| Year (and number) | Cover (select image for large version) |
Features (in addition to regular items) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (47) |
 Sand Martins (R. J. C. Blewitt) |
The Decline of Six Typically Heathland Bird Species at Two Worcestershire Heathlands. |
G. R. Harrison continued as editor. Cover price £1.50. 211 species reported. 112 pages. |
| 1981 (48) |
 Canada Goose (M. C. Wilkes) |
The Wildlife & Countryside Act, 1981. |
Cover price £2. 211 species reported. 108 pages. |
| 1982 [49) |
 Mistle Thrush (M. C. Wilkes) |
A Profile of Blithfield Reservoir. |
213 species reported. 120 pages. |
| 1983 (50) |
 Ruddy Ducks (painting) (Mike Warren) |
Belvide Reserve. 50 Years of Birdwatching. |
The first colour cover, using artwork from " The Birds of the West Midlands". 219 species reported (a later report added Long-billed Dowitcher to the regional list; Draycote, 10 November). 128 pages. |
| 1984 (51) |
 Little Ringed Plover (M. C. Wilkes) |
The Dipper in Worcestershire Bird Populations of the Roaches Estate |
Cover Price increased to £2.50. 211 species reported. 124 pages |
| 1985 (52) |
 Sparrowhawk (R. J. C. Blewitt) |
North Staffordshire Moors Survey |
222 species reported, including four new to the region: American Wigeon (Kingsbury, 16–19 June, then at Coton 22 June); Broad-billed Sandpiper (Coton, 1–4 June); Wilson's Phalarope (Upton Warren, 14 Sept); Laughing Gull (Edgbaston Reservoir, 15–18 Jan). 128 pages. |
|
1986
(53) |
 Great Spotted Woodpecker (S C Brown) |
Pellet analysis of Short-eared Owls — Doxey. The Birds of Saltwells Local Nature Reserve. |
N. P. Barlow became editor. Separate recorders for each county were used for the first time. Cover price £2.75. 222 species recorded during the year. New to the region: Black Kite (Defford, Worcestershire 4 May) and Yellow-browed Warbler (Upton Warren 8 Oct). 158 pages. |
| 1987 (54) |
 Yellow Wagtail (male) (A T Moffatt) |
The 1986 House Martin Survey. Movements of Chaffinches and Redpolls to and from the West Midlands. Marsh Warblers in Worcestershire — A Personal Review. The Decline of Worcestershire's Marsh Warblers. Distinguishing Marsh Warbler from Reed Warbler, in Early Summer and as First-Years. |
Cover price £3. 236 species reported during the year, a record at that time. New to the region: Cattle Egret (Doxey, Staffordshire 7 Jan), Lesser Scaup (Chasewater 8 Mar–26 Apr; first record for the Western Palearctic), Pallas's Warbler (Westwood Park, Worcestershire 17 Nov), Lesser Grey Shrike (Wythall 4 Jun) and Rustic Bunting (Upton Warren 7 Nov). 190 pages. |
| 1988 (55) |
 Kingfisher, River Avon, Welford, Warwickshire. (E Harvey) |
A R M Blake — Obituary. Project Kingfisher — Caring for the Cole Valley. 'Herring Gulls, Glaucous Gulls and gulls in-between'. Status of Mediterranean Gulls in the West Midlands Region. Analysis of Retraps and Controls of Bullfinch, Goldfinch and Linnet ringed within the West Midland Bird Club area. |
Cover price £4. 222 species seen during the year. 174 pages. |
| 1989 (56) |
 Turnstone, Chasewater, July 1989 (Phil Ward) |
A Jubilee and a Centenary. A Bird in the Hand. Silent Death. Lesser Scaup — A First for Britain in the Midlands. Wintering Aythya Ducks at Coton and Lea Marston. |
S. D. Norman became editor. Colour photographs appeared inside the Report for the first time. Subspecies and races were shown separately. Cover price now £5 224 species seen during the year. 172 pages. |
Thanks to Andy Thomas for details of the 1986–1989 reports.
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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