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BIRD GROUP MEETING, SOUTHEND PIER,
6TH SEPTEMBER, 1987
This is probably the only Group meeting at
which the members attending have out—numbered
the birds seen! The venue was being visited
for the first time but the combination of a
high tide and a very strong westerly wind
keeping birds out of the estuary made the
morning very disappointing,
walking to the end of the pier we saw only a
Ione Tern, two Swallows and a few Cormorants
and Gulls before being glad to retreat by the
train to the warmth of the shore.
JOHN BATH
BIRDS, BOTANY AND FUNGI AT WRABNESS,
27TH SEPTEMBER, 1987
A small group of members enjoyed splendid
weather during a walk along the south bank of
the Stour, through Copperas Wood and finally
through Stour Wood. Bird species observed
were few as were flowering plants in bloom.
Ar. enjoyable time was had examining the fungi
and ferns in Stour Wood. Unfortunately both
these woodlands have suffered severely in the
recent hurricane.
TONY BONIFACE