NEWS Russell Slack - 1967-2013

We were saddened to hear of came to Uni' in the mid- on you - of course statistics were the untimely death of Russell Eighties. Being a couple of years very much Russ's bag. Slack at the end of February, older than me and my then after a battle with cancer. Our birding mate we looked up to My first Spurn visit was courtesy thoughts are with his family and him and were inspired by his of a field trip organised by Russ friends. enthusiasm, student tales of and I saw my first Subalpine charming members of the Warbler and Brent Goose! The news came just as this opposite sex (that failed to Bulletin was coming to inspire me to progress my I've used the word inspiring a completion, and therefore we education) and his seemingly couple of times already but to are inviting the many members ever present smell of Patchouli me as a 16 year old birder Russ who knew Russell to contribute Oil and long curly locks. was like a big brother during memories for a full tribute to be those distant Thrybergh days published in the May issue. During this time Russ and I and truly did inspire me to get Please see the bottom of this would regularly bump into each out birding. page for contact details and other at Thrybergh Country Park deadlines for submissions. usually seeing very little, in fact Russ you were a bloody good the highlight of a few years visits bloke and you will be much Below is a tribute from Mark was a summer-plumage Spotted missed. R.I.P mate - though the Reeder, taken from his blog Redshank that circled the memories will live on. shortly after news of Russell’s reservoir then left. It was only a death. - PM few months ago that we were A tribute can also be found on laughing about that and how the Birdguides website at The news this evening was that crap Thrybergh was (and it still www.birdguides.com/webzine/ birding stalwart is). On another Thrybergh visit I article.asp?a=3673 Russell Slack had passed away was sat next to Russ when he after losing his battle with was s**t upon by a Swift which cancer. gave us much hilarity and a short discussion on I have some happy memories of the likelihood of an apus s***ting birding with Russ, when he first

Derek Yalden - 1940-2013

Sadly we have another death to Derek was President of the Common Sandpiper, Golden report from February. Derek Mammal Society since 1997, Plover and Mountain Hare. Yalden spoke to the group as and an honorary reader of recently as October 2012, on zoology at the University of The SBSG’s thoughts are with the subject of Common Manchester. The author of over his family. A full obituary can be Sandpipers, and we were 200 scientific papers, his found at the Independent therefore shocked to hear of his research included work on the website, at http://tinyurl.com/ death on 5th Feb, while he was ecology of , yalden holidaying in the Forest of covering species such as Dean. Deadline for next Bulletin The next Bulletin will be issued at the May indoor meeting. Please note that any items for inclusion must be received by Pete Mella at [email protected] (for preference), or 21 Lump Lane, , Sheffield, S35 8PL, not later than the 30th April. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Indoor Meetings OTHER DATES TO NOTE David Wood - Peru: Costa, Sierra and Selva. Fri 15th Mar - Sorby Natural Weds Apr 10th 2013, Sheffield University Arts Tower Lecture Theatre 5, 7.15pm History Society. Launch party for ‘Mammals of Derbyshire’ David has been a member of the SBSG book. 7.15pm, Medway Centre, committee for 15 years and Chair of the Group for the last five, having played a Bakewell. leading role in the Breeding Atlas now nearing completion. Work and family have taken him Tue 19th Mar - SK58 Birders to Peru on numerous occasions, giving him Organisers Meeting. 19.30, the opportunity to get to know many areas of Loyal Trooper, South Anston. this bird-rich country. This talk will cover birds across a range of Fri 22nd Mar - DOS Indoor habitats from the country’s three main Meeting. AGM, plus Anita and geographical areas (Pacific coast, Andean Barrie Staley on “Butterfly mountains and Amazon jungle), passing Adventures”. Evergreen Club, through some of the major tourist destinations on the way. Allestree. 7.30pm. Sat 23rd Mar - Natural History Book Sale. St Augustine’s Neil Porter & Rod Hinchliffe - The Galapagos Church, Brocco Bank, Sheffield. Weds May 15th 2013, Sheffield University Arts Tower Lecture Theatre 5, 7.15pm Wed 27th Mar - SK58 Birders Neil and Rod are SBSG Committee members, and in this lecture the Indoor Meeting. Endemics of well-travelled pair will be leading us through their experiences on the Puerto Rico with Paul Hobson. iconic archipelago of Galapagos, the fabled crucible of evolution that 7.30pm, Anston Parish Hall. sparked Darwin’s imagination and led to his theory of Natural Selection. This promises to be a great talk on one of the most Thu 4th Apr - RSPB Sheffield important wildlife areas in the world. Group Indoor Meeting. Danny Green will be talking on ‘East Midlands through the Seasons’. 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Sheffield.

