Information from the General Secretary Mrs. Sheila Leswell, 19 Church Road, Mountnessing, Brentwood, Essex. CM15 0TH. Telephone Ingatestone 353917 PRINCIPAL CONTENTS The Essex Way - Presidential Address given in March, 1985 Tony Boniface The Myxomycetes - The Fungus Animals Andrew Snelling Essex Grasshoppers and their Allies Alan Wake How to Get to Wildlife Areas in Essex Neil Nash Ornithological Records 1984 Michael Parker Reports of Meetings Cover Greensted and Dedham Churches Joanna Foley Pintails Nancy Bath Typing Sheila Leswell