ESSEX NATURALIST Volume 23 (New series) 2006 Erratum 1-3 Report of the Essex Field Club for 2005-2006 3-8 Rules of the Essex Field Club, passed at the AGM on 11th March, 2006 9 Income and expenditure account for 2005 10 Balance sheet for 2005 11-12 EFC Exhibition and Social 3 December 2005 13-14 The 2005 AGM address. Trees in Essex Mark Hanson 15-17 Obituary: Charles Watson 1929-2005 Ken Adams WILDLIFE REVIEW OF THE YEAR 18-30 Wildlife and conservation review of 2005 Chris Gibson 30-31 Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774) the Pointed snail (Mollusca: Helicidae) new to Essex Jerry Bowdrey 32 Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801) (Mollusca: Helicidae) new to North Essex Jerry Bowdrey 33 The spider Steatoda phalerata (Panzer, 1801) (Araneae: Theridiidae) new to Essex Peter Harvey 34-35 The jumping spider Sitticus distinguendus (Simon, 1868), new to Britain and Essex Peter Harvey 36-37 The discovery of Rhynchites auratus (Scopoli) (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae), a species new to Essex, and previously considered extinct in Britain Nigel Cuming 37-38 A further record of Dorycera graminum (F.) (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Essex David Scott 39-40 Brachycarenus tigrinus in Essex and an update on Stictopleurus abutilon and S. punctatonervosus (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Peter Harvey and Jerry Bowdrey 40-45 Review of the Lepidoptera of Essex for the year 2005 Brian Goodey 46-48 Orthoptera and allied insects of Essex 2005 Tim Gardiner CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT 49-51 Standing up for brownfield Jamie Roberts 52-58 The Scarlet Malachite Beetle Malachius aeneus (Col.: Melyridae) in Essex: ecology and population dynamics Robert Coleman Essex Wildlife Trust focus 59-64 Breeding birds on Blue House Farm nature reserve – has the management of the nature reserve improved breeding numbers? Nick Robson 65-76 Woodland plants and deer – the potential for damage to plant biodiversity by deer and the use of plant indicators to monitor and predict this damage R.C.C. Tabor 77-88 Howlands Marsh: a summary of terrestrial invertebrate survey in 2004 Peter Harvey and Del Smith STATUS, DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFICATION 89-96 Notes on Essex Specialities. 10: the conservation of Gortyna borelii lunata (Fisher’s Estuarine Moth) on a landscape-scale through agri-environment schemes Zoë Ringwood 97-104 An Earthquake Impact Scenario for the Colchester Earthquake of 1884 A-J.S.Weston 104-114 Thomas Vincent (“Rabbity”) Holmes (1840-1923) and his contribution to the Geology of Essex and the Essex Field Club Bill George 115-117 A preliminary list of plankton diatoms from Hatfield Forest Hilary Belcher and Erica Swale 118-128 Fungi of Essex: the genus Agaricus Tony Boniface 129-132 The earth tongues of Essex Tony Boniface 133-136 The fungi of Fryerning Churchyard, 2005 update Graham Smith 137-142 Water transfers and the composition of fishes in Abberton Reservoir (Essex), with particular reference to the appearance of Spined Loach Cobitis taenia Gordon H. Copp & Max Wade 143-152 The Galls of Hainault Forest 2001 – 2005 Brian Ecott Essex Field Club publications Guidance for contributors Front cover photograph: the weevil Rhynchites auratus. Photograph © P.R. Harvey £10 (free to members).