Thu 2nd May - RSPB Sheffield Group Indoor Meeting. Jim Almond - “Out and About: A Field Meetings Special Year”. 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Orgreave Lakes - Waders & Wagtails Sheffield. April, details TBC Have a bird-themed event to Padley Gorge - Migrants advertise here? Email May, details TBC [email protected] Two very different field trips to two very different habitats. The first, at the with details. Orgreave Lakes wetlands site, hopes to pick up spring passage and breeding waders, and migrants which should include Yellow Wagtail and various warblers. At Padley Gorge, an early start should find the wealth of scarcer migrants that breed there, including Pied Flycatcher, Wood Warbler and Redstart, as well as a chance to pick up the songs of commoner woodland species, and moorland fringe species on the edges of the wood.

See the SBSG website and Twitter feed for more details as we get closer to these trips. NEWS Peregrine webcam online News in brief

SBSG 2012 List now available Richard Hill has updated the official SBSG list for the Breeding Atlas, complete with status breeding and residence status. The list is available as a PDF on the group’s website. New members

We welcome Jayne Tulip, Sarah Armour, Michael & Tina The University of Sheffield have said: "The success has been a Warwick, Farrell & Julie Kent, installed a webcam to keep an University-wide effort. I worked Mike & Lorna Taylor, John eye on the Peregrines nesting closely with Professor David Dibbs, Michael Hullet, Jack on St George’s Church on Wood, Jim Lonsdale and other Ellis, Cameron White, Scott Broad Lane. colleagues in the University's Linacre, Jack Chapman, Ellie Department of Estates and Wood, Adam Gosztonyi and The birds eventually bred on the Facilities Management to Mandy Chee. We also welcome Church’s tower for the first time ensure a suitable nest box was back Phil Ridsdale and in 2012, after a nestbox was constructed and appropriately Jonathan Barnaby. Good installed by the University, who located. I am delighted that all birding to you all! own the Church, in 2010. The our hard work has been Peregrines can now be seen on rewarded." Cover photo a live feed, via a camera installed by the University’s The webcam is found at http// This month’s cover photo is by Estates team during the winter. efm.dept.shef.ac.uk/peregrine. David Wood. It is hoped the Peregrines will As well as keeping an eye on repeat their breeding success, the live feed, there is a Twitter and viewers will get stunning account dedicated to the Contacts views of this year’s chicks. The Peregrines’ progress adults have already been giving ( www.twitter.com/ Bulletin stunning views when they do peregrines2013) and the Pete Mella turn up on the nestbox, and SBSG’s Sheffield Peregrines 21 Lump Lane activity should become more Blog (http:// Grenoside frequent as the breeding season sheffieldperegrines.wordpress.c Sheffield approaches. om). S35 8PL [email protected] As well as providing these If anyone sees any interesting views, the camera provides behaviour on the webcam then Secretary security for the birds to ensure please get in touch! Richard Hill the nest is not tampered with. 22 Ansell ROad Sheffield The University’s Energy S11 7PE Manager Phil Riley, who [email protected] masterminded the webcam, with consultation with the SBSG, LECTURE REPORT

