About Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers
Established 1935 The ornithological society for the county of Nottinghamshire.
Registered Charity No. 500757
Affiliated to: The British Trust for Ornithology, The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
Members receive an annual report and eleven copies of the Monthly Newsletter, the July/August issues are combined. It also has a regularly updated phone line available to members only.
New members are always welcome, details are available from:
Lynne Demaine, 33 Daleside, Cotgrave, Nottingham, NG12 3QN
Or you can E-mail Lynne
Annual subscription: Adult and family membership: £14.00 ; Junior membership: £7.00
Membership Form
To join, download the Membership Form in Microsoft Word Format 
[29kb] or download the Membership Form in PDF Format 
[90kb]. Fill in the form and post it to Lynne at:
Lynne Demaine, 33 Daleside, Cotgrave, Nottingham, NG12 3QN
Bankers Order
Existing members can ease the administrative load by paying by Banker's Order. Download the Bankers Order Form in Microsoft Word Format [53kb] or download the Bankers Order Form in PDF Format [72kb]. Fill in the form and send it to your bank.
Gift Aid
Gift Aid currently gives the society £3.92 per tax-paying member. So, please download the Gift Aid form in Microsoft Word Format [15kb] or download the Gift Aid Form in PDF Format [52kb]. Fill in the form and send it to Lynne at::
Lynne Demaine, 33 Daleside, Cotgrave, Nottingham, NG12 3QN
History
The Trent Valley Bird Watchers was formed in 1935 by amongst other people, Arthur Mason. He lived in East Bridgeford a few miles to the east of Nottingham. For quite a few years until the early 1980's, most meetings were still held at the village. In 1986 the name of the society was changed to its present one of "Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers" to reflect the membership was recording bird life in the drier north and west half of the county of Nottinghamshire.
The society has been involved in several long running surveys. These have included species such as Rook, Mute Swan, Grey Herons, Canada Goose, Sand Martin and Acrocephalus warblers. Members also co-operate in the Wildfowl, CBC and WBS. It even tried to carry out a Tetrad breeding bird census for Nottinghamshire in the 1980's but the efforts petered out. Recently the trend has been to put population and breeding surveys on a back boiler, with more emphasis placed on rarity reporting.
The Society has also played a major role in the drawing up of a list of Nottinghamshire's Birds of Conservation Concern. Starting with the national “Red” and “Amber” lists, it was extended to include local birds of special concern. View the list or download a PDF version of the Nottinghamshire's Birds of Conservation Concern [131kb].
The society has published an annual report since 1958, reports had been published from 1943, but often several years were combined into one booklet. In 1980 the annual report was published following the Voous nomenclature instead of the Wetmore order it was previously in. In 1993 the report used for the first time the "British Birds list of Western Palearctic Birds". Enter Tundra Swan and Hedge Accentor. It also published its county bird book "The Birds of Nottinghamshire" edited by Austin Dobbs, in 1975. Also published was a study of breeding Honey Buzzards written by Antony Irons.
Field outings have been held since at least 1950 when one of the venues was Gibraltar Point., more recent outings have been day trips to Norfolk and Yorkshire coasts and 5 day adventures to Scotland and the Shetlands.
