Welsh Journals

Ornithological Section REPORT FOR THE SESSION 1976-77 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE President: Mr. C. WOODHEAD. Vice-President: Mr. M. CHOWN. Immediate Past President: Dr. P. FERNS. Honorary Secretary: Mr. C. TREW. Honorary Treasurer: Mr. D. BINSTEAD. Honorary Records Secretary: Mr. P. LANSDOWN. Honorary Field Meetings Secretary: Mr. M. CHOWN. Committee: Mr. P. Hughes, Mr. D. PITMAN (PART YEAR). Mr. D. PALMER (PART YEAR), Mr. R. GROVES, Mr. M. POWELL, Miss M. JEFFERYS, Mr. H. JONES, Co-opted Members: Col. H. MORREY SALMON, Mrs. K. Collings. Mrs. A. HUGHES assisted by arranging all the indoor meetings without being a member of the Committee. INDOOR MEETINGS 5 October 1976 Annual General Meeting 12 October In Search of Migrant Birds in the Jungles of Malaya Wilf Corris 19 October R.S.P.B. Film 9 November (Presidential Address) The beauty of Nature Cliff Woodhead 14 December Biology of Gulls in South Wales and the Severn Estuary Dr. Peter Ferns 11 January 1977 Members' Evening 8 February Bird Watching in Argentina Robin Prytherch (BBC) 8 March Excursions into Africa David White OUTDOOR MEETINGS All-day field meetings were held at Kenfig Pool (September), Whiteford Burrows (October), Tregaron Bog (December), Kenfig Pool (January), Exmouth (February), Oxwich (April), North Glamorgan (May) and Severn Valley (June). Half-day field meetings organised by Mrs. K. Collins and Miss D. Ingram were held at Ogmore River (September), Peterston Wentloog (October), Welsh St. Donat's (November), Llanishen/Lisvane Reservoirs (December), Ferry Road, Cardiff (January), Castell Coch (February), St. Bride's Major (March), Dinas Powis Woods (April), Pentyrch (May), Merthyr Mawr (June) and Peterston Wentloog (August). Half-day field meetings to Dinas Powis Woods, led by Mr. Philip Atkin, were held monthly from September to May. The Section continued its survey of Garden Birds in the county. The production of the 14th Annual Bird Report, 1976, under the Editorship of Mr. Peter Lansdown, was completed in July 1977. MEMBERSHIP at 31 August 1977 was 257 full members, 35 junior member and 2 Honorary Members, making a total of 294. C. G. TREW, Hon. Secretary REPORT FOR THE SESSION 1977-78 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE President: Mr. M. CHOWN. Vice-President: Mr. G. HEARL. Immediate Past President: Mr. C. WOODHEAD. Honorary Secretary: Mr. C. TREW. Honorary Treasurer: Mr. D. BINSTEAD. Honorary Records Secretary: Mr. P. LANSDOWN. Honorary Field Meetings Secretary: Mr. M. CHOWN. Committee: Mrs. A. Hughes, Mrs. M. BECK, Mr. D. PALMER, Mr. R. GROVES, Mr. M. Powell, Mr. H. JONES, Co-opted Member: Mrs. K. COLLINGS. INDOOR MEETINGS 11 October 1977 Members' Evening 18 October R.S.P.B. Film 25 October Annual General Meeting 8 November Wildlife on the Welsh Border Harold McSweeney 13 December Spring migration through North West River, Labrador, Canada Wilf Corris 10 January 1978 (Presidential Address) Birds of All Seasons Maurice Chown 14 February The Work of the B.T.O. Robert Morgan 14 March Autumn in Trinidad and Tobago David Fisher