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During 1984 the Club arranged 37 meetings. Ten
of these were General Meetings and included four
indoor illustrated talks. Mrs. Betty Loring
told us about plant lore, Mr. John Dobson about
bats in Essex, while Mr. Brian Brehaut's talk
about natural history photography was followed by
a practical demonstration Mr. Michael Bamlett
gave a lecture on geology, entitled 'The Earth
Machine". The outdoor General Meetings included
ones on moths and spiders, and the annual fungus
foray.
During the year the Bird Group held 9 meetings
throughout the county and the Geology Group 2.
The Botany Group arranged 7 meetings, including
a memorable day at Skippers Island, and visiting
Garnetts Wood for the first time. The Mammal
Group organised 6 meetings, including mammal
tracking, bat netting, a hunt for amphibia and
reptiles in Epping Forest and a continuation of
the deer survey. One joint meeting between these
two groups involved mammal trapping, followed by
a fungus foray.
Two issues of the Bulletin were published, edited
by Mr. A. Boniface.
Three new Recorders have been appointed during
the year. Miss P. Wilkinson is Recorder for
Archaeology following the death of Mr. L. S. Harley,
and Mr. C. Plant is Recorder for Fungi, taking
over from Mr. G. Kibby who has gone abroad.
Dr. P. Kirby is Recorder for Heteroptera.
SHEILA LESWELL