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. If on disk, Word 6 or Word 97 please.

Ayshire Bird Report

Editor

Fraser Simpson.

Addresses for purchase

Dick Vernon, 29 Knoll Park, Ayr, KA7 4RH.

James Thin Ltd, Ayr.

RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Centre.

First year of publication

1976.

Cost of back issues

£2.50 (1976-1985), £3.50 (1986-1998), p&p £1 extra, recent issues £4.00 plus 50p p&p.

More information

Please visit the Ayrshire Birding website.

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.