Lothian Bird Report

Cover of 2022 Lothian Bird Report
First published:

1979

Editors:

Ian Andrews, Keith Gillon, and David Kelly.

Published by:

SOC Lothian branch

Latest issue:

The latest report, covering 2022, was published in summer 2025. 150 pages are packed with information and colour photos. Details are given for every species recorded in 2022, together with summaries for every species ever seen in Lothian. Read about the Gosford Gull-billed Tern, a follow-up survey of Skuas at Blackness, and the results of the annual Mute Swan census.

Cost:

£15 per copy.

Available from:

The report can be purchased from the SOC HQ at Waterston House, and copies are now available from the Viking Optical Centre, 101 Rose Street, Edinburgh.

We can also post the report, with payment by bank transfer or by cheque payable to SOC Lothian Branch. Remember to include p&p - see below. Please email Stephen Hunter for payment details.

Back issues:

Back issues can be obtained by post from Stephen Hunter. The 2021 issue costs £5 plus p&p. The 2019, 2017, 2015, and 2014 reports have sold out, but we have copies of all other reports back to 2005. These cost £2 each plus p&p.

Postage and packaging:

First class p&p to the UK costs £4.60 for up to two reports, and £6.00 for three.

For postage outside the UK, please email us for details.

Supplementary information:

2020 Report: Blackness Bay and its birds