Newsletter

Summer 2006 (no. 34)

• Introduction
• New for 2007 – an ROC Calendar
• Coach Trip to the Birdfai
• Mid-Week Walk – Thursday September 21st 2006
• Kite & Buzzard Survey
• Our 60th Year
• Social Event – Golf
• Kennet Valley Park – the real threat to a crucial Berkshire ornithological site
• Moor Green Lakes – Proposed Extension of Gravel Workings
• News from the TABCG
• Berkshire Bird Sightings
• Trip to Keyhaven Marshes & New Forest – March 5th 2006
• Weekend Trip to Norfolk – February 2006

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Spring 2006 (no. 33)

• Introduction
• Bosnia & Herzegovena - Raising the profile of birds and ecological issues
• Social Event – Calling all golfers
• Annual Photographic Competition
• Our 60th Year
• Treasurer’s Notes
• Black Redstart Survey 2006 – May 7th
• Kite and Buzzard Survey Update
• Berkshire Bird Records for 2004 – Last Call
• Environmental Stewardship - Helping farmers to help farmland birds
• The British Bird Watching Fair at Rutland Water, 19th August 2006
• ROC Photographic Galleries
• Back Copies of Bird Reports
• Visit to Tring Reservoirs and College Lake - 13th November 2005
• Trip to Beddington Sewage Farm – 4th December 2005
• Berkshire Bird Sightings (or “the birds you probably missed”)

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Winter 2005 (no. 32)

• Introduction
• Changes to Indoor Programme
• Annual Photographic Competition – 22 February 2006
• Midweek Walks Winter/Spring 2006
• Lake District Trip 19th to 21st May 2006 – Alternative option
• Supporting Bird Conservation Work
• Updating the ROC’s Constitution
• New Survey - Red Kites and Buzzards in Berkshire 2006
• News from the TABCG
• Moor Green Lakes Group
• BBOWT Reserves - Bird Surveyors Needed
• Trip Report – Norfolk Weekend February 2005
• Trip Report – Pembrokeshire Visit May 2005
• Trip to Titchwell with the East Berks RSPB
• The Berkshire Kingfisher Survey 2005

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Autumn 2005 (no. 31)

• Introduction
• Message from the Membership Secretary
• Your Bird Records
• Moor Green Lakes
• The Birds of Berkshire Conservation Fund
• Conservation Fund - Call for Proposals: Winter 2005/6
• ROC Trip Reports
• Trip to Pagham Harbour and Selsey Bill – 4th May 2005
• Trip to Grove Ferry and Stodmarsh – May 2005 - “More than just a Hobby”
• Trip to Otmoor – 29th May 2005
• ROC Garden Bird Survey
• ROC Garden Bird Survey Table – Winter 2004-2005 (the 11th winter survey)
• ROC Member Information Request
• ‘ROC Garden Bird Survey’ Survey

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Summer 2005 (no. 30)

• New Indoor Season
• Coach trip to the Birdfair - Saturday August 20th
• Kingfisher Survey Reminder
• Proposed Drawing and Painting Day, 2006
• Photogrpahic Competition
• Upcoming Trips and Outings
• Bird news - April to June
• News from the TABCG
• Car Thefts and Break-ins
• Slide Projector for Sale
• Presentation to Peter Standley

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Spring 2005 (no. 29)

• Important Additions to the ROC Calendar for 2005
• Upcoming Field Trips
• Midweek Walks Report and Reminder
• Skomer Island
• Surveys – Help Needed
• Gift Aid
• News from the TABCG
• Moor Green Lakes Group
• ROC Trip to Barnes WWT - Sunday November 5th 2004
• ROC Trip to the Warburg Reserve - November 2004
• A Quick Look at the Danube Delta – 16/17th May 2004
• Book Review: "A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching"
• Berkshire Bird Sightings
• ROC Garden Bird Survey

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Winter 2004 (no. 28)

• Joint Indoor Meeting with Newbury Club
• Photographic Competition 2005
• Copies of IBIS
• Programme Changes – Field Trips
• Mid-week walks January to May 2005
• Recorder’s Report to the ROC 2004 AGM
• The Story of the Christmas Social
• Addendum to the Christmas Social
• Letter Received from the Friends of Lavell Lake
• Club Bird Surveys
• Fobney Island: News Update, December 2004
• ROC Trip to Titchfield Haven Bird Reserve - August 2004
• News from the TABCG
• Berkshire Bird News

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Autumn 2004 (no. 27)

• Bird Food
• Mid-Week Walks
• Message from the Membership Secretary
• Birds of Berkshire 2003 – Your records please!
• Conservation Fund - Call for proposals: Winter 2004/5
• Berkshire bird sightings - June/July 2004
• ROC Supporters
• News from the TABCG
• ROC Trip to Stodmarsh, 2nd May 2004
• ROC Garden Bird Survey

