| Year (and number) | Cover (select image for large version) |
Features (in addition to regular items) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 (17) |
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The Heligoland Trap.
Unusual Behaviour of Brown Owl [1] Notes on the Birds of Bellfields Reservoir [2]. |
Published 1951. The cover price, 6/- (30p), remained unchanged throughout the decade. 48 pages. |
| 1951 (18) |
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Some Notes on the Food of Birds. Additional Notes on the Birds of Bellfields Reservoir [2]. |
Published January 1953. The last Report edited by Tony Norris. 44 pages. |
| 1952 [19) |
 Little Ringed Plover (Stanton Whitaker) |
Alvecote Pools. Diurnal Migration near Walsall. Further Observations on the Birds of the West Bromwich Area. |
J. Lord became editor, and remained so throughout until the 1971 report. The first report with a 'cover' photograph — the cover had a window, showing one of the two pictures on the next page. A third photograph appeared on their reverse. 60 pages. |
| 1953 (20) |
Ring Ouzel at its Nest in North Staffordshire (S. Whitaker) |
Breeding Birds of the Tamworth District. Notes on the Seasonal Population Distribution of Curlew. |
The order and spelling of species was brought into line with the (then) BOU Check-List of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Published June 1954. 48 pages. |
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1954
(21) |
 Herons at a Staffordshire Heronry (Stanton Whitaker) |
Silver Jubilee Survey, 1929–1954. Birds of the Malvern district. Migration of Swifts in North Warwickshire, Autumn, 1954. Birds of Cannock Reservoir [3]. |
Published September 1955. 64 pages. |
| 1955 (22) |
 Willow Tit-mouse at a nesting-hole in Staffordshire (Mr. S. C. Porter) |
Mute Swan Survey. Notes on the Distribution of Certain of the Birds Breeding in the Club's Area. |
Published July 1956. 56 pages. |
| 1956 (23) |
 A Great Crested Grebe Approaching the Nest (Mr. S. C. Porter) |
The Winter Distribution of Coot The Birds of Earlswood. The Homing of Birds. |
Published July 1957. 52 pages. |
| 1957 (24) |
Nightjar with Young (Mr. S. C. Porter) |
The Winter Distribution of Coot, 1956/7. The Status and Distribution of the Nightjar in the West Midlands. Survey of Birds in the Brookvale District of Erdington, Birmingham. Obituary of W. E. Groves, Club founder. |
Published August 1958. 60 pages. |
| 1958 (25) |
Little Owl (eating worm) (S. C. Porter) |
Urban Bird Survey. The Status and Distribution of the Nightjar in the West Midlands. |
Published August 1959. 56 pages. |
| 1959 (26) |
Yellowhammer feeding Young, near Redditch (A. Winspear Cundall) |
Breeding Birds of the Malvern District. |
Published August 1960.
52 pages. |
[1^] The Brown Owl is now known as the Tawny Owl.
[2^] Bellfields is now known as Belvide.
[3^] Cannock Reservoir is now known as Chasewater.
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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