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Doreen Lambert writes:
Earlier this year I read in the magazine 'Birds'
that wrens had used a nest box after the blue tit
brood flew.
Wrens here (Grays, Essex) vent one better - they
built before the tits got around to thinking about it.
The young were very quiet compared with the
young blue tits and I was not absolutely sure all
was well till heads started appearing in the entrance
hole.
5th August, '74.
Gordon Davis writes:
Would it be possible to put a plea for Essex
otter information in the Sumner issue of the Essex
Field Club Bulletin? I appear to be the only
person in the county involved with the National
Otter Survey (my nearest neighbour being in Suffolk)
and am convinced that there are more records than
the few I have.
If you have any otter records or wish to
assist with the Survey please contact Gordon at
9 Eastbourne Grove, Westcliff on Sea, Essex.
SSO OQE
The School of Biological
Studies
University of Bath
25th Jan. 1974. Claverton Down, Bath.
Dear Sir, I am writing to ascertain whether any members
of your society would assist in a survey of the geog-
raphical variation of english plant names, for example,
Galeobdonon luteum is called variously yellow arch-
angel, weasel snout and yellow dead nettle. I hope to
determine the regional variation in the use of these
names by a questionnaire survey. I would deeply apprec-
.