Birds in South-east Scotland 2007-13South-east Scotland is a significant region for
breeding, passage and wintering birds, holding large
proportions of Britain’s Gannets, Goshawks, Water
Rails, non-breeding Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian
Grebes, Pink-footed Geese and Velvet Scoters - just
a small number of the 277 species that feature in
‘Birds in South-east Scotland 2007-13'.
This exhaustive tetrad study, based on 1,770 2x2 km
plots and nearly half-a-million items of data
collected by over 850 observers, covers the
recording areas of Lothian and Borders, an area of
6,456 km². The varied habitats of this region, from
estuarine mud and sandflats of the inner Forth to
rocky shorelines backed by cliffs in Berwickshire,
from the cereal farming areas of the Merse and lochs
and reservoirs of the hills to the extensive stands of
conifer plantations, as well as heather-clad uplands,
river courses and the built-up areas of Edinburgh, all
contribute in providing a varied avian fauna that is
fully reflected in this milestone publication.
The Atlas will be after September published by the SOC 2018.
A tetrad atlas of the birds of Lothian and Borders
Price £40
I wish to order copy(s) of Birds in South-east Scotland 2007-13 at the price of £40.
I wish to collect at (note 1) or include P&P at £7.50 per copy
Return this form together with a cheque made payable to ‘SE Scotland Bird Atlas’ to: Vicky McLellan (BSES),18 Glen Crescent, Peebles EH45 9BS (note 2) or Make a payment by bank transfer to: SE Scotland Bird Atlas, Sort Code 80-02-27, Account No. 00134820. Make reference to your name with payment and email Vicky McLellan at [email protected] with the order and collection details above and state that you have paid by bank transfer.
1 Details of collection arrangements in (a) Linlithgow, (b) Viking Optics Edinburgh, (c) Aberlady, (d) Peebles, (e) Melrose, (f) Berwick-upon-Tweed and (g) Lochwinnich will be confirmed by email.Please state choice in box above.2 Payment will be acknowledged by email unless a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed.
Each of the main species has two pages
devoted to it, with a full page of attractive,
easy-to-read maps showing seasonal
distribution and abundance, change in
breeding distribution since 1988-94 (the
period when the last breeding atlas survey was
carried out), maps at the 10x10 km scale which
compare changes in breeding and winter
distribution over the past 50 years and graphs
showing distribution by altitude between the
seasons and between the two atlases. These
are supported by an account which helps to
explain the distribution, its seasonal changes,
changes over the years, supported by
estimates of current population and their
recent trends.
The c.600-page hardback will include introductory chapters and appendices, in
addition to the species accounts and maps.
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