Martin Garner & Tormud Amundsen Pushing The Boundaries: Birds & People

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The February lecture was given by Clive short sea-crossings. He indicated, through McKay, making a return visit to the Group his slides, the Vis-mig is very popular on the Continent, on what turned out to be a day of tendency to under-estimate the numbers of and is almost entirely a male preserve. The miserable weather. Some 25-30 members birds in flocks, especially large flocks. He Trektellen turned out despite snow and ice and were suggested migrating wildfowl are best vismig website has a huge amount of data rewarded with an excellent lecture which counted against patches of clear sky, and available from many sites. Some of the reflected Clive’s enthusiasm for his pointed out that flocks are typically tight- movements recorded are spectacular, with subject. knit as migration begins but break up over 420,000+ Woodpigeon counted on long journeys. Within the UK the biggest November 7 th 2010, whilst an observer in Clearly someone who keeps detailed movements are typically of Swallow, pipits, The Pyrenees had a count of one million of records and reflects deeply on his birding Skylark, Starling, Woodpigeon, wagtails this species on one occasion. This experiences, Clive returned several times and winter thrushes, together with Mistle considerable emphasis on migration to his ‘Mickleden moment’ on September Thrush and Song Thrush. studies at the continental level, together 29 th 1980, when, on a misty morning, with ringing data, has brought new large numbers of birds were heard rather Clive reiterated some of the vis-mig information, such as the fact that Greater than seen as they moved south down principles, in particular the funnelling effect Noctule Bats sometimes prey on night- Mickleden Beck. A total of 1285 birds were at barriers to migrating birds. recorded that day, including 796 Meadow migration. Sheffield has several excellent Pipit, 81 Linnet, 100 Chaffinch, 47 Siskin, sites, such as Redmires, Strines and Clive concluded by pointing out that diurnal 42 Redpoll, and remarkably, 34 Blue Tit, Mickleden, where valleys lead up to the migrants are typically flock-forming, rely on moving over the moors. moorland edge, and there are a number of safety in numbers, and fly up and away similar sites around the UK. Spurn is an from predators. In order to do this they Clive saw that day as the start of his vis- excellent site, especially so when the wind must stay light, whereas nocturnal mig journey, a journey intimately bound up is from the south-west, or birds are migrants can lay down a lot of fat and with development of identification skills. He heading south- south-east. The best make long flights, as the predation risk is went on to describe other vis-mig weather conditions are associated with much less and they can stay in cover experiences, such as those involving cold fronts and rising barometric pressure; during daylight hours. migrating sea birds on Islay and raptors at birds tend not to move in high pressure systems. Rod Hinchliffe Kevin Gould - 40 Years of The SBSG

The December meeting was a fitting end The 1980s saw probably the most coloured Starling, Cattle Egret and Cetti’s to the Group’s 40th Anniversary year. surprising bird in the area ever - Warbler. The decade also so the first ever Kevin Gould was the group’s recorder Marmora’s Warbler, a mega rarity at Little Egret of the area - a species that, between 1987 and 2012, and active in the Midhope that required an hour’s trek, and although by no means common, we take group before and since, and so a perfect that lured one Barnsley birder onto the somewhat for granted as a regular visitor. choice to chronicle the group’s history, and moors on crutches! Other star birds of the the ornithological highlights of four decade included Baird’s Sandpiper, Parrot The 2010s have already seen some decades. and Two-barred Crossbill, Richard’s Pipit, highlights that have included Great White Least Sandier, Caspian Tern and Black- Egret, Red-rumped Swallow, Pallid Harrier Moving through the group’s history year by throated Thrush. Aside from rarities, the and Little Bunting, and who knows what year, we heard tales of the characters that 80s saw the release of the first SBSG else the decade will bring. have populated Sheffield’s birding scene, breeding atlas, an important milestone in and of course the birds that have been the area’s ornithological literature. Kevin’s talk not only gave a wonderful trip recorded in that time. down memory lane for the group’s The 1990s starred such highlights as stalwarts members, but gave a fascinating The 1970s saw the start of the group, and Alpine Swift, American Golden Plover, insight into the area’s birdlife, and the some great birds including Ferruginous Little Auk, Sabines Gull, Two-barred ornithologists who have worked to supply Duck, Gannets, Spoonbills, Velvet Scoter, Crossbill and many more, with 1996 thousands of records to give us the Red-footed Falcon, Night Heron and - singled out as the best year ever, with knowledge we have of Sheffield’s perhaps best of all - Dark-eyed Junco. As Kevin managing a SBSG area yearlist of avifauna. As well as looking to the past, well as the rarities, however, it was 196, highlights including Pine Bunting, the talk showed how, for such a fascinating to hear of some of the big Arctic Redpoll, Red-rumped Swallow, landlocked city, we have had a remarkable changes in bird populations. Twite, Tree Wryneck, Blue-winged Teal and Hoopoe. amount of species and unlikely vagrants, Sparrow and Black Grouse were present and I for one was spurred to keep in numbers that we can only now dream The 2000s saw Spotted and Broad-billed watching to see what turns up next! of, and species we not take for granted - Sandpiper, Bonaparte’s Gull, White-tailed including Peregrine, Buzzard and Eagle, Dartford Warbler, Common Pete Mella Cormorant - were very scarce indeed. Rosefinch, American Wigeon, Rose- SBSG Membership Issues

