Front cover photograph Oxlip Primula elatior at Bradfield Woods © Chris Gibson Plate details for the S pages of colour plates at end of journal. Plate 1. Harebell Campanula rotundifolia (top left), Meadow Saxifrage Saxifraga granulata (top right). Crested Cow-wheat Melampyrum cristatum (bottom left) and Field Cow-wheat Melampyrum arvense, now extinct in the county (bottom right) all © Charles Watson See The changing flora of the Essex countryside pp.15-17 Plate 2. Foot and mouth pyre © Chris Gibson See Wildlife and conservation review of 2001 pp.43-62 Plate 3. Langenhoe Marshes © Chris Gibson Sec Wildlife and conservation review of 2001 pp.43-62 Plate 4. Bee Orchid at Rodborough Common in 1985 (top left), var belgarum at Bulmer in 2001 (top right), var bicolor (bottom left) and var chlorantha (bottom right) at Alphamstone in 1997 all © Terri Tarpey See Bee Orchids and Corn Marigold in North Essex pp.68-69 Plate 5. Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum at Hole Farm in 2001 © Terri Tarpey See Bee Orchids and Corn Marigold in North Essex pp.68-69 Plate 6. The hoverfly Callicera spinolae at Hylands Park © Mark Hanson See Further notes on Callicera spinolae and C. aurata, and another hoverfly Criorhina ranunculi new to Essex from Hylands Park pp.74-75 Plate 7. Anchor Field near Lakeside. Inset Dorycera graminum © Peter Harvey See The picture winged fly Dorycera graminum (F.) (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in abundance at a threatened site in West Thurrock, with records from other sites in South Essex pp. 76-78 Plate 8. Northern end of Anchor Field overlooking Lakeside ©Peter Harvey See The picture winged fly Doiyccra graminum (F) (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in abundance at a threatened site in West Thurrock, with records from other sites in South Essex pp. 76-78 Plate 9. Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum © Chris Gibson See Wildlife and conservation review of 2001 pp.43-62 and Essex Dragonflies (Odonata): an update pp.86-88 Plate 10. Boletus radicans (=albidus), rare to occasional, mostly the edges of Epping Forest © Geoffrey Kibby See Boletes of Essex pp.135-142 Plate 11. Boletus impolitus, rare with scattered records by the edges of Epping Forest © Geoffrey Kibby See Boletes of Essex pp.135-142 Plate 12. Boletus erythropus, frequent and widespread in Epping Forest © Geoffrey Kibby See Boletes of Essex pp. 135-142 Plate 13. Xerocomus moravicus, rare with one Epping Forest locality under oak © Geoffrey Kibby See Boletes of Essex pp.135-142