March 5th (Sun) Mammal Group Meeting. This will be held at another of the Essex Naturalists' Trust Reserves, this time at Great Holland Pits, and will consist of a small mammal trapping meeting combined with a general ramble in the area. Bring a packed lunch, and meet at the Reserve at 10.30 am. (TM 205191). Further information and notification to the leader Mr.D.Corke, 45, Hawkwood Crescent, Chingford, London, E.4. March 17 (Fri) Geology Group Annual Dinner. The date booked for this is provisional; further details will be announced later. March 19 (Sun) Goldhanger Sea Wall (Birds) Meet at 11.00 am, in the village near the church. Bring lunch. Please inform the leader if you are attending, Mr. M. T. Parker, 14, Ridgeway, Ingatestone, Essex. Telephone Ingatestone 3510. March 25 (Sat) General Meeting No.1182. Annual General meeting and Presidential Address. 3.00 pm Stratford Precinct of the North East London Polytechnic, Romford Road, Stratford, March 26 (Sun) Geology Group Meeting. Meet at 10.30 am. at the Service Station between Exits 11 and 12 on the M1 Motorway. It is proposed to visit a brick pit and, as far as is known, we will be escorted by the Company's Resident Geologist. It is regretted that young children will not be allowed into the pit itself, but from there we will visit somewhere else where they will be accommodated. Bring lunch and inform either the leader or the group secretary, giving at least two weeks notice in case the starting time has to be altered. Leader: Mr.P.Allen 30, Fourth Avenue, Rush Green, Romford, Essex, April 8 (Sat) Botany Group Meeting with the Botany Section of the London Natural History Society. This joint meeting will be to Danbury Common. Meet 11.00am. Page 22