SOC publications

Scottish Birds

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In summer 2009 the SOC decided to bring together its magazine and journal, along with the independent Birding Scotland, into a single publication under the Scottish Birds cover. Click on the image to download a sample of the new Scottish Birds in PDF format (4MB).

Coordinating Editor: Ian Andrews

Editors: Stan da Prato, Jimmy Maxwell, Ian Francis, Harry Scott, Stuart Rivers

Assisted by: Professor D Jenkins, Dr J B Nelson, Dr I Bainbridge, Dr M Marquiss and R Swann

Scottish Birds, incorporating Scottish Bird News and Birding Scotland, acts a channel of communication for SOC members and to disseminate information relevant to birds in Scotland. It publishes original material relating to ornithology in Scotland, articles, notices, branch and club news, along with up to date information on birds in Scotland. Its different sections have been developed to meet the wide needs of the birdwatching community. Scottish Birds is published four times a year, in March, June, September and December.

Contributions

Material for publication should be sent to The Coordinating Editor, Scottish Birds, at Waterston House. We prefer contributions by email or on disc, but will accept typed or hand-written material. We're preparing new advice for contributors, and this will be available here soon.

Scottish Birds indexes

Indexes and contents pages for the old-style Scottish Birds (and its predecessor Scottish Naturalist) are available online.

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The Birds of Scotland

Published by the SOC in late 2007, The Birds of Scotland is the third in a line of Scottish avifaunas, following in the footsteps of the Misses Baxter and Rintoul's 1953 The Birds of Scotland and Valerie Thom's 1986 Birds in Scotland. In two full-colour A4 hardback volumes, containing some 1,600 pages, this encyclopaedia of Scottish birds was written by 150 experts and edited by a team of nine editors.

See the Birds of Scotland website at www.birdsofscotland.org.uk.

Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme Report

The Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme Report is an annual publication of the SOC, produced on behalf of the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Group (SRMG), of which SOC is a partner. The report replaces the annual Raptor Round-up produced up to 2002. It provides a summary of the work of the SRMG and includes status summaries for each of the 14 species of birds of prey, four species of owls and the Common Raven. Details are given of the population monitoring and productivity of Scotland's raptors. The report is compiled and edited by Brian Etheridge (Scottish Raptor Monitoring Officer), Mark Holling, Des Thompson and Helen Riley. Copies are available from Waterston House at £5 for the 2004 report and £2 for the 2003 report.

The Report is supported by grant aid from Scottish Natural Heritage.

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Records of species and subspecies recorded in Scotland on up to 20 occasions

Authors: Ian Andrews and Keith Naylor (on behalf of SBRC)

Published in December 2002, this special 56-page issue of Scottish Birds contains a definitive list of records of species and subspecies recorded in Scotland on up to 20 occasions. Each record is listed with details of site, date, observers and references. Copies are available from SOC HQ price £5 (plus £1 p&p).

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Birds of St Kilda

Author: Stuart Murray

Published in June 2002, this special 64-page supplement to Scottish Birds is a summary of the birds of this fascinating group of Scottish islands. The book includes sections on the development of ornithology on St Kilda, conclusions and the future together with a comprehensive systematic list of all the species ever recorded there. Copies are available from SOC HQ price £5 (plus £1 p&p). Published by the SOC with financial support from Scottish Natural Heritage.

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Scottish Bird News

Editors: Jimmy Maxwell and Ian Francis

The quarterly magazine of the SOC until March 2009, Scottish Bird News is now provided under the cover of Scottish Birds.

Back issues of SBN are now available online. Click on a link below to download a copy in PDF format. Note that the files are up to 1.5MB in size. To save space, low resolution images have been used.

The views expressed in articles in SBN are not necessarily the policy of the SOC.

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Scottish Bird Report

Editor: Ray Murray

The Scottish Bird Report (SBR) is an annual summary of our knowledge of the birds in Scotland for a particular year.

While detailed records from individual areas are published in local bird reports, the SBR is a review covering all 22 recording areas in the country. It draws together the diverse records presented in local reports and attempts to summarise numbers, arrival and departure dates, breeding numbers and success, well as records of rarities and sub-rarities across Scotland. Occasional summaries of species status appear in the SBR, usually where something significant has occurred in the year in question. These usually review the past status of the species and place the occurrences in context.

Copies of SBR are available from SOC HQ. The most recent (2001) edition costs £7 (plus £2 p&p), and the 2000 edition costs £5 (plus £2 p&p).