THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB
HEADQUARTERS:
THE PASSMORE ED WARDS MUSE UM,
ROMFORD ROAD, STRATFORD,
LONDON, E15 4LZ
NEWSLETTER NO. 9
January 1994
EDITOR'S NOTE
In this Newsletter there is an appeal for help in recording a site near Basildon to
help provide information to prevent its development. So much wildlife habitat has
been destroyed or drastically degraded in recent decades that we are often looking
at small remnants of the wealth that there must have been for previous
generations. Sites of interest are so often discovered too late to protect or with too
little time to properly survey especially for their invertebrate interest. Even when
sites are identified and given a measure of protection that is no sure prevention
against their future destruction. Take Twyford Down, now only too notorious as
one example of many where sites of national importance have been destroyed to
make way for new roads, housing or retail developments and farming
improvements.
One of the strengths of the Essex Field Club has been its contribution to the
recording of the wildlife of the county. We have a distinguished panel of
Recorders who receive and maintain records of the many groups of flora and
fauna to be found in the county and a membership that includes many experienced
naturalists and people with a keen interest in wildlife. I would add my plea to that
of Phil Butler for as much active help as possible in recording the Basildon site
this year.
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early April, to the Editor, Mr Peter Harvey, 9 Kent Road, Grays,
RM17 6DE by the last week of March.