Clyderecording area

Area covered

Since local government reorganisation on 1 April 1996, the Clyde area can now be redefined as: South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, City of Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire (Clyde/Loch Lomond drainage areas, the Campsie Fells, and Carron Valley Reservoir), Argyll & Bute (former Dunbartonshire part, i.e. Loch Lomond/Clyde drainage including east side of Loch Long to Arrochar (then Loin Water as boundary).

Local recorder

Iain Gibson
8 Kenmure View
Howwood
Johnstone
Renfrewshire
PA9 1DR
tel 01505 705874

Assistant Recorders

Jim and Val Wilson
76 Laigh Road
Newton Mearns
Glasgow
G77 5EQ
tel 0141-639 2516

Record submission

The Assistant Recorders will be happy to receive bird records at any time during the course of the year. The preferred option would be to use the Clyde Bird Recording Database, which can be downloaded from this website.

Clyde Birds (incorporating the Clyde Bird Report)

Available from the Assistant Recorders (see above), branch meetings, Waterston House, Aberlady, and RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve shop: 2004 at £6 + £1.00 p&p (please make cheques payable to SOC Clyde Branch). Other years may be available and an electronic gazetteer is available on request from the Assistant Recorders.

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 18

• Clyde Bird Report 2004: Iain P Gibson, Jim and Val Wilson, with illustrations by Tommy P Daniels
• Clyde Bird Species List 2004
• 2004 Highlights of the Year
• Systematic List 2004
• Clyde Ringing Group Report 2004: Iain Livingstone
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 2004: Bernie Zonfrillo

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 17

• Clyde Bird Report 2003: Iain P Gibson, Jim and Val Wilson, with illustrations by Tommy P Daniels
• Clyde Bird Species List 2003
• Review of the Year: Alan D Wood
• Systematic List 2003
• Hawfinch in Clyde: Christopher J McInerny
• Clyde Ringing Group Report 2003: Iain Livingstone
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 2003: Bernie Zonfrillo

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 16

• Clyde Bird Report No 16: Iain P Gibson, Jim and Val Wilson
• Clyde Bird Species List 2002
• 2002 Highlights: Iain Gibson
• Systematic List 2002
• Mute Swan Census 2002: Jim and Val Wilson
• A Recent History of Gadwall in the Clyde Area: Stuart Gibson
• Clyde white-winged gulls in the winter of 2002: Christopher J McInerny & Stephen C Votier
• Clyde Ringing Group Report 2002: Iain Livingstone
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 2002: Bernie Zonfrillo
• with illustrations by Tommy P Daniels

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 15

• Clyde Bird Report No 15: Iain P Gibson, Jim and Val Wilson
• Clyde Bird Species List 2001
• Review of the Year: James T M Towill
• Systematic List 2001
• A Peregrinator's Progress: John Mitchell
• Clyde Ringing Group Report 2001: Iain Livingstone
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 2001: Bernie Zonfrillo
• with illustrations by Tommy P Daniels

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 14

• Clyde Bird Report No 14: Iain P Gibson, Jim and Val Wilson
• Clyde Bird Species List 2000
• Review of the Year: James T M Towill
• Systematic List 2000
• Fluctuating Numbers of Pochard in the Clyde Area: Stuart Gibson
• A Record Influx of Iceland Gulls in the Clyde Area: Stuart Gibson
• Clyde Ringing Group Report 2000: Iain Livingstone
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 2000: Bernie Zonfrillo
• with illustrations by Tommy P Daniels

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 13

• Clyde Bird Report, 1999
• Clyde Bird Species List 1999
• Review of the Year - Iain Gibson
• Systematic list 1999
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 1999 - Bernie Zonfrillo

Contents of Clyde Birds No. 12

• Clyde Bird Report, 1998 - Iain P Gibson, Jim and Val Wilson
• The Wetland Bird Survey
• Clyde Bird Species List 1998
• Review of the Year - Alan Wood
• Systematic list 1998
• Clyde Ringing Group Report 1998 - Iain Livingstone
• Clyde Islands Bird Report 1998 - Bernie Zonfrillo

Clyde Bird Records Panel

Members

David Clugston (Secretary).

List of species that the committee considers

Black-throated Diver (winter), Black-necked Grebe (winter), Cory’s Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Storm Petrel, Leach’s Petrel, Little Egret, Purple Heron, White Stork, Spoonbill, Green-winged Teal, Ferruginous Duck, Surf Scoter, Honey Buzzard, Red Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Goshawk, Hobby, Crane, Stone Curlew, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Temminck’s Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Pomarine Skua (immature), Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull - yellow-legged, races michahellis / cachinnans, Roseate Tern, Little Owl, Nightjar, Bee-eater, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Short-toed Lark, Woodlark, Richard’s Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Rock Pipit (Scandinavian race), Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail (continental races), Nightingale, Bluethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, Aquatic Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Reed Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Barred Warbler, Pallas’s Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Bearded Tit, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Golden Oriole, Woodchat Shrike, Chough, Serin, Scarlet Rosefinch, Hawfinch, Cirl Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Little Bunting, Corn Bunting.

NB: Species listed in bold type may be referred to SBRC.