Bordersrecording area

Area covered

Scottish Borders - local government area.

Local recorder

Ray Murray
4 Bellfield Crescent
Eddleston
Peebles
EH45 8RQ
tel 01721 730677

Record submission

Date order preferred. May be able to accept databased or spreadsheet records - please contact Recorder. Will accept records at any time of year but prefer quarterly rather than annually.

Borders Bird Report

Editor

Ray Murray.

First year of publication

1980.

Address for purchases

Malcolm Ross, Westfield, Smailholm, Kelso.

2006 report

The 2006 Borders Bird Report (No 24) can be obtained from

• Waterston House, Aberlady
• Viking Optical Centre, 101 Rose Street, Edinburgh
• Malcolm Ross, Westfield, Smailholm, Kelso
• Harestanes Visitors Centre, near Jedburgh

The report costs £8.35 including p&p; please make cheques payable to Borders SOC.

Back numbers

Most are available; contact Malcolm Ross for prices.

Contents of Report No. 21 (2001)

• SOC Bird Records Spreadsheet
• Systematic List of Species 2001
• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 2001 & 2002 - The 9th Borders Ringing Group Report by Tom W. Dougall
• The First Successful Breeding of Red-necked Grebe for Britain by Ray Murray

Contents of 2000 Report

• Systematic List of Species 2000
• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 2000 - The 8th Borders Ringing Group Report by Tom W. Dougall
• Wildlife Crime in the Scottish Borders 2000 by Malcolm Henderson
• The Seabird 2000 Census of Seabirds on the Berwickshire Coast by Ray Murray
• Gala Water Waterways Bird Survey by Mark Holling
• Countryside Survey 2000 Bird Count at Crookston, near Heriot by Mark Holling

Contents of 1999 Report

• Introduction
• Acknowledgements and area map
• 1999 in the Borders
• Unusual Species List, Use of BTO data and Addresses for Correspondence
• List of Contributors and Abbreviations
• Systematic List of Species 1999
• The Ettrick Marshes, the Ettrick Floodplain Restoration Project by Oonagh McGarry
• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 1999 by Tom W. Dougall
• Red-flanked Bluetail at St.Abbs Head 16th-19th October 1999 by David Graham
• Isabelline Shrike at Burnmouth 24th-31st October 1999 by Peter Gordon
• Purple Heron at Meggethead, 28th June 1999 by Trevor Smith
• Pallid Swift at Burnmouth 25th October 1999 by Ray Murray
• Bird Crime in the Scottish Borders 1999 by Malcolm Henderson
• Tweed Goosander and Cormorant Count, January 1999 by Peter R. Gordon
• Water Rails in the Scottish Borders by R.D. Murray

Contents of 1998 Report

• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 1998 - Tom Dougall
• Peeblesshire Rookery Census 1998 - R.D. Murray
• Bird crime in the Scottish Borders 1998 - Malcolm Henderson
• The 1998 Breeding Bird Survey in South-east Scotland - Alex Copland
• A survey of Borders Sand Martins 1998 - R.D. Murray
• Serin at St. Abbs Head, 29th-30th May 1998 - first for the Borders - Chris McGuigan
• Bearded Tit at St. Abbs NNR, 18th October 1998 - first for Borders - Alex Copland and Alan Kerr

Contents of 1996-97 Report

• The breeding success of Mute Swans in the Scottish Borders - Ray Murray
• Bird crime in the Scottish Borders 1996-97 - Malcolm Henderson
• The BTO Breeding Bird Survey in SE Scotland 1996-97 - Alex Copland
• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 1996-97 - Tom Dougall

Contents of 1995 Report

• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 1995 - Tom Dougall
• The first Great White Egret for Borders - Simon Banks
• The BTO Breeding Bird Survey - Ray Murray
• Breeding success of Mute Swan in the Scottish Borders - Ray Murray

Contents of 1994 Report

• Ringing in the Scottish Borders 1994 - Tom Dougall
• The January 1994 Tweed Goosander Census - Peter Gordon
• The SOC-RSPB Breeding Wader Survey - Mark Holling

Borders Local Records Committee

Members

Ray Murray, Peter Gordon and Kevin Rideout.

Species that the committee considers

Leach's Petrel, Bittern, Bean Goose, Snow Goose, Red Kite, White-tailed Eagle, Spotted Crake, Avocet, Temminck's Stint, Grey Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Long-tailed Skua, Roseate Tern, Little Owl, Nightjar, Hoopoe, Shore Lark, Golden Oriole.

Scottish rarities (ie all those on the SBRC List) should also be sent to the Recorder, who will forward them to SBRC.

South-East Scotland Bird Atlas

Lothian and Borders regions have joined forces to run a local Bird Atlas project in parallel with the national 2007-11 Bird Atlas. For more details, including information on how to take part and preliminary species maps, see the South-East Scotland Bird Atlas website at www.the-soc.org.uk/se-atlas.