Spring Meeting - 29th March 2003
The Hertfordshire Natural History Society has topical mammal themes in its programme of natural history tal;ks on 29th March 2003.
Following a sell-out Bird Conference in February, the Society is investigating the only species of mammal to have been released first in Hertfordshire that was known to the Romans as a tasty species to be fattened up in pots: the Edible Dormouse.
Water Voles, however, have bene present in britain since the last Ice Age, but are now suffering prom predation by the American mink that escaped from farms in the last century and Chris Strachan is giving the latest information on their status.
Edible Dormice: the first 100 years by Malcolm Burgess
and
The Water Vole in London and the Lee Valley by Chris Strachan
There will be a display about the work of the Society and there will be Society publications for sale.
All visitors welcome - there is a nominal £1 payment for the refreshements at the door.
Do join us at the Fowden hall, Rothamsted, near the main entrance, (off St Albans Road as you approach Harpenden on the A1081 from the south). The meeting starts at 2.00pm and there will be a break for the Society's AGM and refreshments before the meeting ends at 5.00pm.
Further details from the HNHS Secretary,
Christine Shepperson,
63 Station Road,
Smallford,
St Albans,
Herts., AL4 0HB.
(e:mail shepperson@waitrose.com)
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