The Essex Field Club
Founded 1880
The Essex Field Club offers a programme of over 40 outdoor meetings a year, covering plants, fungi, mosses,
lichens, mammals, birds, invertebrates, and geology, with further indoor meetings in winter. Through its Record-
ers, the Field Club maintains detailed scientific records of the Essex flora, fauna and geology that arc important for
local and national purposes and in advising on the management and protection of sites. Members receive a
Newsletter three times a year, with more scientific papers published annually in the Essex Naturalist. The Field
Club is also associated with the publication of occasional monographs.
Annual membership subscription:
Ordinary individual subscriptions £10
Under eighteens £5
Family subscriptions £12.50 (which includes one set of publications per family)
Corporate subscriptions (libraries, organisations, companies, consultancies, etc) £15
Subscriptions should be sent to:
Membership Secretary, John Bath, 34 Chestnut Avenue, BILLERICAY, Essex CM12 9JF
Publications: the Essex Naturalist and the Essex Field Club Newsletter arc free to fully paid up members.
Occasional publications are made available at a reduced rate or free to members.
ESSEX FIELD CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2000/2001
President: Peter Allen BSc., PhD., 13 Churchgate, Cheshunt, Herts EN8 9NB. Tel: (01992) 630661
Vice-President: Professor E. Benton, 13 Priory Street, Colchester COl 2PY
Ex-officio Past Presidents: K.J. Adams BSc, PhD; R.G Payne, MSc, M.I.Biol; C.W.Plant BSc, F.R.E.S.
General Secretary: Jeremy Dagley, MA., PhD., 82 Whitehall Gardens, Chingford, E4 6EJ. Tel: (020)
8529 4815.
Meetings Secretaries: Peter Allen BSc, PhD., 13 Churchgate, Cheshunt, Herts EN8 9NB. Tel: (01992)
630661 and Charles Watson, 18 Thorley Park Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 3NQ. Tel: (01279)
505309.
Membership Secretary and Treasurer: John Bath, 34 Chestnut Avenue, Billericay, Essex
CM12 9JF (to whom all annual subscriptions should be sent). Tel: (01277) 651890.
Editorial Team: Essex Naturalist: Dr Ken Adams, Dr Peter Allen, Dr Jeremy Dagley, Dr Chris
Gibson, Mr Peter Harvey (Technical Editor).
Editor: Newsletter. Peter Harvey BSc, 32 Lodge Lane, Grays, Essex RM16 2YP Tel: (01375) 371571.
Minuting Secretary: Jeremy Dagley MA., PhD., 82 Whitehall Gardens, Chingford, E4 6EJ. Tel: (020)
8529 4815.
Ordinary Members of Council: Dr Annette Ford, Mark Hanson, Martin Heywood, Adrian Knowles, Del
Smith, Charles Watson.
Representatives:
Bird Group: John Bath (01277) 651890.
Botany Group: Ken Adams BSc, PhD (020) 8508 7863.
Fungi Group: Tony Boniface (01245) 266316.
Geology Group: Peter Allen BSc, PhD (01992) 630661.
Invertebrate Forum: Adrian Knowles (01206) 510605
Mammal Group Chairman: John Dobson (01245) 224408.
Moth Group Chairman: Brian Goodey (01206) 841224.