All October records need to be submitted to the DBC by 14th of this month (ie a week away). It's great to have so many people contributing their sightings on here, but unfortunately the birds mentioned don't automatically find their way into the County records and reports. It needs the observer to actually send them in.
Here's a link to the recording spreadsheet for those who are happy with emailing their sightings.
http://www.durhambirdclub.org/downloads/DBC template.xls
If you prefer to submit by paper record cards, drop me a PM and I'll let you know how to get hold of some.
So come on those who haven't taken the plunge to send your records in yet; it would be a real shame if some of the birds you have reported never see the light of day.
Annual report update - the 2005 report is now at the printers and hopefully should be available to DBC members in the next 3-4 weeks (depending on the printers workload). Work has started on the 'missing years' of 2002 and 2003 and a combined report will be published over the winter months. Apologies to all for the unacceptable inconvenience caused in the production of these years. Work will start on the 2006 report before the close of this year with a planned publishing date of before June 2007.
All in all, not too much to complain about!
