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NATURE IN NORTH-EAST ESSEX
The 56 page Silver Jubilee Issue of the
Journal of the Colchester Natural History Soc.,
edited by Jeremy Heath of the Colchester and
Essex Museum, and available from him, contains
a wide variety of articles on local wildlife
etc. Early sections are devoted to species
accounts of Baird's Sandpiper, the White
Admiral and the Juniper Shield Bug. There
are also bird reports and district accounts
of the Marks Tey Brickpits, the Hilly Fields
and Fingringhoe Wick. There is also a section
on Dr Henry Laver, the noted local naturalist,
and an account of the setting up of the Roman
River Conservation Area.
RON ALLEN
WRITTLE NATURE DAY
In place of its annual arts festival the
Writtle Guild of Arts decided to hold a Nature
Day. The Club Sec. was asked for guidance and
before long car loads of stuffed animals were
being transferred from the Chelmsford and Essex
Museum to people's houses ready for making up
into a display at Writtle Christian Centre on
Saturday 24th June.
By 11.00 all was ready at the centre but
meanwhile leaders were taking some 54 members
of the Writtle Public on nature rambles round
Hylands Park.
We must thank Peter and Mary Snape of the
Writtle Guild of Arts for their initiative,
Jill McCauley and David Jones for arranging
loan of Museum specimens and not least all
those Field Club members who brought along
their expertise.
RON ALLEN
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