A walk round Danbury Ridge reserves on 16th July 2005
Chris Romer 10 Poplar Close, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9NB
I would like to invite any interested members for a walk round Danbury Ridge reserves
on 16th July. Meet Runsell Lane, Danbury at entrance to Scrubs Wood at 11.00am Map
ref. TL 787057.
Veteran tree recording, Hatfield Forest on 10th September 2005
Please note change of contact details. Meet 10.30am in NT car park at TL547,204. Leader:
Mark Hanson (please book 01245-464818).
Change of recording arrangements for Diptera
Neil Harvey and Del Smith
For some years there have been two recorders in Essex covering Diptera: Roger Payne
dealing with Hoverflies (Syrphidae) and Del Smith covering all of the other families.
Following his preparation of a paper covering their status and distribution within the
county (to be published in the next edition of Essex Naturalist), Neil Harvey has now
been appointed as recorder for the Larger Brachycera. This group covers all of those
families included in Alan Stubbs' and Martin Drake's excellent guide to the British
Soldierflies and their Allies namely: Acroceridae, Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae,
Rhagionidae, Scenopiniidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae and
Xylophagidae. All records for these families should be sent directly to Neil at the address
below. They will all be forwarded to Del periodically so that a comprehensive Essex
Diptera database can be maintained. Del remains recorder for all of the other Dipteran
families.
The contact details for the three recorders are:
Diptera (except hoverflies and Larger Brachycera): DA. Smith
12 Tring Gardens, Harold Hill Romford, Essex, RM3 9EP; Tel: 01708 375555;
e-mail: delsmith444@btinternet.com.
Larger Brachycera: N.R. Harvey BSc, MIEEM
22 West Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, Essex, C05 7HW; Tel: 01206 728816;
e-mail: neilh@essexwt.org.uk.
Syrphidae (hoverflies): R G Payne MSc, MIBiol
Southend Central Museum, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 6EW;
Tel 01702 215130. e-mail: r.payne@blueyonder.co.uk
Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 47, May 2005
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