MANCHESTER BIRDING COUNTY BIRD REPORT

YOU CAN'T CALL YOURSELF A REAL COUNTY BIRDER UNTIL YOU'VE READ THE GREATER MANCHESTER       COUNTY BIRD REPORT AND NOT YOU'RE MATES COPY EITHER, GO AND BUY YOUR OWN!

The county bird report is an essential reference for all county birders, providing detailed information on what species have occurred, where, when, breeding, ringing reports, a monthly overview, the county rarities annual report, avian conservation news, national survey work results, directory of Greater Manchester birding and many articles of county rarities and notes of special interest. Now with more colour photographs, new bindings for 2005 and improving year upon year, details of how and where to purchase your copy can be found below.

  2000 Annual County Report, 127 pages. Includes accounts on: visible migration at the Wigan Flashes, Autumn 2000 (Mark H.Champion), an apparent Tufted x Pintail hybrid in Greater Manchester (Stephen Dunstan), garden birds (Tony Wilkinson) still available

2001 Annual County Report, 128 pages. Includes accounts on: four velvet scoters at Audenshaw Reservoirs (Roy Travis), adult male Montagu's Harrier, Little Woolden Moss (Tim Melling), Red-footed Falcon, Burnt Edge, Horwich (Ken Haydock), Temminck's Stint at Hope Carr (Andy Isherwood), Arctic Skuas over Orrell Water Park (David Broome), 3rd winter Kumlien's Gull at Heaton Park Resr (Ian McKerchar), Richard's Pipit, Adswood Tip, Stockport (Andrew C.P.Henderson), earliest and latest arrival and departure dates (A.J.Bissit and Judith Smith) still available

2002 Annual County Report, 128 pages. Includes accounts on: Great White Egret in the Mersey Valley (Pete Hines and Ian McKerchar), Canvasback at Pennington Flash (Ian McKerchar), Velvet Scoter at Ochre Flash (Peter Golborn), Whiskered Tern at Pennington Flash (Pete Berry), Coot drowning Magpie, Chorlton WP (Pete Hines), 2002-a county year list odyssey (Ian McKerchar), the WWT national Mute Swan census, 2002 (Judith Smith) still available

2003 Annual County Report, 136 pages. Includes accounts on: Lesser Scaup at Pennington Flash (Tony Disley), Leach's Petrel on Audenshaw Reservoirs (James Wild), Ring Ouzels at Burnt Edge (Anthony Wainwright), Woodlark on stubble fields near Orrell Water Park (Sam Bayley), Yellow-browed Warbler at Ellenbrook (Philip Mansfield), Great Grey Shrike at Low Hall Park and Amberswood (Andy Makin), visible migration on Smithills Moors (Andy Makin), the Lancashire Twite mystery solved (Dave Sowter) sold out

2004 Annual County Bird Report, 136 pages. Includes accounts on: the Bufflehead at Astley Moss Peat Pools (Alan Rowley), Red-necked Phalarope at Pearson's Flash (T.Morton, including additional notes by Ian McKerchar), Watergrove Reservoir and Valley- a site history 1993 to 2005 (Steve Atkins) sold out

2005 Annual County Report, 136 pages. Includes accounts on: Bean Geese at Astley Moss (Andy Isherwood), Common Scoter flock on the Castleshaw Lower Reservoir (Mary Macdonald), Leach's Petrel at Manchester International Airport (Anthony Mossman), Peregrine taking Jay at Watergrove Reservoir (Steve Atkins), 2 Grey Phalaropes at Audenshaw Reservoirs (James Wild), Great Skua at Audenshaw Reservoirs (Vic Chatterton), the Wryneck at Horwich (Mark Scott), Yellow-browed Warbler at Bredbury Green (John Spottiswood), Caspian Gull at Heaton Park and Audenshaw Reservoirs- the full account (Ian McKerchar), recent changes to the British List in a local context (Dave Broome), County Listing 2005 (Brian Fielding) and the Abram Flashes- a site guide (Judith Smith) still available  Please note that Arctic Tern was accidentally omitted from the 2005 report but the page can be downloaded here, remember to click the X in the top right of the dialogue box that should appear in order to close it and open the document.

TO OBTAIN YOUR COPY:

The Annual County Bird Report is available from the following outlets: Hollingworth Lake visitor centre, MARC the printers at Edge Street, Manchester City Centre (10-4.30 weekdays), Daisy Nook visitor centre, Mersey Valley visitor centre at Sale Water Park, Etherow Country Park visitor centre, Stockport Binoculars, In Focus at Martin Mere, plus RSPB meetings at Wigan and Bolton and Manchester OS meetings or alternatively from the County Bird Recorder (see below). Price £5.50 or £6.21 if applying by post.

Contact County Bird Recorder Judith Smith for the purchase of any report 2001 onwards or Margaret McCormick on 0161 941 2728 for prices and postage for the following back issues, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.