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Monday, 30 January 2012 |
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Your thoughts please... A Membership Questionnaire!
Those who attended the Conference on Saturday 28th January will have received a questionnaire asking for their thoughts about the SOS, what we do, and how the Society might better meet the needs of our members.
We would really appreciate the thoughts of those who were not present at Conference, as well as those who did not get the time to fill out their sheet, so please complete the questionnaire - download it here - and e-mail it back to
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by 31st March 2012
Feedback on your answers will come through the newsletter and website in due course.
Thank you for your help.
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Atlas Records Submission Deadline |
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Saturday, 21 January 2012 |
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Please may I gently remind everyone that the deadline for submitting records for 2011 (or earlier years) to be included in the national and county Atlas surveys is now just a week away.
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has already extended the date for on-line recording into the Atlas database until 31st January 2012. During February and March the BTO will also be importing records from county societies into this database thus I will need to prepare a file of 2011 records for the BTO in the next two weeks or so. All relevant records for earlier years have already been passed to the BTO and clearly all observations recorded through the BTO on-line systems (like Birdtrack) are included automatically. I already have received a large number of records for 2011 but I am aware of observers or compilers of local records who normally supply records directly to the SOS and from whom I have not yet received 2011 records.
Obviously records arriving after the BTO’s cut-off date will still be entered into the SOS database, appear in the Sussex Bird Report and be used for conservation purposes but will not form part of the local or national Atlas.
John Newnham (
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Sussex Bird Report 2010 now available |
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Monday, 09 January 2012 |
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Non-members can now purchase a copy of the latest Sussex Bird Report for 2010.
For details click here.
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Sunday, 08 January 2012 |
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With reports in now from 12 teams, and a recount in from the Leisurely Lads, the leader board for the number of species recorded looks as follows:
103 Bald Eagles ( in first place again!)
but not too far behind are:
97 The First Winters
96 Muppets 1
94 Wildpark Wanderers
And The Almondlards
And Muppets 2
84 Dartfords
83 The Leisurely Lads
81 Marsh Harriers
69 TQ01ers
67 Cuckfield Cuckoos
59 Fab Four from Henfield (bringing up the rear as always!)
Best of luck in getting all that sponsorship money in, and don’t forget to indicate where gift aid can be claimed – it makes a difference of 25% on the total, so really worth doing.
There may be a few more reports to come, but it looks at the moment as though the Bald Eagles are going to be at the top of the tree yet again, despite choosing a less than ideal day for the Race. It will be fascinating to tot up all the different species seen on the races in due course.
Val Bentley (Secretary SOS)
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Thursday, 29 December 2011 |
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Good luck to all those who are in teams for the New Year Bird Race - wishing you all good weather and lots of species! My team will be hoping to continue to hold the record for LEAST species seen - if only we had a nice estuary or harbour in our "patch"!
Val Bentley |
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