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 Recorders,
the Field Club maintains detailed scientific records of the Essex flora, fauna and geology that are 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 cighteens £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, Del Smith, 12 Tring Gardens, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex RM3 9EP
Publications: on publication, the Essex Naturalist and the Essex Field Club Newsletter are free to fully
paid up members. Occasional publications are made available at a reduced rate or free to members.
ESSEX FIELD CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2002/2003
President: Charles Watson, 18 Thorley Park Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 3NQ. Tel: 01279 505309.
Vice-President: Mark Hanson, 3 Church Cottages, Church Road, Boreham. Essex CM3 3EG.
Ex-officio Past Presidents: P. Allen BSc, PhD, C.W.Plant BSc, FRES; R.G Payne, MSc, M.I.Biol;
General Secretary: vacant
Membership Secretary: Del Smith. 12 Tring Gardens, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex RM3 9EP. Tel:
01708 375555.
Treasurer: John Bath, 34 Chestnut Avenue, Billericay, Essex CM12 9JF (to whom all annual
subscriptions should be sent). Tel: 01277 651890.
Meetings Secretary: Adrian Knowles, 12 Blackbrook Road. Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex C06 4TL.
Tel: 01206 271139.
Minuting Secretary: Mary Smith, 33 Gaynes Park Road, Upminster, Essex RM14 2HJ. Tel: 01708 228921.
Collections and Library Assistant: Martin Heywood, Raylands, Tye Hall Chase, Roxwell, Chelmsford
CM1 4NH. Tel: 01245 248350.
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.
Ordinary Members of Council: Prof Ted Benton, Bill George, Terri Tarpey, Tim Gardiner, Michelle
Pye, Jane Woodliff.
Group 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 271139
Mammal Group Chairman: John Dobson 01245 224408.
Moth Group Chairman: Brian Goodey 01206 841224.