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ANNUAL REPORTS - Mammal Group 1976
A wide variety of meetings were held
throughout the year, all of which proved to
be very popular. New light was shed on the
more unpopular mammals by Dr. Graham Twigg
and Andrew Mcliesh who gave talks on Rats
and Bats respectively.
Torrential rain on the only wet night
of the drought period failed to spoil the
Mass Badger, Moth Trapping and Dawn Deer
Watch, though for a few the only mammals
encountered were the hot-dogs served at
Little Leighs Hall! Thanks are due to David
Corke and David Scott for organizing this
meeting.
Small mammals were catered for by Trevor
Lording with live trapping and investigations
of Harvest Mouse nests, and Bob Cowlin who
lead the meeting at the Backwarden Reserve,
Danbury, where six Dormice were found in nest
boxes. I.P.Misselbrook
Mycology Report for 1976
Coming at the end of a year which was
perhaps the best for holiday-makers for a
century, and certainly the worst for fungi
for equally as long, our Foray was surpri-
singly successful. The drought did
eventually end and the clouds formed at last
and the fungi were quick to appear although
without perhaps their usual abundance.
However, enough were there on the day to
make good collecting and even some rarities
were found.
It was particularly good for species
growing on wood, with some lovely orange