Peterborough Birds online Peterborough Bird Club annual reports 1998-2003 on the Internet

Introduction Welcome to the online edition of Peterborough Birds, the annual reports produced by Peterborough Bird Club. The aim of this project was to make the club's reports more easily accessible and also more user-friendly. I hope it has achieved this. There are many advantages of this 'electronic' version: The status of any species can be easily seen and compared year-on-year. Hyperlinks from the site names mean the reader can quickly find out more information about a location (where a guide to the location exists on the club's website), or at the very least, see on a map where it is. The reports can be viewed on any computer with Internet access. The species account pages provide an excellent opportunity to utilise the ever-increasing number of superb photos (and records shots) that are being added to the photo gallery. The webpage format allows for 'extras' to be added that would not be possible in a paper version, and the pages can be updated or modified very quickly (no need to wait a year to make a correction). If you have any ideas on how these pages could be improved, I would be pleased to hear from you. As each new batch of records is added, there will be opportunities to make changes and add new material. I have made some small changes to the original text of the annual reports (mainly for reasons of consistency; eg. Deeping Lakes NR is called that throughout, though it was formerly known as Welland Bank Pits). Without records sent in by birdwatchers, there would be no annual reports. Please keep submitting records, whether via Peterbirder or directly to Brian Stone.  I hope I have added a new dimension to the hard work put in by the report editors, who are: 1998: George Walthew 1999: Martin Coates, Duncan Poyser, Matt Webb, Trevor Williams 2000: Martin Coates, Matt Webb, Trevor Williams 2001: Steve Dudley 2002/2003: Nicola Orchard and Brian Stone I hope you find these pages useful. Katie Fuller