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The following records have been added to (the Vice County Check Lists for Vcl8 & 19 since
publication of the provisional list and the 1996-1998 supplement (Adams, 1996 & 1998. In Post
1974 additions to the Bryophyte and Higher Plant floras of the Watsonian vice-Counties of North
(Vcl9) and South (Vcl8) Essex. In Essex Naturalist 13: 34-42 199 & 15: 56.
19 Racomitrium fasciculare - Stansted, St John's churchyard, abundant on roof with
Racomitrium heterostichum and Racomitrium lanuginosum. Tim Pyner 1998.
18 * Didymodon (Barbula) nicholsonii - Buckhurst Hill, St John's churchyard, on
tarmac and gravel paths. Tim Pyner 1998.
An updated total Bryophyte Check List for the Essex vice-Counties is now available from the new
Census Catalogue (Blockeel & Long 1998), together with the extensive name changes that have
become necessary to bring the nomenclature of the British & Irish list up to date.
Reference
BLOCKEEL, T.L. & LONG, D.G., 1998. A Check List and Census Catalogue of British and Irish Bryophytes
British Bryological Society. Cardiff.
Bats in Essex in 1998
JOHN DOBSON
16, Westerings, Bicknacre, Danbury, Essex CMS 4ND
The highlights of 1998 included the record counts at hibernation sites in Grays and Coggeshall,
which have been monitored for several years. Bunkers in Coggeshall that were originally
constructed during the Second World War, have been successfully adapted for bats, with the
provision of wintering crevices using bat bricks and two metre lengths of tree trunk.
Counts have been conducted on four occasions during the winter, with the following results:
_______________Natterer's_____Daubenton's______Brown long-eared______Total
12/12/95_________6______________1_________________9______________16
02/02/96_________3______________1_________________10______________14
31/01/96_________7______________1_________________10______________18
26/02/96 5 6 11
10/12/96 8 9 17
02/01/97_________16_______________________________15______________31
04/02/97_________10_____________1_________________16_____________27
05/03/97 | 5 1 8 14
12/12/97 9 1 15 25
02/01/98_________11_______________________________20______________31
02/02/98_________15_______________________________18______________33
20/02/98_________7______________2_________________14_____________23
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 16 (1999)