12th May 1973 WRITTLE — Introduction to Trees.
38 members assembled at 3.00pm at the Writtle
Agricultural College and spent a very pleasant three
hours wandering in glorious sunshine around the
grounds under the expert guidance of Graham Watson
of the Horticulture Department. Lack of time pre-
vented our seeing all the grounds but we were shown
a great variety of trees, both native and introduced,
cultivated and wild. Native trees were seen in the
region of the moat of the site of King John's
Palace, while many other ornamental evergreen and
deciduous trees were seen in the grounds. Of part-
icular interest was the demonstration of trees
planted to illustrate the range available for town
planting.
Ron Allen
13th May 1973 HAINAULT FOREST — Spring Ramble
18 members of the Club participated in this
meeting and were rewarded with an interesting day.
The morning was notable for the number of birds
seen and heard, 28, as we walked through trees and
open ground toward the lake. An unrecorded badgers'
sett was found and some members saw a weasel with a
vole in its mouth, hurrying away to eat it. In the
afternoon we walked to a lesser used part of the
forest, and were rewarded with a more varied plant
life, seeing the three-veined sandwort, wavy bitter-
cress, bog Stitchwort and the yellow pimpernel. To
round off the day we saw a yellow-crested cockatoo
perched in a tree; it has apparently been seen in
the area for about a year. Surely a unique ending
to a successful meeting.
Maureen Tollfree
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