Birdtrack

25th January 2017

All contributors to the website should be aware that records submitted to the website will be included in Birdtrack as a matter of routine. I am currently uploading historical records for 2016, whilst trying to keep up to date and uploading 2017 records as I receive them. Apart from getting all records into a system which is now widely recognised as the best national database, it also helps my co-compilers of the SOC Highland Bird Report to which all records go. If any contributors are unhappy with this please let me know. A number of individuals who support the site also use Birdtrack and as long as they let me know, this will allow me to avoid duplication of records. Many Birdtrackers still send me their more unusual records and I would ask them to continue to do so as this keeps the site up to date. Please let me know if you need any further information and thanks for your ongoing support.

Bob

THE BOOK

"A glorious little gem"

AMAZON

"A book such as this has to look backwards and the author does so succinctly, looking at the work of several of the pioneering naturalists before picking out the publications of JA Harvie-Brown and the Rev. Hugh Macpherson. I know this book fills a real gap in the information available for the Isle of Skye and it will surely sell well at local bookshops."

Andrew Currie Miscellany West Highland Free Press

"A total of 238 species have been recorded, with 14 of those 'red listed' as of high conservation concern ... another innovation has been the inclusion of Gaelic names for some birds. While this is not uncommon in a few other books, the addition of some regional Gaelic names is very unusual and very welcome."

Ray Collier Country Diary 'Up in the Skye' The Guardian

"Illustrated with beautiful photographs of current birdlife on the island, the publication also features sketches by Jean Thomas of The Little Gallery, Portnalong, stimulating the reader's interest further and allowing them to identify species they encounter on Skye."

The Hebridean