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Reports of Meetings
Meeting to Wall Wood and Hatfield Forest. 29th April.'74
Leader - John Fielding,
Members of the London Natural History Society also
attended this meeting and in Wall Wood we were able
to see oxlips, cowslips and primroses in abundance
along with their hybrids. Also here was the Early
Purple orchid and the Woodland Violet (Viola
reichenbachiana)
A number of habitats were examined in Hatfield Forest
and three violets were examined, the Dog, Hairy and
Common Violet.
Martin Gregory has submitted a full plant and fungi
list which has been submitted to the Nature Conservancy
Council and the County Recorder,
Ron Allen,
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Coach Outing to Slimbridge on 5th May. 1974.
Kevin Byrne arranged a very enjoyable coach
outing to The Headquarters and Collection of The Wildfowl
Trust at Slimbridge, Glos, Over .160 species of Duck,
Geese, Swans and Screamers could be seen there. Many
are free to wander over the grounds and some are even
free flying,
Peter Scott and the Wildfowl Trust have done much
for the conservation of waterfowl. Their best known
success story is perhaps, the saving from extinction of
the Ne-Ne ox Hawaiian Goose. In 1950, only 40 of these
firds were in existence. The future looked bleak. The