long and with a shoulder height of 1.7 meters, the cave bear was one of the giants of the Ice Age. Yet few appear to have survived until the last glacial maximum 24,000 to 19,000 years ago. Researchers have conducted analyses to find out what likely caused the extinction of these large herbivores. It is believed that the renewed cooling of the climate and hunting by humans -- added to the bears purely vegetarian diet -- increased the pressure on this megafauna species.

The documents are in Adobe's PDF format and you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)]

The documents are in Adobe's PDF format and you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)]

Original Articles This section contains original articles of spelaeological interest [An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst] by Vince Simmonds (revised 2016). [Swildon's - What's in a name?] A Suggestion for the derivation of the name Swildon's by R. M. Taviner

All CSCC meetings take place at 10:30 am in the back bar of the Hunter's Lodge, Priddy. Anyone interested in the Council's business may attend as an observer. If you have any items to add to the diary please contact the webmaster. ----------

Chairman: Alan Butcher, Priddy Green House, Priddy, Wells BA5 3BE. chairman [at] cscc.org.uk Secretary: Frank Tully, 16 Bedminster Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 5PD. secretary [at] cscc.org.uk Treasurer: David Cooke, 3 Starrs Close, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2BZ. treasurer [at] cscc.org.uk

News Archive New Padlocks for CSCC Caves The Council of Southern Caving Clubs are changing the locks on all of the caves for which they administer access. The previously used locks are now no longer available and there have been a number of issues with copied and poorly fitting keys in circulation, causing damage to the locks and not operating the locks easily, if at all.

All CSCC meetings take place at 10:30 am in the back bar of the Hunter's Lodge, Priddy. Anyone interested in the Council's business may attend as an observer. If you have any items to add to the diary please contact the webmaster. ----------

Chairman: Alan Butcher, Priddy Green House, Priddy, Wells BA5 3BE. chairman [at] cscc.org.uk Secretary: Frank Tully, 16 Bedminster Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 5PD. secretary [at] cscc.org.uk Treasurer: David Cooke, 3 Starrs Close, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2BZ. treasurer [at] cscc.org.uk

News Archive New Padlocks for CSCC Caves The Council of Southern Caving Clubs are changing the locks on all of the caves for which they administer access. The previously used locks are now no longer available and there have been a number of issues with copied and poorly fitting keys in circulation, causing damage to the locks and not operating the locks easily, if at all.

Bats spend every night hard at work for local farmers, consuming over half of their own weight in insects, many of which are harmful agricultural pests, such as the noctuid moths, corn earworm and fall armyworm. And now they are arriving earlier in the season, and some of them are reluctant to leave. It seems the bats know more about climate change than we had realized.

Over five years (2009-2014) researchers have delved into the depths of some of China's most unexplored and unknown caves in the largest ever study on cave floras. Surveying over 60 caves in the Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan regions, they were able to assess the vascular plant diversity of cave flora in more detail than ever before.

MCRA makes available * Drawn up surveys (below). * The data collected to produce surveys. (Through the Cave Data Archive maintained by the CSG and BCA.) Mendip Cave Surveys The following surveys are available for download as reduced size JPEG images or PDF scans. These are reasonably adequate for printing, but if you require a copy of the original file (mainly high resolution TIFF format) please contact the MCRA.

The documents are in Adobe's PDF format and you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)]

21 Oct 2017 - More log book collections uploaded: BEC St. Cuthbert's Swallet, Fred Davies, Dick Pike and the recently rediscovered Volume 17 of the Sidcot School logs. 30 Aug 2017 - Earth Colours price reduced by £10. 18 Jun 2017 - [Blagdon Bone Fissure] by R. M. Taviner added.

Please note, unless otherwise stated, the MCRA meetings are for registrars and invited guests. 8th April 2018 10:30am Registrars Meeting Hunters' Lodge 15th July 2018 10:30am Registrars Meeting Hunters' Lodge 7th October 2018 10:30am Registrars Meeting Hunters' Lodge 13th January 2019 10:30am AGM & Registrars Meeting Hunter's Lodge