Abbreviations used in this Book
AES Amateur Entomologists' Society
BWARS Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Scheme
CA Court of Attachments
CBC Common Bird Census
EBR Essex Bird Report
EBWPS Essex Birdwatching Society
EFA Epping Forest Arbitration Proceedings
EFC Essex Field Club
EFCC Epping Forest Conservation Centre
EFCR Epping Forest Committee Report
EN Essex Naturalist
ENT Essex Naturalists' Trust
Ent. Mon. Mag. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine
ERO Essex Record Office
gbh Girth at Breast Height
LBR London Bird Report
Linn. Soc. Linnean Society
LN London Naturalist
LNHS London Natural History Society
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
NCC Nature Conservancy Council (now English Nature)
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
OS Ordnance Survey
PEM Passmore Edwards Museum
RDB Red Data Book
RES Royal Entomological Society
RL Redbridge Library
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Trans. LNHS Transactions of the London Natural History Society
VCH Victoria County History
VHM Vestry House Museum
Wren Wren Conservation Group
Acknowledgements
It is impossible to write a book such as this, covering a wide range of topics without the assistance
of many people. I would like to thank all the individuals, particularly those who contributed chapters,
and institutions who have helped me in one way or another. Amongst these are Dr. Ken Adams, Mr.
John Bratton, Mrs. Irene Buchan, Dr. David Corke, Mr. David Cottridge, Dr. Jonathan Cox. Mr.
Stephen Davis, Mr. Michael Edwards. Mr. Steven Falk (for the illustrations including the front cover
and frontispiece), Mr. Walter Ford. Mrs. Georgina Green, Mr. Peter Harvey, Prof. D. L. Hawksworth,
Mr. David Henshaw, Dr. Peter Kirby, Mrs. Sheila Leswell, Mr. Roy McKenzie-Smith, Dr. Paulette
McManus, Miss Sarah Piggott, Dr. Oliver Rackham, Mr. David Scott, Mr. Derek Smith, Prof. D.W.
Vere. Mr. Alwyne Wheeler and Mr. Brian Williamson. Of the institutions, I would like to thank the
curators and staff of the Vestry House and Passmore Edwards Museums; the Warden and staff of
Epping Forest Conservation Centre; the Royal Entomological Society of London, through the
Registrar, for allowing me to reproduce the illustration of Philanthus triangulum; the Superintendent,
Mr. John Besent, and staff of the Conservators of Epping Forest; the staff of the reference section of
Loughton Library, and the staff of the Nature Conservancy Council (English Nature). Thanks are also
due to those who purchased the limited edition hard-back copies of this book and the Essex Field
Club, who largely financed its production.