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THE MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF THE LONDON AREA BY COLIN W. PLANT
The London Natural History Society is planning to publish this book early in 1993 and
there will be a pre-publication offer which will be open to Field Club members.
698 species will be included, with distribution maps for approximately 600 of these. The
text on each species will include the first and last year that it has been recorded, its
current status, the number of broods per year, the flight periods and the recorded food
plants for the London area. There will be geology map of the London area which extends
in Essex to Tilbury, Thorndon Park, Ongar and Harlow, the south west of the county.
Since the London Natural History Society recording area includes such a large part of the
county, the book will no doubt be of considerable interest to Essex naturalists.
"WOOD REPLANTED - BY LAW"
(from the Essex County Council "Essex '92 magazine")
A team from Essex County Council went onto private land to replant nearly 400 trees on
part of a woodland in Ingatestone that was unlawfully cleared by the landowner.
Essex County Council won the case against the landowner at Chelmsford Crown Court in
May 1990 when he was fined f 10,000 for grubbing out trees that were covered by a Tree
Preservation Order. He was told that by law he had to replant them. He did not comply -
so the team of six tree planters went onto the land and successfully replanted 393 oaks,
sweet chestnuts, field maples and hornbeams.
The County Council sent the bill for the planting to the landowner. Principal Assistant in
the Countryside section, Stephen Westover said: "We hope that this will show everybody
that we will carry things through where woodlands have been unlawfully cleared. Any
members of the public who are concerned about woodlands close to them should come to
us.
"NEW PARK IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK"
(from the Essex County Council "Essex '92 magazine")
Essex County Council took over the management of an unusual new country park during
the year - the former Braintree to Bishops Stortford railway line.
Now renamed the Flitch Way Country Park, it is run by the County's Ranger Service as a
green recreational site where people can walk or ride. It also provides a great refuge for
wildlife and plants.
Because of the length of the new country park, the ranger Jenny Schofield uses a
mountain bike to go on patrol.