but it was hard to convey the sight of hundreds of these light brown thin things all
standing upright among the leaf litter on a very dull and gloomy day.
Pipe Club Macrotyphula fistulosa photograph by Claudi Soler
We returned to the car park at about 3:15, just as the drizzle was getting underway and
the already poor light was fading further. The list is available on request to anyone
interested.
MapMate records
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, 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 7 more are or will be using MapMate and may be
able and willing to receive records in this way:
County Recorder MapMate Email Taxonomic groups
CUK
David Allen 8ny dja153@tesco.net Lepidoptera
Tim Gardiner 3kb tg@Writtle.ac.uk Orthoptera
Peter Hammond 6q2 peter.m.hammond@virgin.net Coleoptera
Mark Hanson 6q4 Veteran Trees
Neil Harvey 2hb neilh@essexwt.org.uk Larger Brachycera
Peter Harvey 2gv grays@peterharvey.freeserve.co.uk Arachnida, Hymenoptera, Isopoda
Jon Cranfield 6g5 JCranfield26@googlemail.com or Reptiles and amphibians
essex_arg@hotmail.com
Del Smith 6bc delsmith444@btintemet.com Diptera (except hoverflies and larger
Brachycera)
Simon Taylor 9gb Simon.Taylor@essex.gov.uk Mollusca
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Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 58, January 2009