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SPONSORED BIRD RACE Paul
Harvey and Brydon Thomason will be carrying out a sponsored bird race this month
to raise money for medicine pumps for the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick. If
you want to sponsor them either get in touch with them directly, or e-mail the
site and we will forward mail to them.
Breeding
Atlas 2007-11
The first season of the breeding Atlas takes place
this summer.
Current coverage of allocated tetrads (as of 24th
April 2008) is shown on the map
to the right (black = both summer and winter, blue = winter only).
Some obvious gaps are beginning to appear, and anyone who can help in
these areas is welcome to get in touch.
To find out how YOU can help, visit the
Bird Atlas website or contact
Dave Okill.
It is hoped that we can get enough data to produce a local
Atlas. Lots more maps, including tetrad distribution for some species which give
an idea of what a local Atlas would look like , can be seen
here.
Please request that all your records are forwarded to the
County Recorder.
Field Gentian survey
A survey of the Field Gentian
Gentianella campestris is to be carried out in 2008. If you see this
species in Shetland please send to 6 figure or 8 figure grid refs to
Paul Harvey at SBRC.
New Shetland Checklist
A pdf of the Shetland Bird List,
and a new checklist showing island lists, are downloadable
here.
New Braer
pages
The pages on the Braer oilspill have been
revamped and moved to a new site
www.braer.net. The pages on this site will be deleted soon, but a
link will remain from this homepage.
SBRC Courses 2008
Spring
migrants and breeding birds (Paul Harvey)
10th-11th May
An
introduction to geology (Allen Fraser) 28th-29th
June
An
introduction to invertebrates (notably Diptera) (Pete Boardman) 11th-12th
August
There is
also a British Bryological (mosses and liverworts) Society field trip
from 12th-19th July inclusive. Anyone with at
least a limited knowledge of bryophytes would be welcome to join us for
one or more days of this meeting (although it is not technically a
training course).
Please
contact
Paul Harvey at SBRC if you would like to reserve a place on any
of these courses.
Charges
for these events are not finalised yet, but the maximum for a member of
the public will be set at £40 as in previous years.
New Officers for
Shetland Bird Club
At the recent AGM the following new
officers were elected. Please use these new contact details
General Secretary:
Helen Moncrieff
(click to e-mail) Scholland, Virkie,
Shetland, ZE3 9JL. Tel: (01950) 460249.
If you are visiting Shetland and can give a talk to the Shetland Bird
Club please get in touch with Helen.
Treasurer & Membership Secretary:
Russ Haywood (click to e-mail) Lamnaberg, Wester Quarff,
Shetland ZE2 9EZ. Tel: (01950) 477419.
Please use these contact detail from now on.
Shetland
Bird Report 2006 The new report is now
available, with a full
colour
systematic list and literally dozens of colour photos. If you saw any of
these birds you need this report. Shetland Bird Club members will be
getting their copies in the post soon. If you want a copy you have two
choices. Contact
Martin Heubeck at Sumburgh
Lighthouse, Virkie, Shetland ZE3 9JN for report sales (the report costs £10 inc. p&p) or
e-mail
Roger Riddington about becoming a member of the Shetland Bird Club
for just £10 (the same price as the report and you get a free copy as part
of your membership).
Nature in Shetland