The year 2012 saw interesting it to something you’ll remember. member has no email access in changes for SBSG members. At the moment the only way I which case I will send them a Some of them came about can deal with a lost password hard copy of the Certificate because of a desire to keep is to take you off the system abreast of modern practices, and then re-enter you. This Some will miss the tactile others through the constant then generates an automated pleasure of the old membership need to be vigilant over rising email with a new password. If card, but most comments I’ve costs – particularly in printing that email isn’t in your inbox received so far have been and postage. within a few minutes of my supportive. telling you I’ve activated it, have In summer 2102 we saw the a look in your Junk Box as your And now for answers to those website upgraded and access spam filter may have diverted it! questions you never really to certain areas restricted to wanted to ask members. The enhancements A welcome innovation was to were welcomed by those offer free membership to those a. At 31 January, the current members who chose to who have not yet reached their over-21 membership entities comment, but surprisingly at 31 22nd birthday. In 2012 we (both individuals and joint) January there were still more enrolled 19 such members, and stood at 189, the highest for than a third who had never by the end of January 2013 four many years. With 21s and attempted members’ access. more had applied. Under, this made total Perhaps the recent further membership entities of 212. change to limit guests to the Many members used to find the first page of sightings will have posting of a paper renewal b. Actual member numbers an effect. application and the sending of a were 261, of whom 184(70%) s.a.e for the membership card a are male and 77(30%) female. Some members have had little tiresome. It has now been difficulties in logging-in. It’s replaced with c. About 58% of members live worth reading Simon’s advice in the south and west of the city signposted on the Home page 1. A totally paperless (our U21 students before you attempt your first transaction using interbank boosting that quite a bit), 14% log-in. The main thing to transfers of money on line, or in the north and 17% outside remember is: when you’ve the city entered your password it 2. The continuing submission of seems as though you’re being a cheque, but without the s.a.e d. You are 10% more likely to asked to do so again. You have already paid your 2013 aren’t! You’re just being invited 3. In both cases the sending by sub if your surname is in the to change it if you wish. If you me of a Membership Certificate first half of the alphabet! don’t wish, click Cancel. A by email, unless the personal plea. Please keep Martin Hodgson your password safe, or change RECENT SIGHTINGS 1st Jan - 28th Feb 2013

These records are largely unchecked. Records in bold require supporting details.

