List of county and regional recorders in Britain and Ireland The main aims of this list of bird recorders and editors are to ensure that observers on holiday away from their home areas send records to the right people, to encourage co-operation at the inter-county and intra-county levels, and to provide a source of reference for those collating records on a national basis. Several counties are divided into areas for recording purposes, but to save space, and because we believe it is less confusing, the list generally includes one name only against each county or region. For the same reasons we have largely discontinued our previous practice of mentioning observatory and other local reports which overlap with the county or regional ones, though some of these contain much important information. Titles of publications are added only when they do not include the name of the county or counties concerned. We shall be glad to know of any errors, omissions or changes of address.

ENGLAND All counties or regions, except Cumberland and Westmorland, are now publishing or intending to publish annual reports: Bedfordshire P. F. Bonham, 32 Heronscroft, Bedford Berkshire P. E. Standley, Siskins, 7 Llanvair Drive, South Ascot, Berkshire Buckinghamshire R. E. Youngman, 53 Seymour Park Road, Marlow, Buckingham­ SL7 3ER Cambridgeshire G. M. S. Easy, 11 Landbeach Road, Milton, Cambridgeshire Cheshire Dr R. J. Raines, 34 Beryl Road, Noctorum, Birkenhead, Cheshire Cornwall Reverend J. E. Beckerlegge, St Crowan Vicarage, Praze, Camborne, Cornwall Cumberland R. Stokoe, 4 Fern Bank, Cockermouth, Cumberland Derbyshire David Amedro, 212 Derby Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire Devon F. R. Smith, 117 Hill Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EXI JPP Dorset F. R. Clafton, Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre, The Old Lower Light, Portland Bill, Dorset Durham R. T. McAndrew, 103 Granville Avenue, Hartlepool, Co. Durham TS26 8NA Essex Richard Hull, 23 Meadgate Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex Gloucestershire C. M. Swaine, Mill House, Rendcomb, Cirencester, Gloucestershire Hampshire J. H. Taverner, 13 Stackers Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire Herefordshire A. J. Smith, The Orchard, Moreton-on-Lugg, Hereford Hertfordshire P. Waterton, 5 Elmoor Avenue, Welwyn, Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire E. T. Lees, 14 Eaton Close, Hartford, Huntingdon Isle of Wight J. Stafford, Westering, Moor Lane, Brighstone, Isle of Wight Isles of Stilly Miss H. M. Quick, Priglis Cottage, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly Kent R. E. Scott, Dungeness Bird Observatory, Romaey Marsh, Kent Lancashire K. G. Spencer, 3 Landseer Close, off Carr Road, Burnley, Lancashire Leicestershire K. Allsopp, 81 Uplands Road, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4NT Lincolnshire K. Atkin, 34 Bassingham Crescent, Ermine Estate, Lincoln

269 270 County and regional recorders 'London P. J. Grant, 16 Windermere Court, Eastrees Park, Ashford, Kent Monmouthshire see Norfolk M. J. Seago, 33 Acacia Road, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk NOR 71T Northamptonshire C. J. Coe, 3 The Orchard, Flore, Northampton NN7 4LH Northumberland B. , 115 Southway, South Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne NEIJ 7RD {Birds in Northumbria) Nottinghamshire A. Dobbs, Cloverleigh, Old Main Road, Bulcote, Nottingham NG14 5GU Oxfordshire J. W. Brucker, 65 Yarnton Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire Rutland as Leicestershire Shropshire C. E. Wright, Lame, Park Avenue, Whitchurch, Shropshire Somerset Miss E. M. Palmer, Highfield, Sandford Hill, Bridgwater, Somerset Staffordshire B. R. Dean, 2 Charington Road, Solihull, Warwickshire (West Midland Bird Report) Suffolk W. H. Payn, Hartest Place, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Surrey Mrs. J. D. Parr, 40 Leatherhead Road, Ashtead, Surrey Sussex M. Shrubb, Fairfields, Sidlesham, Chichester, Sussex Warwickshire as Staffordshire Westmorland as Cumberland Wiltshire G. L. Webber, 66 Southbrook Extension, Swindon, Wiltshire Worcestershire as Staffordshire Yorkshire J. R. Mather, 44 Aspin Lane, Knaresborough, Yorkshire The London Bird Report also includes Middlesex and those parts of Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey within 20 miles of St Paul's Cathedral. A number of other reports overlap with adjacent ones to a greater or lesser extent and cover parts of one or more counties: among the most important is the North-Western Bird Report, published by the Merseyside Naturalists' Association (Eric Hardy, 47 Woodsorrel Road, Liverpool 15), which ranges widely over north-west England and north Wales. There is now generally a good exchange of information between overlapping reports and between local and county publications, but in a few instances co-operation is still only partial or even lacking and we again urge those concerned to resolve such situations which greatly add to the work of any national collator and confuse the casual visitor.

ISLE OF MAN Records are collected by the Manx Museum and National Trust, and edited by E. D. Kerruish, 3 High View Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, for publication in The Peregrine, which is produced by the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society.

