SUBSCRIPTION REMINDER Subscriptions for the year 2005 were due on the lst January and a renewal form has been sent with this newsletter. Please send your subscription to the Membership Secretary Del Smith, 12 Tring Gardens, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex RM3 9EP If you do not currently pay by standing order, please consider changing to this method. Every year a great deal of effort and money is spent reminding some members about their subscription. ESSEX FIELD CLUB CAR STICKER These are now available from Ken Adams at £1.00 on receipt of a stamped and addressed envelope and cheque/P.O. made out to the Essex Field Club. Buy two! One for each side of the car! They have our web site address and should prove good publicity for the Club when you park at NRs or other wildlife sites where other like minded people congregate who have yet to hear of the Club's existence. STAINLESS STEEL FRAMED X20 HANDLENSES Large aperture with superb Japanese lenses. Essential for seeing hairs on plants and invertebrates in the field. £20 each including P. & P. from Ken Adams. Ken Adams, 63 Wroths Path, Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex IG10 1SH Conservation programme at St. Thomas Church, Noak Hill - a request If there are any members who might be interested in taking part in a conservation programme at St. Thomas Church, Noak Hill (which has connections with The Friends of Dagnam Park) to learn how to coppice or with some of the other projects please contact Mrs. Gail Harris on 01708 343923. An update for Essex spider and aculeate Hymenoptera maps Peter Harvey 32 Lodge Lane, Grays, Essex RM16 2YP I have updated the Essex distribution maps for spiders and for aculeate Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants). These are the first for several years, and if interested members would like copies and are prepared to provide either records or material please contact me and I can send you electronic copies of the 73 and 67 page publications. Alternatively if you would like a hard copy please send £5 per publication to cover costs. Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 46, January 2005 1