ESSEX FIELD CLUB
PUBLICATIONS LIST 1970
ESSEX NATURALIST SERIES (ISSN 0071-1489)
Each volume covers one aspect of natural history, geology or
conservation in Essex. A uniform series of A5 size paperbacks
with attractive cover illustrations; each volume is written by
experts and fully illustrated with photographs, maps and line
drawings.
1. DEER OF ESSEX by Dr Donald Chapman
For fourteen years Donald Chapman ran the Essex Deer Survey
in co-operation with the Essex Field Club and Essex Naturalists'
Trust. The fascinating results of this most detailed survey of
deer distribution in any British county are included in Deer
of Essex. Happily the survey shows that deer can co-exist with
man: deer numbers are increasing and four species now breed
in Essex compared with only one species fifty years ago.
Published 1977
ISBN 0 905637 06 2 50 pages Price £1.00
2. EPPING FOREST - the natural aspect? edited by Dr David Corke
In 1878 the Epping Forest Act charged the Forest Conservators
with the preservation of the 'natural aspects of the Forest'.
This volume presents a summary of the soils and geological
deposits, on which the old Forest of Essex developed as the
primaeval wildwood, and of how man's use of the Forest changed
it over the centuries until it came under the management of the
Corporation of the City of London. It also shows how the
management decisions taken by the Forest Conservators have led
to a serious loss of natural diversity. Recommendations are
made as to how the Forest management could be improved.
Published 197B
ISBN 0 905637 07 0 79 pages Price £1.50
3. TIPTREE HEATH - its history and conservation by Laurie Forsyth
The author is organiser of the voluntary conservation group
which has been largely responsible for the management of this
important Essex Heath. An account of the prize winning
conservation work is included, together with a fascinating
history and natural history of the heath.
To be published September 1978
ISBN 0 905637 08 9 about 16 pages approx. price 60 p.
4. WILDLIFE OF EPPING FOREST edited by Dr David Corke
A review of the changes in the Forest's animal life, especially
over the last century. Detailed sections cover the birds,
mammals, reptiles and amphibians, beetles, butterflies and
moths. A companion to volume 2, together they form an important
record of the Forest in its centenary year.
To be published in December 1978
ISBN 0 905637 09 7 about 80 pages approx. price £1.50