Bittern - Present at Pit-house West from Rough-legged Buzzard - One was over reported from Silverwood Lagoon, the star of the year up at least 19th Feb. Spout House Hill on 17th Feb. Waverley Opencast and Orgreave Lakes. Two birds were present on 8th Feb, with a possible third bird seen. Water Rail - Up to two at Pit-house West, Snipe - Largest counts were 57 at Thrybergh Tip, Bolehill Flash, Poolsbrook Woodhouse Washlands on 14th Jan, 54 at Little Egret - One was present at Marsh and Woodhouse Washlands Orgreave Lakes on 21st, and 13 at Outo Kiveton from 27th Jan - 7th Feb. throughout the period. Higher counts were Kumpo Steelworks on 8th Feb. fours at Bolehill Flash on 13th Jan, and Whooper Swan - Various sightings, Poolsbrook Marsh on 9th Feb. Green Sandpiper - Singles at Bolehill including something of an influx towards Flash on 20th Jan, Silverwood Lagoon on the end of Feb. 12 were at Howden Res on Oystercatcher - Sightings from Orgreave 28th, and Blackburn Meadows on 2nd Feb. 15th, 14 were at Broomhead Res and Lakes, Thrybergh CP and Res, Rawmarsh on 17th, 54 flew W/NW at with the highest count being four at Pomarine Skua - A pale phase adult Orgreave Lakes on 17th, 13 flew NW at Orgreave Lakes on 19th Feb. caused great surprise in both gulls and Pit-house West on 19th, and 17 were at observers by darting through the Thrybergh CP on 19th. Ringed Plover - Most records were from Broomhead gull roost on 2nd February. Orgreave Lakes, peaking at eight on 21st Pink-footed Goose - Larger skeins Feb. One was at Silverwood Lagoon on Mediterranean Gull - Single adults included 940 W/NW at Wentworth Lakes 26th Feb. reported at Poolsbrook CP on 20th and on 3rd Jan, 250 NW at Upperthorpe on 4th, 26th Jan, and 3rd and 8th Feb. 630 NE at Canklow on 6th, 300 NW at Golden Plover - Highest counts were 19 Fulwood on 6th, 1,220 over SE at Wentworth Lakes on 3rd Jan, 216 at Black-headed Gull - Peak counts of 2,500 on 6th, and 370 over on 6th. Thrybergh CP on 11th, 45 at Rawmarsh on at Broomhead Res on 3rd Jan, 2,000 at In February 300 were W at Orgreave 9th Feb, 70 at Wentworth on 14th, 70 at Orgreave Lakes on 26th, and 1,701 at Lakes on 9th, 290 NW at Ulley on 19th, Thrybergh on 18th, 150 at Freebirch on Langsett Res on 22nd Feb. and 175 NW at Stubley Hollow on 28th. 19th, and 350 at Peat Pits on 27th. Common Gull - Peak counts of 100 at Red-crested Pochard - A female was at Dunlin - Singles at Rother Valley on 17th Broomhead Res on 20th Jan, and 160 at Orgreave Lakes on 4th and 6th Jan. A pair Jan, and Thrybergh CP on 18th. Up to four Langsett Res on 22nd Feb. were present at the same site on 19th Feb. were at Orgreave Lakes between 19th and 21st. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Higher Red Kite - Singles over Damflask Res on counts included 31 at Orgreave Lakes on 20th Jan, Harley on 14th Feb and Pit- Jack Snipe - The highest counts were 12 13th Jan, and 24 at Middleton Moor on house West on 19th. at Woodhouse Washlands on 8th and 14th 17th Feb. Jan. Elsewhere there were singles

This Oystercatcher was at Thrybergh CP on 21st February (photo M.A. Smethurst) Yard on 23rd. In February, 150 were at Crossbill - One was at Hall Wood, High Herring Gull - 1,400 were at Broomhead Rawmarsh on 11th, 100 at Gillfield Wood Green on 1st Jan, with eight at Morehall Res on 3rd Jan. Elsewhere 200 were at on 17th, and 130 at Ewden Height on Res on 20th. Four were at Linacre Res on on 22nd. 22nd. 2nd Feb and three at Broomhead again on 16th. Caspian Gull - A good run of records, Redwing - Few large counts, with 47 at incuding birds at Neepsend, Stubley Hollow on 11th Jan, 35 at Corn Bunting - Four on overhead wires at Broomhead Res, , Shirecliffe Wharncliffe Chase on 2nd Feb, 50 at Pebley on 10th Feb. Tip, Orgreave Lakes, and Poolsbrook Whiston Meadows on 3rd, 40 at Pit-house Bittern - Present at Pit-house West from CP, up to 3rd Feb. The highest count West on 8th, 50 at Endcliffe Park on 10th, the star of the year up at least 19th Feb. was three at Broomhead Res on 3rd 110 at Stubley Hollow on 21st, and 97 at Two birds were present on 8th Feb, with Jan. Canklow Woods on 27th. a possible third bird seen.

