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SOS Publications

The BTO ran a national competition for the Best Annual Bird Report up until the bird reports for 2004. There were usually about 50 differing county bird reports being judged each year, and the Sussex Bird Report did very well in this competition. The 2004 Sussex Bird Report was judged joint best, our 2003 Report was judged 4th best and our 2001 and 2002 Reports were both judged equal 3rd best.


 

Publications for Members

Newsletter Winter 2008

Members receive four issues of the SOS Newsletter each year.

The Winter 2011 edition has recently been published. It includes all the latest on birding in Sussex, Society news, sightings for the period August to October 2011, a 50th Anniversary supplement, articles and contributions from Society members as well of details of events for members such as mid-week walks etc.

 

 

Members also receive their annual copy of the award-winning Sussex Bird Report. The 2010 edition is now available (see below).

To download a membership application form, click here


 



The Sussex Bird Report No. 63 2010


Published by the Sussex Ornithological Society in December 2011, the 2010 Sussex Bird Report gives full details of all species recorded in the County during the year. 281 pages in length, it consists of the following:

Sussex Bird Report
  • Review of 2010
  • Systematic List
  • Escapes and Feral Birds
  • First and Last Migrant Dates
  • Heathland Breeding Bird Tables
  • The Sussex Ringing Report 2010
  • Gannets off the Sussex Coast
  • Ashdown Forest Nightjar Survey 2010
  • Breeding Cormorant Survey 2010
  • Breeding Sand Martin Survey 2010
  • Terns of Rye Bay


Illustrated with a superb collection of colour photographs, some of Sussex rarities, the Report will be of considerable interest to all birders who live in or visit Sussex. Copies may be obtained (price £9.00 inc p & p) from John Trowell, Lorrimer, Main Road, Icklesham, Winchelsea, TN36 4BS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Cheques made payable to Sussex Ornithological Society.


 

 
The Sussex Bird Report No. 62 2009


Published by the Sussex Ornithological Society in November 2010 the 2009 Sussex Bird Report gives full details of all species recorded in the County during the year. 269 pages in length, it consists of the following:

Sussex Bird Report
  • Review of 2009
  • Systematic List
  • Escapes and Feral Birds
  • First and Last Migrant Dates
  • Heathland Breeding Birds Table
  • The Sussex Ringing Report 2009
  • Breeding Birds in ten West Sussex woodlands
  • The first recorded King Eider in Sussex
  • Curlew and Whimbrel in Rye Bay, 1970 - 2009
  • BBS population trends in Sussex, 1994 - 2009


Illustrated with a superb collection of colour photographs, some of Sussex rarities, the Report will be of considerable interest to all birders who live in or visit Sussex. Copies may be obtained (price £9.00 inc p & p) from John Trowell, Lorrimer, Main Road, Icklesham, Winchelsea, TN36 4BS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Cheques made payable to Sussex Ornithological Society.


 

 
The Sussex Bird Report No. 61 2008


Published by the Sussex Ornithological Society in December 2009 the 2008 Sussex Bird Report gives full details of all species recorded in the County during the year. 287 pages in length, it consists of the following:

Sussex Bird Report
  • Review of 2008
  • Systematic List
  • Escapes and Feral Birds
  • First and Last Migrant Dates
  • Heathland Breeding Birds Table
  • The Sussex Ringing Report 2008
  • Population trends of the Peregrine Falcon in Sussex
  • Ebernoe Common National Nature Reserve
  • Thirty Years at Charleston Reedbed
  • The River Warbler at Whitbread Hollow
  • Sussex results from the Non-estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey 2006-2007
  • Sussex Gardens: good for birds or birdwatchers?


Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes and a superb collection of colour photographs, some of Sussex rarities, the Report will be of considerable interest to all birders who live in or visit Sussex. Copies may be obtained (price £4.50 inc p & p) from John Trowell, Lorrimer, Main Road, Icklesham, Winchelsea, TN36 4BS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Cheques made payable to Sussex Ornithological Society.


 

 
The Sussex Bird Report No. 60 2007


Published by the Sussex Ornithological Society in December 2008 the year 2007 Sussex Bird Report gives full details of all species recorded in the County during the year. 287 pages in length, it consists of the following:

Sussex Bird Report
  • Review of 2007
  • Systematic List
  • Escapes and Feral Birds
  • First and Last Migrant Dates
  • Heathland Breeding Birds Table
  • The Sussex Ringing Report 2007
  • The West Sussex Red Kite Study Area 2004-2007
  • Fluctuations in Auk numbers recorded off the Sussex Coast
  • Changes in Breeding Bird Populations on a Sussex Estate 1982-2006
  • Sussex results from the Non-estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey 2006-2007
  • First record in the UK of a fertile mating between a wild female Peregrine Falcon and a hybrid male falcon of domestic origin


Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes and a superb collection of colour photographs, some of Sussex rarities, the Report will be of considerable interest to all birders who live in or visit Sussex. Copies may be obtained (price £4.50 inc p & p) from John Trowell, Lorrimer, Main Road, Icklesham, Winchelsea, TN36 4BS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Cheques made payable to Sussex Ornithological Society.


 

 
The Sussex Bird Report No. 59 2006


Published by the Sussex Ornithological Society in December 2007 the year 2006 Sussex Bird Report gives full details of all species recorded in the County during the year. 303 pages in length, it consists of the following:

Sussex Bird Report
  • Review of 2006
  • Systematic List
  • Escapes and Feral Birds
  • First and Last Migrant Dates
  • Heathland Breeding Birds Table
  • The Sussex Ringing Report 2006
  • Scarce Woodland Bird Survey 2005-2006
  • The Wood Lark Survey 2006
  • The Dartford Warbler Survey 2006
  • Distribution Maps and Population Trends
  • A review of the Results of WeBS in Sussex (part 2)


Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes and a superb collection of colour photographs, some of Sussex rarities, the Report will be of considerable interest to all birders who live in or visit Sussex. Copies may be obtained (price £4.50 inc p & p) from John Trowell, Lorrimer, Main Road, Icklesham, Winchelsea, TN36 4BS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Cheques made payable to Sussex Ornithological Society.


 

 
 
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