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parked vehicles. Later let E.N.T. HQ at
Fing ringhoe know. Get to know your local setts
and report to the Trust if one has been dug or
of you see enything suspicious.
Paul Skinner, convener of the Badger Group, would
be delighted to hear from anyone prepared to take
an ACTIVE ROLE in the Groups activities. The
aims and objectives of the Group will be sent on
request. Please enclose a S.A.E.
PAUL SKINNER
HIDE AND SEEK '.
In the Essex Field Club, as in many Natural
History Societies, birds are more
enthusiastically studied by the membership than
are mammals. One reason is doubtless that birds
are diurnal and relatively easy to observe,
whilst we get scarcely more than an occasional
glimpse of the shy mammals. However, the keen
naturalist, with a little help and encourage-
ment will undoubtedly find an unexpectedly
interesting field of study in our mammalian
fauna.
Because our sightings of mammals are often
so brief, it is important to know the field
signs indicating the animals presence. From
these signs considerable information can be