Glaucous Gull - A number of records of Cetti’s Warbler - A single bird reported least the 14th Feb. juvs/1st winters between 3rd and 12th from Pit-house West on various dates Fieldfare - Three-figure counts included Jan, relating to birds moving between between 1st Jan up to at least 23rd 150 at Wharncliffe Chase on 1st Jan, 150 Shirecliffe Tip and Broomhead Res, February. Elsewhere, one was at at Rawmarsh on 2nd, 200 at Wharncliffe peaking at three (two dark and one pale Poolsbrook Marsh on 27th Jan. Chase on 5th, 250 at Upper Midhope on birds) on 5th. A pale 1st winter was at 9th, 150 at Langsett on 13th, 200 at Peat Poolsbrook COP on 20th Feb. Blackcap - Wintering birds reported from Pits on 13th, 135 at Tinsley Marshalling Hillsborough, Bank, Greystones, Yard on 23rd. In February, 150 were at Great Black-backed Gull - Birds in the Hangingwater, Rawmarsh, , Rawmarsh on 11th, 100 at Gillfield Wood Broomhead roost peaked at 600 on 3rd Fulwood, Bridge, Moorgate, on 17th, and 130 at Ewden Height on Jan. , , Brook, 22nd. Brincliffe Edge, and the Botanical Gardens. Waxwing - The invasion continued, Redwing - Few large counts, with 47 at although with fewer three figure records Chiffchaff - Birds reported from Thrybergh Stubley Hollow on 11th Jan, 35 at than in previous months. Peak counts in Tip, Aldwarke SF, , Wharncliffe Chase on 2nd Feb, 50 at January included 160 at Intake on 3rd Jan, Parkwood Springs, , Fatty Boyns Whiston Meadows on 3rd, 40 at Pit-house 150 at Chapeltown on 6th, 94 at New Pond and Eastwood. West on 8th, 50 at Endcliffe Park on 10th, Stubbin on 19th, and 100 at on 110 at Stubley Hollow on 21st, and 97 at 31st. In February, 100 were at Handsworth Siskin - Larger flocks included 100 at Canklow Woods on 27th. on 3rd, 70 at Dore on 20th, 100 at Loxley Valley on 4th Jan, 100 at Calver on Shalesmoor on 22nd, and 50 at 6th, 120 at Haywood Farm on 6th, and 100 Cetti’s Warbler - A single bird reported Hillsborough on 25th. at Froggatt Bridge on 23rd. from Pit-house West on various dates between 1st Jan up to at least 23rd Stonechat - Low counts, with highest Common (Mealy) Redpoll - Single birds February. Elsewhere, one was at counts of two at Leash Fen on 5th Jan, and reported at Wadley Common on 3rd, Poolsbrook Marsh on 27th Jan. Win Hill on 12th. The male bird was still 21st and 23rd Feb, an Kilnhurst on 6th. present at Outo Kumpo steelworks up to at Blackcap - Wintering birds reported from least the 14th Feb. Lesser Redpoll - Largest flocks included Hillsborough, Walkley Bank, Greystones, Fieldfare - Three-figure counts included 30 at Waverley Opencast on 1st Jan, Hangingwater, Rawmarsh, Norton Lees, 150 at Wharncliffe Chase on 1st Jan, 150 Thrybergh Tip on 27th, 37 at Handsworth Fulwood, , Moorgate, at Rawmarsh on 2nd, 200 at Wharncliffe on 3rd Feb, 40 at Thrybergh Tip on 3rd, Millhouses, Sharrow, Totley Brook, Chase on 5th, 250 at Upper Midhope on and 28 at Canklow Woods on 11th. Brincliffe Edge, and the Botanical Gardens. 9th, 150 at Langsett on 13th, 200 at Peat Pits on 13th, 135 at Tinsley Marshalling

