MapMate records Please remember that our County Recorders compile and maintain detailed records of the Essex flora, fauna and geology (and here Essex means the Watsonian recording vice counties 18 and 19, including for example the London boroughs east of the River Lea). If you are using MapMate for your biological records, then please send these on regular occasions using the MapMate synchronisation process. If the County Recorder MapMate details are not listed below, please contact your County Recorder to find out whether they are able to receive records in this form or you can send your MapMate records to Peter Harvey (cuk 2gv and email grays@peterharvey.freeserve.co.uk), who will forward them on. Current details for County Recorders who are definitely able to receive MapMate sync records are as follows, but at least 6 more are or will be using MapMate and may be able and willing to receive records in this way: County MapMate Recorder CUK Tim Gardiner 3kb Brian Goodey 6qa Mark Hanson 6q4 Neil Harvey 2hb Peter Harvey 2gv David Scott 6qn Del Smith 6bc Email tg@writtle.ac.uk essexmoths@dsl.pipex.com mark@hanson2468.fsnet.co.uk neilh@essexwt.org.uk grays@peterharvey.freeserve.co.uk david.scott76@btopenworld.com delsmith444@btintemet.com Taxonomic groups Orthoptera Lepidoptera Veteran Trees Larger Brachycera Arachnida, Hymenoptera, Isopoda Reptiles and amphibians Diptera (except hoverflies and larger Brachycera) ESSEX FIELD CLUB COUNTY RECORDERS FOR 2005/2006 The Recorders compile and maintain detailed records of Essex flora, fauna and geology. They welcome records from members and these should include species, date of observation, location and, where possible, a six-figure grid reference and any habitat or other relevant ecological data. They will also assist with identification and answer queries on their subjects but where a reply is necessary please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. BOTANICAL RECORDERS Flowering Plants & Bryophytes: K. J Adams BSc, PhD, 63 Wroths Path, Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex IG10 1 SH Telephone: 020 8508 7863 Veteran Trees: M.W. Hanson, 3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Boreham, Essex CM3 3EG. Telephone: 01245 464818. Freshwater Algae: Miss J H Belcher PhD, DSc, 23 Pepys Way, Girton, Cambridge CB3 OPA Myxomycetes: M J Gregory, Dukes Orchard, Spring Elms Lane, Little Baddow, Essex CM3 4SG Telephone: 01245 223300 Fungi: G Kibby, 43 Keevil Drive, Southfields, London SW19 6TE. Telephone: 020 8789 7664 Lichens: J Skinner, Southend Central Museum, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 6EW Telephone: 01702 215130 20 Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 48, September 2005