WALES The annual 'Welsh Bird Report', compiled by P. E. Davis and P. Hope Jones, is published in the twice-yearly journal Nature in Wales. Reprints are obtainable from Mr Davis (Ty Coed, , Cardiganshire) or Mr Hope Jones (Bedwen, Bro Enddwyn, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merioneth). This presents a summary of records in Wales as a whole, County and regional recorders 271 but county or regional reports are also published and recording is on a county basis: Anglesey A. J. Mercer, Llywenan, Merddyn Gwyn, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey {Annual Report of Cambrian Ornithological Society) Breconshire M. V. Preece, Stepaside, Llangynidr, Crickhowell; Breconshire Caernarvonshire as Anglesey Cardiganshire P. E. Davis, Ty Coed, Tregaron, Cardiganshire D. H. V. Roberts, 3 8 Heol Hathren, Cwmann, , Cardigan­ shire Denbighshire as Anglesey Flintshire R. R. Birch, 12 Rake Way, Saughall, Chester Glamorgan Mrs A. Heathcote, 140 Ty Glas Road, Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan Merioneth as Anglesey Monmouthshire W. G. Lewis, 11 Ruth Road, New Inn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire R. R. Lovegrove, The Walk Mill, Mochdre, Newtown, Montgomery­ shire Pembrokeshire J. W. Donovan, The Burren, Dingle Lane, Crundale, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Radnorshire as ENGLAND, Herefordshire Bird records for Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire are published together as a report of the West Wales Naturalists' Trust. The territory covered by the North-Western Bird Report (see ENGLAND) extends into north Wales.

SCOTLAND The annual 'Scottish Bird Report', compiled by R. H. Dennis, is published in the quarterly journal Scottish Birds, the editor of which is T. Delaney, 31 Starbank Road, Edinburgh EH 5 3 BY, but requests for the report should be sent to Major A. D. Peirse-Duncombe, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 21 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 JBT. This presents a summary of records in the whole of , but recording is on a regional basis, partly by counties and partly by the 'faunal areas' shown on the map at the end of volume 2 of E. V. Baxter and L. J. Rintoul's The Birds of Scotland (195 3). Note that Skye and the Hebrides are treated separately from the counties in which they lie. With the county system modified in this manner, alphabetical listing is un­ satisfactory and the area recorders are therefore taken from north to south: {except Fair Isle) R. J. Tulloch, Reafirth, Mid Yell, Shetland Fair Isle R. Broad, Bird Observatory, Fair Isle, Shetland E. Balfour, Isbister House, Rendall, Orkney {except StKilda) W. A. J. Cunningham, 10 Barony Square, Stornoway, St Kilda Dr I. D. Pennie, Varkasaig, Scourie, Mrs P. Collett, Sandyquoy, East Gills, Scrabster, Caithness Sutherland, Ross-shire {except ) D. Macdonald, Elmbank, Dornoch, Suther­ land Inverness-shire {within 18 miles of Inverness), Ross-shire {Black Isle only) Dr Maeve Rusk, 51 Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness 272 County and regional recorders Inverness-shire (mainland more than 18 miles from Inverness) R. H. Dennis, The Old Manse, Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Inverness-shire Nairnshire, Morayshire, J. Edelsten, 14 South High Street, Portsoy, Banff­ shire AB4 2NT , north N. Picozzi, Nature Conservancy, Blackhall, , Kincardineshire AB3 3PS; and W. Murray, Culterty Field Station, Newburgh, AB4 OAA South Kincardineshire, Angus G. M. Crighton, 23 Church Street, Brechin, Angus , Inner Hebrides, Skye M. J. P. Gregory, 4 High Bank Park, Lochgilphead, Argyll Miss V. M. Thom, 19 Braeside Gardens, Perth Kinross-shire Miss Bridget H. Moore, Loch Leven Nature Centre, Vane Farm, Kinross Isle of May Miss N. J. Gordon, Nature Conservancy, 12 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 2AS , , east D. W. Oliver, East Cottage, Balass, Cupar, Fife West Professor T. C. Smout, 19 South Gillsland Road, Edinburgh EHIO 5DE , Forth islands (except May) R. W. J. Smith, 33 Hunter Terrace, Loanhead, Midlothian , K. S. Macgregor, 16 Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh EHIO 4NY , , A. J. Smith, Glenview, Selkirk , west Stirlingshire, , , , Arran, Bute R. W. Forrester, 29 Crandleyhill Road, Prestwick, Ayrshire D. Skilling, 86 Auchenkeld Avenue, Heathhall, Dumfries; and R. T. Smith, Applegarthtown, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire , A. D. Watson, Barone, Dairy, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire In addition to the 'Scottish Bird Report', there are annual reports covering Shetland (except Fair Isle), Fair Isle, Angus and south Kincardineshire, and the north Solway coast.

IRELAND The annual 'Irish Bird Report', edited by Major R. F. Ruttledge and obtainable from S. Cromein, 13 Fingal Place, Prussia Street, Dublin 7, covers the whole of Ireland. Excluding the observatories, there are regional recorders for the following areas: Northern Ireland T. Ennis, 9 Ardmore Avenue, Croft Road, Holywood, Co. Down Cork K. Preston, The Rennies, Boreenmanna Road, Cork Dublin and Wicklow C. D. Hutchinson, 74 Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 Kerry F. King, The Orchards, Blennerville, Tralee, Co. Kerry Wexford O. J. Merne, North Slob Wildfowl Refuge, Wexford Records should be sent to the regional recorder, or to the Honorary Secretary of the Irish Records Panel, K. Preston. The Armagh Field Naturalists' Society has also asked us to state that it includes bird records in its annual report: Armagh L. Nesbitt, 11 Bellevue Terrace, Richhill, Co. Armagh