Website Founder

 

This website was developed by Peter Martin Rhind. He has a PhD in ecology and taxonomy and has worked as a professional ecologist for some 27 years. In 1988 he joined the Field Studies Council in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, where he specialised in coastal pollution. In 1992 he became the Coastal Ecologist for the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) - the statutary body for conservation in Wales. Recently this became part of a larger organisation called Natural Resources Wales (NRW). In more recent years he has also developed a special interest in global biogeography and conservation.

Among his publications (see below) is the award winning Plant Life of Snowdonia.

But he is not the first member of his family tree to have an interest in botany and biogeography. Genealogical studies by his father Keith Rhind have shown that his great, great, great, great ancestor William Rhind published a major tome entitled: A History of the Vegetable Kingdom. This first appeared in about 1841. It then went through eight later editions up to 1877 covering both living and fossil plants. Now a collector's piece, this wonderful book includes several hundred engravings illustrating features such as the vegetation of the Andes, the vegetation of Australia and the forests of Brazil and India.

 

Selected References

Rhind, P. M. 1988. The Vascular Plants of Great Cumbrae Island and the Adjacent Islets. Glasgow Naturalist. 21: 455-480.

Rhind, P. M. 1989. Fawley saltmarsh vegetation survey. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for Esso Petroleum Company Ltd. Report No. FSC/RC/37/89.

Rhind, P. M. 1990. Fawley saltmarsh vegetation survey. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for Esso Petroleum Ltd. Report No. FSC/RC/38/90.

Rhind, P. M. 1990. Hyth saltmarsh vegetation survey. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for BP Environmental Services. Report No. FSC/RC31/90.

Rhind, P. M., S. J. May, et al. 1990. A literature review on the use and effects of oil spill dispersants. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for Exxon. Report No. FSC/RC/25/90.

Rhind, P. M. & Smith, J. 1990. Cosheston Pill intertidal sediment survey, with reference to the distribution of shelduck (Tadorna tadorna L.). Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for the Nature Conservancy Council. Report No. FSC/RC/6/90.

Rhind, P. M. 1992. Conflict in Yugoslavia. Field Studies Council Magazine. 20.

Rhind, P. M. 1992. Ecological impacts of the war in Yugoslavia. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for Greenpeace International. Report No. FSC/RC/4/92.

Rhind, P. M. & Allen. J. A. 1992. Studies on the deep‑sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): the family Nuculidae. Bulletin British Museum Natural History (Zool.), 58: 61-93.

Rhind, P. M., Elliott, R., Taylor, P. M. & Hobbs, G. 1992. Statutory Designations and Responsibilities in the Milford Haven Waterway. In: A Review of the Current State of the Environmental Knowledge of the Milford Haven Waterway. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for the Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Monitoring Steering Group. Ed. G. Hobbs and C. I. Morgan. Report No. FSC/RC/5/92.

Rhind, P. M., May, S. J., Elliott, R., Morgan, C. I. & Hobbs, G. 1992. Biological Environment of the Milford Haven Waterway. In: A Review of the Current State of the Environmental Knowledge of the Milford Haven Waterway. Report by the Field Studies Council Research Centre for the Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Monitoring Steering Group. Ed. G. Hobbs and C. I. Morgan. Report No. FSC/RC/5/92.

Rhind, P. M. 1993. The spread of Brachypodium pinnatum in Wales. Botanical Society of the British Isles News, 64: 25-28.

Rhind, P. M. &  Jones, A. 1994. Brackish saltmarsh communities in the Glaslyn Marsh Trust Reserve. Field Studies, 8: 373-384.

Rhind, P. M. 1995. Invasion of the Purple Dew‑Plant. Natur ‑ North Wales Wildlife Trust Newsletter, 95: 10.

Rhind, P. M. 1995. Phytogeography of the Welsh Islands. Coastline (special) by the European Union for Coastal Conservation,

Rhind, P. M. 1995. A review of saltmarsh vegetation surveys in Wales. Countryside Council for Wales. 95/7/2.

