3 PRINCIPAL CONTENTS Bat News and Introduction from the new President John Dobson Distribution of Essex Grasshoppers and Bush Crickets Alan Wake Know your Newts David Scott Presidential Address, March 1987 "Essex Lepidopterists" Col.A. M. Emmet Changing the "Face" of Conservation(ists) Margaret Vernon The Larger Moths and Butter- flies of Essex. A Selection of Recent Records G. A. Pyman Ornithological Records Michael Parker Secretary's Report for 1986 Report of Meetings Cover Joanna Foley Grasshopper Illustrations Joanna Foley Stonewort Illustration Ken Adams Newt Illustrations David Scott Typing Sheila Leswell