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tracks tool The snow no doubt would also
provide good tracks.
Do keep records as often as possible with such
information as species, number, date, time,
feeding details, etc. As with a bird table
such sites can be a valuable source of food and
water for animals in harsh weather conditions,
and also an opportunity for those confined
indoors to study small mammals.
Good luck, and do please pass on to me any
records you may obtain, however brief!
FIONA A. HUGHES
ESSEX CHURCHYARDS CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN
Roger Tabor launched this campaign for us at
the splendid site of the graveyard for the
Hospital and Home of St. Giles, East Hanning-
field. Green Winged Orchids flowered at just
the right time to impress the 170 visitors.
In fact the whole site was incredibly rich in
wild flowers and demonstrated what can be
growing in our county's churchyards and burial
grounds.
I am sure readers of this "Bulletin" will not
need persuading by the arguments Roger Tabor
and others use for conserving wildlife in
churchyards. Many were carved out of early
pastures and managed with a similar regime of
cutting and grazing as the surrounding
fields. Nowadays the fields beyond are