THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB
HEADQUARTERS:
THE PASSMORE EDWARDS MUSEUM,
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LONDON, E15 4LZ
NEWSLETTER NO. 2 November, 1991
EDITOR'S NOTE
Conservationists in Essex seem to be doomed to fight an endless battle against the motorway.
Planners seem to go out of their way to favour Essex with their unending concrete ribbons. Some of
their latest schemes involve the widening of the M25 with adjacent local roadways and, horror of
horrors, a mooted M12 from the Ingatestone/Chelmsford area down to the M25. They don't seem to
have settled on a route, but rest assured, wherever the pin comes down it will be extremely
destructive.
Anyone who would like more information on the anti-road campaign should contact Eric Robinson, 32
Robin Hood Road, Brentwood.
As if that's not enough, we have the tunnel link re-routed and coming through, over or under the
Rainham Marshes S.S.S.I. My advice to investors is don't buy B.T. - invest in concrete
Thanks to the contributors to this newsletter. I hope members will continue to provide enough
material to make this an informative, interesting and regular mailing.
Del Smith, Editor, 12 Tring Gardens, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex, RM3 9EP.
Telephone Ingrebourne 75555.
ESSEX NATURALIST
Members will be pleased to know that the last Essex Naturalist 'Essex Elm' (No. 10), written by
Mark Hanson, has recently won an Essex Amenity Society Award. The book came second, winning
a prize of £100 for the Field Club.
The money will go towards publishing the next Essex Naturalist due out later this year. This volume
will be concerned with the history and ecology of Epping Forest. There are chapters on butterflies,
higher plants, lichens, moses, liverworts, bees, wasps and spiders with much about the history of the
Forest. Mark Hanson is contributing many of the chapters, but specialists will also provide accounts
of their own area of interest. Specialist contributors include Geoffrey Kibby, Professor D. L.
Hawksworth, Ken Adams and Oliver Rackham. The book will be rather larger than usual, possibly
around 190 pages, and therefore rather more expensive than usual to produce. In order to help
defray some of the costs, a hard-back copy is beinq produced, priced at £16.50, available by prior
subscription. Field Club members, as usual, will get a copy of the card-cover version 'free' with
their annual subscription, but should any member require or would like the hard-back copy, this will
be available (in lieu of the card-cover copy) for the extra £8.00. If any member would like the hard-