2.
THE NEW ESSEX NATURALIST
You should by now have had the first of
a new series of Essex Naturalists. I hope
you found it so interesting that you read it
straight away, and didn't even find this
little note in the Bulletin until after you
had finished "Deer of Essex"! The changed
format of the Essex Naturalist is the result
of a new printing method (the modern and
more economical process called offset litho).
There is a change in editorial outlook too -
we will no longer publish a paper just
because it has scientific merit. It has got
to be the type of paper that will appeal to
many of our members and also to the general
public. I hope you agree that Don Chapman's
"Deer of Essex" is just the sort of work that
the Essex Naturalist should contain. If you
do, then please help the Field Club sell
copies. Show your copy to friends, libraries
and local booksellers. Further copies are
available from the Field Club price £1.00
post free. Shops get a trade discount. Next
year's Naturalist is planned to be a bumper
issue to celebrate 100 years of public
ownership of Epping Forest and good sales of
"Deer of Essex" will help us produce an even
better Volume 2 of the new series.
David Corke
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Graham Hinton (Writtle Agricultural
College) reports that while ploughing well
hedged fields in Thurrock during October
evenings, he often used to see small owls
(Little Owl?) on the freshly turned soil.
One wonders if owls, like the more frequently
seen gulls, have learnt the location of an
easily found food supply.