Rhind, P. M., Blackstock, T. H., &  Parr, S. J. 1997. Welsh islands: ecology, conservation and land use. Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.

Rhind, P. M. & Blackstock, T. H. 1997. Vegetation of Welsh islands: an overview of habitat, floristic and management relationships.  In: P. M. Rhind, T. H. Blackstock & S. J. Parr eds. 1997. Welsh islands: ecology, conservation and land use. Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor 31-37.

Rhind, P. M. 1998. The Welsh islands ‑ past and present management. Islander, 5: 41-44.

Rhind, P. M. 1999. A checklist of bryophyte species recorded in Pembrokeshire. Field Studies, 9: 469-495.

Rhind, P. M. & Jones, P. S. 1999. The floristics and conservation status of sand-dune communities in Wales. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 5: 31-42.

Rhind, P. M. & Sandison, W. 1999.  Burning the Warren - Peter Rhind and Wil Sandison explore deliberate burning as a management tool for dune grasslands. Enact, 7: 7-9.

Rhind, P. M., Blackstock, T. H., Hardy, H. S., Jones, R. E., & Sandison, W. 2001. The evolution of Newborough Warren dune system with particular reference to the past four decades.  In: Coastal dune management. Shared experience of European conservation practice. Proceedings of the European Symposium Coastal Dunes of the Atlantic Biogeographical Region Southport, northwest England, September 1998. Eds. J. A. Houston, S. E. Edmondson and P. J. Rooney. Liverpool University Press.

Rhind, P. M. & Evans, D. (eds). 2001.  The Plant Life of Snowdonia. Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion.

Rhind, P. M. 2001. The Horsetails. In: The Plant Life of Snowdonia. Eds. P. M. Rhind and D. Evans. Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion.

Rhind, P. M. 2001  The Clubmosses and Quillworts. In: The Plant Life of Snowdonia. Eds. P. M. Rhind and D. Evans. Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion.

Rhind, P. M. 2002. The history, status and control of common cord-grass in Wales. Natur Cymru, 5: 32-34.

Rhind, P. M. 2003. Coastal Habitats. In: Priority habitats of Wales – a technical guide. Eds. P. S. Jones, D. P. Stevens, T. H. Blackstock, C. R. Burrows & E. A. Howe. Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.

Rhind, P. M. & Robertson, J. 2003. The fungi of Welsh sand dunes. Natur Cymru,  9: 37-40.

Rhind, P. M. 2003. Comment: Britain’s contribution to global conservation and our coastal temperate rainforest. British Wildlife, 15: 97-102.

Rhind, P. M. & Jones, B. 2003. The vegetation history of Snowdonia since the late glacial period. Field Studies, 10: 539-552.

Rhind, P. M. 2004. Give nature a chance. ECOS, 25: 85-91.

Rhind, P. M. 2004. Comment: Spread of the Noosphere. British Wildlife, 16: 107.

Rhind, P., Stevens, D. & Sanderson, R. 2006. A review and floristic analysis of lichen-rich grey dune vegetation in Britain. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 106B: 301- 310.

Rhind, P., Jones, R. & Jones, L. 2008. Confronting the impact of dune stabilization and soil development on the conservation status of sand dunes systems in Wales. International Conference on Management and Restoration of Coastal Dunes, 2007, Santander, Spain.

Rhind, P. & Jones, R. 2009. A  framework for the management of sand dune systems in Wales. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 13: 15-23.

Rhind, P., Jones, R. & Jones, L. 2013. The Impact of Dune Stabilization on the Conservation Status of Sand Dune Systems in Wales.  In: Restoration of Coastal Dunes. Eds. M. Luisa Martínez, Juan B. Gallego-Fernández and Patrick A. Hesp. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer.

Rhind, P. M. 2014. Conservation and management of coastal slope woodlands with particular reference to Wales. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 18: 1-13.