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Recorders
Agassiz D.J.L, Aird J.R, Arthur RW., Bailey G, Bergdahl A, Bergdahl P, Black K, Bonds G, Borges C, Bowdrey J.P,
Boyle D, Broughton U, Bull G, Churcher B, Clifton J, Cole R. J., Cottrill R, Cuming N, Dagley J, Dawson J, Dewick AJ,
Dewick S.J, Dobson J, Doughly Mr & Mrs, Down D.G, Dutton D, Emmet A.M, Firmin J, Fisher J.B, Gibson C, Goodey
A, Goodey M.A, Gooding B, Grahame I, Green J.G, Green M.J, Green N, Green T, Griffin C, Grimwade S.J, Harris P,
Harvey N, Heckford R.J, Howchin J, Jackson M.P, Kempster B, King D.S, Lock B, McGrath C, McLaren S, Marsh R,
Mays R, Nicholls D, Noble M, Nottingham D, Osborne A, Owen H, Palmer M, Pateman B, Payne R, Peck M, Perkins B,
Perrin V, Plant, C.W., Pritchard A, Pyman G.A, Raynor N.M, Read J, Robinson P, Rogerson G, Rose l.C, Savage G.H.T,
Seago R.J, Sears D, Sell G, Slater G, Smart D, Smith G, Smith P, Smout P, Spalding A, Steer E, Stockton J, Tarrant M,
Thomson A, Tuck K.R., Tunmore M, Tyas C, Urguart D, Ward R, Ward S, Warner D, Watson C, Wenlock L, Wilde J,
Wilkens B, Wilkinson G, Wilkinson S, Worthington P, Wood R, Wood S.D, Wright B, Young J.
Orthoptera of Essex in 1997 and 1998
ALAN WAKE
39 AU Saints Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 6UA
Since the publication of Grasshoppers and Crickets of Essex, records have continued to come in
on a more regular basis. Despite not being able to gel to Essex frequently to monitor interesting
sites, these are still being discovered. The Lea Valley really needs a systematic recording
discipline which would, I'm sure, produce rich results. Sites continue to be found elsewhere, and
regular monitoring of these would in all probability produce further records. Some of the more
interesting areas are as follows:
Site of the new Basildon Rugby Club TQ 689 899
Consisting of old meadows which almost certainly have never been improved, much of this site
is to be lost to sports pitches. An area lias been set aside as County Wildlife Site which contains
habitats representative of the whole site. I am grateful to Neil Harvey for this information; he
will endeavour to inomtor the site to see the outcome of these developments. The following
Orthoptera were recorded in 1997:
Meconema thalassinum The stridulation of a further bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera species was also heard; I would think this was
Metrioptera roeselii almost certainly a conehead, either
Leptophyes punctatissima Conocephalus dorsalis or C, discolor. Perhaps
Tetrix subulata they are both there? In a site as rich as this, it
Omocestus viridulus seems improbable that both Chorthippus
Chorthippus brunneus parallelus and Tetrix undulata are not there,
Chorthippus albomarginatus which could produce a species total of eleven!
Within the Lea Valley Country Park, there are two interesting areas which have been brought
to my notice by David Miller. Both sites have the potential for further species.
Walthamstow Marsh TQ3 587 Essex Filter Beds TQ3686
Metrioptera roeselii Metrioptera roeselii
Conocephalus discolor Conocephalus discolor
Leptophyes punctatissima Tetrix subulata
Tetrix subulata Tetrix undulata
Chorthippus brunneus Chorthippus brunneus
Chorthippus parallelus Chorthippus parallelus
Chorthippus albomarginatus Chorthippus albomarginatus
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 16 (1999)