Ayrshirerecording area

Area covered

South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire (excluding Arran and the Cumbraes).

Local recorder

Fraser Simpson
4 Inchmurrin Drive
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA3 2JD

Assistant recorder

Angus Hogg
11 Kirmichael Road
Crosshill
Maybole
Ayrshire
KA19 7RJ
tel 01655 740317

Record submission

Voous species order, quarterly or by end February of the following year.

Ayshire Bird Report

Editor and Compiler

Fraser Simpson.

First year of publication

1976.

2008 report

The 2008 Ayrshire Bird Report contains a chronological summary of the year, various articles, and a detailed systematic list of sightings and breeding records of birds in the county. The 120-page report is now available, priced £4, from

• RSPB Lochwinnoch Shop, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
• SOC Ayrshire meetings
• RSPB Central Ayrshire meetings
• Bearing Gifts in Newmarket Street, Ayr, and Church Street, Troon
• Tourist Board office in Ayr
• Waterston House, Aberlady
• and by post from Dick Vernon, 29 Knoll Park, Ayr, KA7 4RH (tel 01292 442195). Cheques should be made payable to "Ayrshire Bird Report"; please include an additional 80p to cover postage.

Back issues

Contact Dick Vernon at the address above.

More information

Please visit the Ayrshire Birding website.

Contents of 2008 report

• Breeding Warblers in Culzean Country Park 1978-2008 (Katie Walker & Aidan Maccormick)
• The Water Pipit in Ayrshire (Angus Hogg)
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2008 (Gordon Riddle)
• Sparrowhawk Breeding Details 2008 (Ian Todd)
• Chronological Summary (Angus Hogg)
• Systematic List (compiled by Fraser Simpson)
• Recent Rarities in Ayrshire (Marsh Tit by Iain Hamlin)
• Gazetteer of Sites in Ayrshire (compiled by Fraser Simpson)

Contents of 2007 report

• The Birds of the Hunterston Area: Early Years to 1968
• Ayrshire's Historical Rookeries
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2007
• Sparrowhawk Breeding
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List
• Recent Rarities in Ayrshire
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 2007

Contents of 2006 report

• The Birds of the Hunterston Area 1968-1999
• Skaus at Saltcoats in 2006
• Analysis of Barn Owl pellets in East Ayrshire
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2006
• Sparrowhawk Breeding Details 2006
• Chronological Summary
• Recent Rarities in Ayrshire
• Systematic List
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 2006

Contents of 2005 report

• The Birds of the Hunterston Area
• Birds in Ayr
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2005
• Sparrowhawk Breeding Details 2005
• Chronological Summary
• Recent Rarities in Ayrshire
• Systematic List
• The SBRC List
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 2005

Contents of 2004 report

• The Lesser Whitethroat in Ayrshire
• Wood Nuthatch Nesting in Ayrshire
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2004
• Sparrowhawk Breeding Details 2004
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 2004

Contents of 2003 report

• Lady Isle – Britain's First Seabird Reserve
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2003
• Sparrowhawk Breeding Details 2003
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 2003

Contents of 2002 report

• Park Life: the Birds of an Urban Country Park
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2002
• Sparrowhawk Breeding Details 2002
• Late Season Breeding Ravens
• Mute Swan Survey 2002
• Migrant Arrival Dates
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List

Contents of 2001 report

• The Birds of Turnberry
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2001
• That Redhead's No Lady
• Quarter Century of the Ayrshire Bird Report
• Ringing in Ayrshire
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List

Contents of 2000 report

• Ailsa Craig - Before and After the Eradication of Rats in 1991
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2000
• Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) in Ayrshire
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List

Contents of 1999 report

• The Birds of North Craig Reservoir
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 1999
• The Sparrowhawk in Ayrshire 1999
• Chronological Summary
• Systematic List
• Recent Rarities in Ayrshire
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 1999

Contents of 1998 report

• Marsh Harrier Breeding in Ayrshire
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 1998
• The Sparrowhawk in Ayrshire 1998
• WeBS Counts Ayrshire 1997-1998
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 1998

Contents of 1997 report

• Ayrshire Rookery Survey 1996
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 1997
• The Sparrowhawk in Ayrshire 1997
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 1997

Contents of 1996 report

• The Auld Brig Gull
• WeBS Counts Ayrshire 1995-1996
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 1996
• The Sparrowhawk in Ayrshire 1996
• Ayrshire Butterfly Report 1996

Ayrshire Birds Records Committee

Members

Brian Orr (Secretary), Angus Hogg (Chairman), Gordon MacDonald and Jason McManus

Species that the committee considers

(*=SBRC species)

Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Cory's Shearwater*, Great Shearwater*, Sooty Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Leach's Petrel, Bittern, Little Egret, White Stork, Spoonbill, Bewick's Swan, Bean Goose, White-fronted Goose (albifrons), Teal (carolinensis), Garganey, Red-crested Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Smew, Honey Buzzard, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Montagu's Harrier*, Goshawk, Rough-legged Buzzard*, Golden Eagle, Osprey, Hobby, Ptarmigan, Quail, Spotted Crake, Corncrake, Crane, Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Dotterel, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Pomarine Skua (imms only), Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull (imms only), Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, Ring-billed Gull*, Yellow-legged Gull*, Iceland Gull (kumlieni)*, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Little Auk, Turtle Dove, Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Nightjar, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Wryneck, Shore Lark, Rock Pipit (littoralis), Water Pipit*, Yellow Wagtail (not flavissima), Waxwing, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Willow Tit, Nuthatch, Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike, Great Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Chough, Common Rosefinch, Hawfinch, Lapland Bunting, Little Bunting*

Not all records will require a full written description but, in some cases, detailed field notes may be required.