Congratulations to the 6 teams who have already reported back to me about their Race. The Muppets are in the lead at present with 103, Bonnie & Clyde in second place with 95, (without leaving Thorney & Pilsea!), Wild Park Wanders in third with 90, the Hen Harriers have 89, The TQ01ers 76 and bringing up the rear as always, the Henfield Birders on 59 - see their Reports on the Sightings pages.

So far three of the four teams who also did the Race last year have beaten their 2009 totals - well done. And it's great to have two new teams involved (Bonnie & Clyde and the TQ01ers)

In view of the poor driving weather in many parts of Sussex this past weekend, and the fact that the winter newsletter is very late, the stipulation that Races should be completed within the first two weeks of the month will be relaxed to the first three weeks, thus including the weekend of 16th/17th January. If anyone still has problems after the 21st, please get in touch with Val Bentley on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Good luck to all those who still have to "race" ....and drive carefully!
Val Bentley.