Moray and Nairnrecording area

Area covered

Moray and Nairn (Nairn being the previous 'district' of Nairn).

Local Recorder

Martin Cook
Rowanbrae
Clochan
Buckie
Banffshire
AB56 5EQ

Record submission

No preferred format - all welcome!

Moray and Nairn Bird Report

Editor

Martin Cook.

Address for correspondence and purchases

As above.

First published

1988.

Cost of back issues

1988-93 £4.00, 1994-96 £4.50, 1997-99 £5.00 (including p&p).

Contents of 1997 Report

• Birds of the Moray moors - Ian Francis, Jim Craib and Graham Rebecca
• Corn Bunting census 1997 - Raymond Shewan
• Cranes in Moray and Nairn - Martin Cook
• Ringing Report - Bob Proctor

Contents of 1999 Report (now called 'Birds in Moray & Nairn in 1999')

• Ring-necked Duck at Dava - new to Moray & Nairn (Dave Pullan)
• Spotted Sandpiper at Loch Spynie - new to Moray & Nairn (Dave Pullan)
• Identification of an unusual cormorant at Loch Spynie and records of sinensis Cormorant in Moray & Nairn (Bob Proctor & Chris Donald)
• Goldcrests at Clochan 1976-1999 (Martin Cook)

Moray and Nairn Rarities Committees

Members

M Cook, P Hirst, J Mackie, R Proctor, D Pullan and A Lawrence.

Species that the committee considers

Black-necked Grebe, Leach's Petrel, Bittern, Little Egret, White Stork, Spoonbill, Bewick's Swan, Bean Goose, Garganey (not adult male), Ruddy Duck (not adult male), Surf Scoter, Honey Buzzard, Hobby, Spotted Crake, Corncrake, Crane, Little Ringed Plover, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Sabine's Gull, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Turtle Dove, Nightjar, Hoopoe, Wryneck, Shore Lark, Water Pipit, Richard's Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Nightingale, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Marsh Warbler, Reed Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Firecrest, Reb-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Great Grey Shrike, Hawfinch, Common Rosefinch, Ortolan Bunting, Lapland Bunting.

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