REPORT OF COUNCIL 303
Interesting Records: 1969
31st March Manningtree. Chiff Chaff in full song. (M.T.P.)
4th April Hall Lane, Shenfield. Redstart. (M.T.P.)
25th May Nightjar. Hartswood. Heard during Dawn
Chorus with Brentwood School Field Club.
(M.T.P.)
6th June Red-backed Shrike. Danbury Common. This
bird apparently nested and reared young in 1969.
This was the second year these birds had been
recorded. (M.T.P.).
27th Sept. Osprey. Tollesbury. Seen by Mr J. Green.
5th October Buzzard. East Hanningfield. Seen by Mr J. Green.
19th October Wheatear. Matching Green. Mr J. Green.
Redstart. Beauchamp Roding. Mr J. Green.
Report of Council for 1969
Membership
At 31st December 1969 the membership stood at 286. This
compares with 291 at the close of 1968 and thus is quite satis-
factory.
House List
Mrs F. Hawkins, Miss I. Finch, and Messrs T. Bartrop and
J. A. Caldwell retired as members of the Council in accordance
with rules of the Club.
Mrs J. Saunders, Mr B. Eastcott and Mr E. B. Pinniger were
elected as members of the Council at the Annual General Meet-
ing.
Meetings
A total of 48 meetings were held during the year. Of these
11 were general meetings and the remainder informal. Five of
the indoor meetings were held at Stratford and the remaining
one at Chelmsford. The other 42 meetings were devoted to the
following studies and were for the most part organised by the
Groups.
Botany—8
Geology—8
Herpetology—3
Mammals—10
Mosses and Liverworts—1
Mycology—2
Ornithology—8
General Field Meetings—2
Attendance at field meetings has in the main been extremely
good. However, the same cannot be said of the indoor meetings,
the average attendance having dropped to about 30.