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 9ER 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: Mark Hanson, 3 Church Cottages. Church Road, Boreham, Essex CM3 3EG. Tel: 01245 464818. Vice-President: Del Smith. 12 Tring Gardens, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex RM3 9EP. Tel: 01708 375555. Ex-officio Past Presidents: P. Allen BSc, PhD, CW. Watson, CW. Plant BSc, FRES; R.G. Pavne, 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 CM 12 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 4NII. Tel: 01245 248350. Editorial Team: Essex Naturalist: Dr Ken Adams, Dr Peter Allen, Dr Jeremy Dagley, Mr Tim Gardiner, 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, Jonathan Cranfield, Bill George, Tim Gardiner, Michelle Pye, Terri Tarpey. 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. Herpetofauna Group: Jonathan Cranfield 07769 644354. Invertebrate Forum: Adrian Knowles 01206 271139 Mammal Group Chairman: John Dobson 01245 224408. Moth Group Chairman: Brian Goodey 01206 841224.