This year (and last) the print run was 220. They are still available from Judith and most of the outlets Judith listed below.

Steve

How many copies do get printed of the mancy report?they will be collectors items in future im sureas they seem to sell out pretty quickly

All gone

Just the the one left now - think I'll auction it Any offers?

Steve

Steve, Thank you very much for dropping me one off...... if I had known they were going to become collectors items I would have asked for your autograph !
Saying that....... may need another, have almost read the print off this one.

Roger.

Steve Suttill wrote:

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Following last night's delivery run, I now have only two copies left.

Steve

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And I only have 12...

Following last night's delivery run, I now have only two copies left.

Steve

Thanks Judith, will pick a copy up form Etherow.

Will have a wander down to Etherow this weekend & buy myself a copy

Copies are now at Stockport Binoculars, Mercian Way, Edgeley, Stockport, and Etherow Country Park Visitor Centre.

Copies are now at Hollingworth Lake visitor centre.

Etherow - I shall do Stockport Binoculars and ECP on the same day, and will have to find out when both are open (ECP varies) which may be next week. Also I have to avoid the Trafford centre queues on the M60!!

No. sorry. We've tried them in the past at Daisy Nook but for the small number we can sell, it's not worth the petrol taking them there. By post from me, or possibly come to an arrangement with Steve Suttill who lives in Mossley, who could bring one home for you?

any plans for them going on sale at brownhill visitor centre uppermill

Picked up my copy from Mersey Valley VC at Sale WP today and another splendid publication it is which will be studied with relish. For those hoping to pick one up here the opening times over the next week are:

Thurs 30th 11 -4pm
Fri 31 - Sun 2 Jan closed
Bank Holiday Monday 3 Jan 1-4pm
Tues - Wed 4-5 Jan 11-4pm
Thurs - Fri 6-7 Jan closed

But Liz says to call to check just in case if you are going specifically.

Please let me know when they reach Etherow Judith.

Thanks

Regards

Geoff

Reports are now available at Sale Water Park visitor centre ( but ring 0161 905 1100 to make sure they are open due to cuts) and In Focus at Martin Mere.

About 50 reports were posted today to those who had sent cheques, or were contributors in some way to the 2009 report (eg photographers, authors of short notes, articles etc), today - the only exceptions were one or two people whose addresses I am waiting for and who have been sent emails, + Ian McK himself as I have other items for him which won't post easily!
Also the Bolton RSPB ones have been delivered to Tony Johnson, so will be available at their next meeting. I'm waiting to hear from Sale Water Park Vis. Centre as to when they are open next week (if at all).

Apologies Ian, my AOL software seems to effect any updates so I don't see them until a day or so later. I always check "whats new" before progressing to the forum. Picked mine up from Steve S today (nice to meet you Steve), as usual excellant work by all involved. Personally I think its a steal for the price !

Yet again, another top quality bird report. Well done to all involved. Christmas is back on after all!

Forgot to make it clear to Ian:

County reports can be collected from my workplace (see noticeboard) this Tues to Thurs only. I'm taking a well-earned break from Xmas eve until the New Year.

Steve

Have you checked the notice board on the website Nick?

Are we able to pick up direct from Steve's place of work ?? (seem to recall it was an option last year).

Hopefully I will be picking it up from MARC on Edge St tomorrow afternoon. However, in the present weather conditions I shall not be delivering to centres such as Sale WP, Stockport Bins, Martin Mere, Etherow CP, Hollingworth Lake, until this severe weather ameliorates. Also Liz at Sale WP Visitor Centre tells me that cuts in staff make opening the centre very hit and miss.
I will post again when I have delivered to centres.

Absolute 'giveaway' confirmed price also being published on there currently.

Steve has informed me that the county report has indeed been received literally hot off the press.

Details of where to obtain your copy are currently being uploaded onto the 'county notice board' on the website (where it should be so it doesn't get 'lost' under a load of other posts) . Give it 30 minutes or so to process from the time of this post!

As for cost, I'm not sure (usually £6 or £6:50) but either way it's a steal!

where can i pick one up steve and what will it cost

I have been promised that, all being well, the county report should be finished today.

I will post here as soon as this is definite.

Steve

Yes Paul the report is a tad bit late, however the Pagan festival of Yuletide will now be extended to cover the whole festive period into the new year.

The 200 Club has ordered snow, which I believe most areas have got now, also on order are the following.

Drake Smew, flocks of Bewick Swans, Barnacle Geese, Velvet Scoter, White-billed Diver, Lesser White fronted goose, a couple of Nutcrackers and a partridge in a pear tree.


Have fun trying to find something other than Waxwings, and enjoy the report when it arrives in 2011


keep Birding

Is Christmas looking like being cancelled?

Paul Heaton wrote:

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Steve Suttill wrote:

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Doing my best. If it's not out by Dec 24th, Christmas will be cancelled this year.............................................


What am I telling my kids Steve

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All good things are worth waiting for, and our report is pretty damn good - much better than many i've seen.

Steve Suttill does the colour printing and has the body of the report printed and bound at a printer in Uppermill. Part of the delay was caused by another reason, about which I will PM you privately, so as not to embarrass a user of this forum. It was outside my control. I had my part (ie all the text) with Steve by mid September, despite the inevitable delay during the BTO atlas years 2007-11 (so it will be the same next year). This is because the BTO do not send the atlas data until the 30th June - 2 months later than the normal start date of the writing of the report. The report is intended as a scientific, definitive record and it is important that this BTO data is incorporated into the database before we start writing it. I don't think you can usefully make a comparison with Spurn - a one-site report. Lancashire have chosen not to wait for the BTO data and so were able to have their report out at the usual time, ditto Derbyshire. Cheshire's usually comes out in January or February.

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This is now with the printer, but there's still quite a lot of work to do with the colour plates, (so Steve Suttill tells me) so don't expect it before mid November!

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Which printer is doing this, John Bull with his trusty little rubber blocks and wooden frame? I noticed that the 2009 report for Spurn was out a couple of weeks ago. I'm guessing, but I'm pretty sure that they had a few more details and stuff to get into print (in fact I know they did, because I read a summary). Perhaps a rethink on the printer for next time (unless they discount us for the delay!!).

Steve many thanks for the honest reply, in fact I am a pagan myself and will be celebrating the YULETIDE on the 21st December, with a glass of mead and reading old reports


Have loads of festive fun, hope the jolly present chap brings you some old/new books.



Keep Birding

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What am I telling my kids Steve

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Paul,

tell them about the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and how some eastern Europeans still celebrate Christmas at the end of the first week in January

Seriously, it's been out of my hands for a while now and I'm feeling like a pregnant woman who's a month overdue :

Steve

No, but Judith is.

Steve

is Amazon taking pre-orders yet??

Doing my best. If it's not out by Dec 24th, Christmas will be cancelled this year!

Steve

I know the report and all involved takes a lot of doing, that said... will it be ready soon.

Mince pie and yuletide drink ready, just need my report now?

This is now with the printer, but there's still quite a lot of work to do with the colour plates, (so Steve Suttill tells me) so don't expect it before mid November!