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Summer 2004 (no. 26)

• Chairman's summer message
• Upcoming ROC events
• Midweek walks
• News from the clubs
• News from the TABCG
• 2004 Berkshire Bird Race
• Fobney Lock and Island - a Reserve in the Making?
• Gull Identification Trip - 25th January Gull-ability or Gullibility?
• Trip to Pennington Marsh and the New Forest - Sunday 8th February
• Weekend Trip to Norfolk - 20th to 22nd February
• Portland Bill and Weymouth-Sunday 18th April 2004
• Berkshire Bird Sightings - April/May 2004

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Spring 2004 (no. 25)

• Can you help please?
• Photographic evening
• Unidentified member
• Moor Green Lakes
• News from the TABCG
• Upcoming ROC events
• Feeding Swallow survey
• Berkshire Bird Index
• Black Redstart survey

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Winter 2003/2004 (no. 24)

• Message from the new Chairman
• Photographic Evening - 3rd March
• Membership Reminder
• The Birds of Berkshire Conservation Fund
• Letter Received
• News from the TABCG
• Christmas Social Evening Raffle
• Upcoming Events
• Report to 2003 AGM by the Recorder
• AGM Highlights
• How can you help the ROC?

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Autumn 2003 (no. 23)

• Annual Photographic Competition - 26th March
• Greetings from North of Watford !
• Local Bird Conservation Issues
• note from our "Sussex Correspondent"
• Seed and Nuts make a return to the ROC!
• News from the TABCG
• British Birds and Annual Reports
• Selsey Bill and Pagham Harbour Trip - April 2003 "Garganey Day"
• Frensham Trip - March 2003 "Birdwatching's rule of three"
• ROC trip to Dungeness - May 2003
• ROC Trip to the Forest of Dean - May 2003
• In Search of the Wallcreeper

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Summer 2003 (no. 22)

• John Hannan Moves North
• Club Insurance
• New Subscription Rates
• Upcoming Excursions
• "The Birds of the British Isles"
• Memberships, Donations and Greetings
• Quiz Evening - February 26th
• News from the TABCG
• A Spring flock of Pomarine Skuas
• Club Trip to Norfolk - February 2003

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Spring 2003 (no. 21)

• Subscriptions - Gift Aid
• Upcoming Events
• The Birds of Berkshire Conservation Fund
• Berkshire County Bird Report
• Black Redstarts in Reading
• News from the TABCG
• An Extraordinary Sheppey Day - December 2002
• Bedgebury Pinetum - 9th February 2003

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Winter 2002/2003 (no. 20)

• Upcoming Events
• The Birds of Berkshire Conservation Fund
• Increased Subscriptions
• Membership Reminder
• Berkshire and Oxfordshire BTO Members and Bird Clubs Conference - "Migrants, Migration and Foreign Invaders"
• ROC Exe Estuary Trip, 7th-8th December, 2002
• News from the TABCG
• Observations of a Sparrowhawk
• BTO Survey News - Breeding Waders of Wet Meadows

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Autumn 2002 (no. 19)

• Midweek Walks
• ROC Gourmet Birdwatching Break to Belgium/Holland with Waxwings Tours
• Golden Oriole in Caversham/Emmer Green
• Ecuador - "Green's green apogee"
• News from the TABCG
• Birdwatching in Bulgaria
• ROC Trip to Pagham Harbour on 7th April 2002
• ROC Weekend in Wales (June 2002)

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Summer 2002 (no. 18)

• Gift Aid Subscriptions
• Mid-Week Walks
• Trip to Langstone Harbour - Sunday 15th September
• TAGCG Boat Appeal
• New Edition of Local Where to Watch Birds
• Move Over Gordon Langsbury!
• Digital Bird Photography - "Digiscoping"
• News from the TABCG
• Trip to Isle of Sheppey - 25th November 2001 "Seaweed and String"
• ROC Long Weekend to North Norfolk (15-17 Feb 2002)

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Spring 2002 (no. 17)

• Resignation of Club Secretary
• Upcoming Walks & Excursions
• Photographic Evening
• Tracking migration on the worldwide web
• Bird Books for Sale (10% of proceeds to ROC)
• Trip - Selsey Bill and Pagham Harbour 16th Sept 2001

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Winter 2001/2002 (no. 16)

• Membership Reminder
• Members Evening - January 16th 2002
• Upcoming Midweek Walks
• Social Evening and Quiz Night
• Birding World and British Birds
• Costa del Theale
• Annual Photographic Competition
• Some Observations on the Mid Week Walk at Rickmansworth
• Ghostly Goings On in the Stour valley
• A "Pot Luck" Trip Ditty!
• Shelducks in Berkshire
• News from the TABCG

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