Contents
Editorial by Lesley Collins
Chairman’s Watchpoint by Gerry Johnson
Margaret’s Musings by EBwS President Margaret Mitchell
Hints & Tips by Mark Bridges
A Spring birding tour of Texas by Mark Bridges
News, Information & Correspondence
Obituary: Ken Hoy
Ken’s Chronicles by Ken Hoy
Photograph competition
Experiences with flagged Knot in Essex by Ed Keeble
SHSG Nature Club by Holly Mepham
Indoor Meetings by Gerry Johnson and Pete Dwyer
Programme of 2017
Field Trips
Birding in Otago, New Zealand by John and Diana Camp
Colour ringed Gulls from North Thames landfill sites by Paul Roper
Hickling Broad by Sue Borges
New Forest, June 2016 by Andrew Cox
Swiftly done! By John Smart
Leaves of music and the woody shape of time by John Smart
Blue House Farm
Bird Reports>
Abberton Reservoir by David Wimpress
Dengie Peninsula by Judith Ross
Foulness by Dr Chris Lewis
Hanningfield Reservoir by David Acfield
Langdon Hills and Thameside Nature Park by Andrew Cox
Mersea Island by Steve Entwistle
Metropolitan Essex by Howard Vaughan
North East Essex by Dr Simon Cox
RSPB Rainham Marshes by Howard Vaughan
Southend area by Paul Baker
Wat Tyler and Vange Marsh by Andrew Cox
