Acknowledgements
Some sixty people contributed records to this survey. Several of these provided only a
single record whilst others sent in many more. I thank them all for their time and trouble
and whilst it is not possible to name them all, I should particularly like to mention those
who made significant contributions.
Ray Ruffell surveyed the north west of the County virtually single handed and sent in
hundreds of records. It is true to say that the survey would have been far less complete
without his efforts.
Jeremy Heath of Colchester Museums, kindly allowed me access to much written
material which provided the basis for the historical chapter, whilst Roger Payne from
Southend Museums Service, Biological Records Centre, and Colin Plant from Passmore
Edwards Museum, Biological Records Centre, Stratford, have provided me with much
needed records for these areas.
My brother-in-law, John Widgery, from across the border in Hertfordshire, has provided
me with many recent records, which I hope was partially what inspired him to undertake
the recording of the Orthoptera of that County. He has since taken over the
responsibilities of National Orthoptera Recorder from Chris Haes.
Members of the Colchester Natural History Society were inadvertently responsible for the
probable over-recording of north east Essex as some of the distribution maps suggest. In
particular I should like to thank the following individuals for their contributions:
Dave Baker Dave Martin
Ted Benton Ian Rose
Jerry Bowdrey Kate Rowland
Chris Gibson Terri Tarpey
Peter Harvey Doris Wire
Lisa Hooper
In addition I should like to thank Terri Tarpey for producing the maps and for other
assistance on production and Peter Harvey for supplying data for map production. The
maps were produced using DMAP © Dr Alan Morton.
Finally, my thanks to Ray Ruffell and Lisa Hooper for providing many helpful comments on
the text and to Chris Haes, until recently the National Recorder for Orthoptera who
provided me with valuable information whenever I requested it, as well as making a
financial contribution towards the cost of this publication.
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