It was a good period for Caspian Gulls, including this striking 1st Winter at Neepsend on 24th January (photo by A. Deighton) Chiffchaff - Birds reported from Thrybergh Tip, Aldwarke SF, Wardsend Cemetery, Parkwood Springs, Wisewood, Fatty Boyns Pond and Eastwood.

Siskin - Larger flocks included 100 at Loxley Valley on 4th Jan, 100 at Calver on 6th, 120 at Haywood Farm on 6th, and 100 at Froggatt Bridge on 23rd.

Common (Mealy) Redpoll - Single birds reported at Wadley Common on 3rd, 21st and 23rd Feb, an Kilnhurst on 6th.

Lesser Redpoll - Largest flocks included 30 at Waverley Opencast on 1st Jan, Thrybergh Tip on 27th, 37 at Handsworth on 3rd Feb, 40 at Thrybergh Tip on 3rd, and 28 at Canklow Woods on 11th.

Crossbill - One was at Hall Wood, on 1st Jan, with eight at Morehall Res on 20th. Four were at Linacre Res on 2nd Feb and three at Broomhead again on 16th.

Corn Bunting - Four on overhead wires at Pebley on 10th Feb.

Pete Mella

They’re still with us! This bird was at that perennial Waxwing-magnet of Asda at Handsworth on 22nd February (photo by P. Garrity)

This issue’s observers, with apologies for any omissions:

MG Archer, S Ashton, J Atkin, A Bailey, B Bailey, S Bailey, IM Barnes, SJ Barnes, A Bateman, AR Bell, J Bennett, AS Bilton, RP Blagden, K Bower, P Bowker, RJ Bradley, SJ Branch, MC Brew, PL Brown, V Browne, AR Burns, RV Burton, R Butterfield, BM Carr, EO Chafer, I Chapman, J Clarke, B Cole, H Coull, J Crank, J Crooks, N Cross, A Deighton, S Draper, J Ducker, NP Dummigan, CM Dunhill, G Dyson, H Egan, MG Fenner, D Gains, M Garner, P Garrity, KA Gehring, D Gill, KR Gould, G Grant, S Green, T Grose, S Guymer, R Harris, I Hedge, M Hibbert, A Hicks, A Hill, AA Hill, RD Hill, RF Hinchliffe, DJ Hitchen, M Hodgson, J Hornbuckle, K Horton, J Housden, G&J James, Anne Johnson. R Kay, C Kelly, JE Kenward, S King, J Kingsland, N Kipling, J Kirkman, K Knowles, M Lacey, D Langston, JM Laskey, P Lawson, P Leonard, P Lockwood, J Luis, F Maddock, JN McGourlay, P Mella, B Merryweather, J Monach, M Morrell, M Miller, TH Minskip, J Mountford, D Mowbray, MG Oxlade, J Partridge, J Perlstrom, R Popplewell, NR Porter, M Purslow, MN Reeder, P Ridsdale, L Riley, B Roberts, D Roddis, GA Rodgers, S Samworth, T Scott, J Sherwin, M Sherwin, S Sherwin, A Siddall, D Simmonite, MA Smethurst, AHV Smith, M Snook, B Spencer, D Spencer, JAH Stobart, MH Sweeney, M&L Taylor, SG Tebbutt, P Thomas, A Thompson, W Thomson, M Timms T Terffry, R Twigg, C Tyler, SE Vickers, EC Vincent, RV Walker, M Wells, G Williams, RDR Williams, I Wilson, JB Wilson, P&A Wilson, D Wood, D Woodriff, P Wragg, Sorby Breck Ringing Group, Thrybergh CP Bird Log GIFT AID AND MEMBERSHIP

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