Fri . 25rd Aug. Bats at Chase Nature Reserve.
Sun. 15th Aug. Walk round Cranham's hedgerows and nature reserve.
Cream tea. 50 p. per person.
Sun. 15th Oct. Footpaths on Havering/Brentwood border.
Sun. 24th Nov. Country crafts at Cranham Marsh.
LEE VALLEY PARK COUNTRYSIDE ACTIVITIES
Bookings and Information 0992 713838.
Sat. 20th July Green Medicine, all about herbs. 10 a.m. Lee Valley
Countryside Centre, Waltham Abbey. Please book.
Sun. 28th July King Harold's Town. Waltham Abbey and Abbey Church.
2 p.m. Lee Valley Park Countryside Centre, Waltham Abbey.
Tues. 50th July Teddy Bear's Picnic. 11 a.m., last entry 2 p.m.
Lee Valley Countryside Centre.
Thus. 1st Aug. Boat trips, stories, craft linked to wildlife of
River Lea. Lee Valley Ice Centre Car Park. 11 a.m., last entry 2
p.m. Cost £1.50 children, £1 adults.
Sun. 4th Aug. Find out how plants and animals have developed ways
to fly on Walthamstow Marsh. Lee Valley Ice Centre Car Park. 2 p.m.
Mon. 26th Aug. Countryside Open Day. Explore countryside between
Broxbourne and Rye House on boat trips and guided walks. Dobbs Weir
Car Park, Hoddesdon 2-6 p.m.
Sun. 8th Sept. Three Mills Sc Bow Back Rivers. Find out the
history of one of Britain's largest tide mills from staff of Passmore
Edwards Museum, and explore Bow Back Rivers. Meet Three Mills Sports
Centre Car Park, Three Mills Lane, Bromley by Bow, London, E.3. 2 p.m.
Sat. 21st Sept. Waterbirds and Wetlands of Lea Valley. Illustrated
talks and visits to Chingford Reservoirs and gravel pits. Meet Lee
Valley Park Countryside Centre, Waltham Abbey. 10 a.m. Please book.
RARE BEETLE
M. W. Hanson, looking through a collection of beetles, has found a specimen of a rare Cerambycid
(Longhorn) from Knighton Wood in Buckhurst, Hill found on 9th July, 1985. The species is
Leptura scutellata, a species of ancient woodland. It has been reported on previous occasions from
the Forest.
D. A. Smith
Enquiries to Mrs. Sheila Leswell, 19 Church Road, Mountnessing, Brentwood, Essex, Telephone 0277
353917.