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DETAILS OF COURSES AND CONFERENCES RECEIVED
I occasionally receive information as Newsletter Editor about courses, conferences and talks that
may be of interest to Field Club members. Usually the dates of these will have already passed by
the time the next Newsletter will appear. However this time I have received details of a number
of venuesin time for inclusion:
a conference entitled "John Ray and his Successors: the clergyman as biologisf'to be held 18th-
21st March 1999 at Braintree, Essex, The conference is organised by the John Ray Trust, the
Institute of Biology's History Committee and the Society for the History of Natural History and
registration before January 1st is £90 (f/t students £30).
Bookings and details from Janet Turner, John Ray Trust, Town Hall Centre, BRAINTREE,
Essex CM7 3YG. Tel: 01376-557776 Fax: 344345
A Programme of Events for 1998 for the City of London Cemetary & Crematorium includes a
guided Geology Walk, Fungus Find and Tree Trail Walk between August and December.
Further information is available from Lynn Heath, Projects Manager, City of London Cemetary
& Crematorium, Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park, E12 5DQ
Tel: 0181-530 2151 Fax: 0181-530 1563
A programme for the 1998 Field Studies Council Courses for the Community at Epping Forest
Field Centre is available from Field Studies Council, Epping Forest Field Centre, High Beech,
Loughton, Essex IG10 4AF Tel: 0181-508 7714 Fax: 0181-508 8429
WHATS ON: ESSEX FIELD CLUB
AUGUST
Sat 1st
345235
Sat 8th
BOTANY GROUP BSBI Atlas 2000 recording meeting - square TL53,
Meet 1 lam at Debden Church, TL 551332. Leader Jeremy Ison (01376)
MOTH GROUP Marks Hall Estate, Coggeshall Meet 8pm Please contact
leader in advance if planning to attend. Leader Joe Firmin (01206) 241389
Sun 9th BOTANY GROUP BSBI Atlas 2000 recording meeting - square TL78,
Meet 11 am. Bowers Gifford churchyard, TL 755872. Leader Ken Adams
0181-508-7863
Sat 15th GEOLOGY GROUP and Essex Rock and Mineral Society Exotic
boulders in Kesgrave Gravel and derived fossils in Boulder Clay at Roxwell
Gravel Quarry, Meet 8.15am at Roxwell Road entrance, TL 653086, Leader
Gerald Lucy (01799) 523310
Sun 16th FUNGUS GROUP Fungus foray in Epping Forest Meet 10am
Conservation Centre car park. Leader Geoffrey Kibby 0181-789-7664. It is
hoped to have a display in The Warren in the aftrenoon.
Sun 23rd
BIRD GROUP Hanningfield Reservoir reserve. Meet 10 am at car park TQ
737976, Leaders Tony and Judith Boniface (01245) 266316
SEPTEMBER
Sat 19th
FUNGUS GROUP Fungus foray in Warley Place Meet 10.30am at
Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 26, August 1998