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At the conclusion of the demonstration the 12 members who
attended proceeded to the Upper Gallery of the Museum where
they were shown some of the specimens in the Museum's collec-
tion, where Mr. Reekie answered several points which were raised.
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr. Reekie.
General Activities
The attention of all members of the Club is again drawn to the
recording of temporary sections and exposures. Forms for this
purpose can be obtained from the Group's secretary. An example
of this came to the secretary's notice on the report of a Member
of excavations for the laying of a water pipe through Epping
Forest. Luckily we were able to get someone to keep their eye on
it, otherwise this important section through an unbuilt area would
have been lost. So if you see a hole please report it!
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MAMMAL GROUP, 1962
The Annual General Meeting of the Group was held on 15th
March 1962, and the existing committee was re-elected for the
year, namely: —Chairman, A. C. Wheeler; Secretary, D. R. Scott;
Committee Members, D. Chapman and A. Heathcote. Mr. M.
Seear was also elected on to the Committee later in the year. The
formal business of this Meeting was followed by "An introduction
to British Mammals", together with notes on Bats, Small Mam-
mals, Deer and Badgers, and their distribution in Essex. Two
other indoor meetings consisted of talks on "Seals" and "The
Skomer Vole".
Four outdoor meetings included three small mammal trapping
meetings, at which Badger setts and Fox earths were visited,
and a Meeting at a Deer Park.
The appointment of Mammal Recorder had been raised with
the Council of the Club during the year and it was confirmed that
Mr. M. Seear would take over the post as official Mammal
Recorder. The Council expressed their thanks to Mr. A. C. Wheeler
for filling this post up to the present time.
Two Committee Meetings of the Group were held during the
year to arrange Meetings and to attend to matters of policy of the
Group. It was felt that the work on individual subjects and sur-
veys was of great importance and should be encouraged as well
as trying to foster interest in some of the less studied mammals of
the County. The surveys at present in hand were progressing
favourably. With regard to the Badger survey, records showed
that more setts had actually been watched this year and Badgers
seen, whereas previously there was no record of population in a
number of setts. Deer records were coming in from many areas,
and small mammal trapping had shown that some species were
more widespread than was once thought.
D. Scott.