Birds of Berkshire Annual Report 2002

The ROC is pleased to announce the publication of this report. Distributed free to members of the Club it is also available to anyone interested in birdwatching in Berkshire from the Club Chairman and Secretary on payment of a sum of £5 plus £1.50 P&P. The report is being posted to members in the week beginning 20th September with their new season information packs.

The book is the first published since the 1996/97 report. It has a full colour cover with a painting of the Caversham Golden Oriole by Robert Gillmor on the front and other full colour photos and a painting of a Bittern inside the cover. Other illustrations and photos of our birds are also inside. Apart from accounts of all the species recorded in Berkshire in 2002, the book also has articles about:

• Scarce Gulls in Berkshire by Chris Heard
• Berkshire Bird Index 2002 by Chris Robinson and Patrick Crowley (includes comparisons with Birds of Berkshire avifauna results)
• Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows Survey results for 2002 and other articles of interest

A birdwatching map of the County and a list of all contributors of records for the year are also included.

Our thanks go to the many people who helped with the production of the report ranging from the contributors of records, the writers of articles and species accounts and those who had the enormous task of collating and organising the records. The ROC is also grateful for the support of Thames Water and the advertisers who we hope will find some rewards by readers patronage of their services.

Colin Wilson - 20 September 2004