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Spiral-bound and published privately, 84pp.

A copy was discovered in 2012 in a flea-market by Simon Holloway, a quarter of a century after publication. Mr Horan evidently knew his birds and cared for them and their history. His booklet contains a great deal of general information about the species together with some useful (to this website) comments on the local situation and occasional specific records.

Mr Horan, then of Bicton Heath, appears not to have been a member of the Shropshire Ornithological Society or to have submitted his records to the Society for inclusion in its annual reports. None of his records were vetted by the SOS’s Rarities Committee.  Mr Horan’s son Michael Horan has kindly given his approval for this material to appear here.

Cover

p.1 Preface

p.2 Preface continued

p.3 Great Northern Diver

p.4 Red-necked Grebe

p.9 Bewick’s Swan

p.10 White-fronted Goose

p.11 Barnacle Goose

p.15 Gadwall

p.21 Smew

p.22 Smew continued, Ruddy Duck

p.24 Goshawk

p.25 Goshawk continued

p.26 Hobby

p.27 Hobby continued, Peregrine

p.30 Partridge

p.38 Lapwing

p.42 Woodcock

p.43 Woodcock continued

p.44 Whimbrel

p.45 Wood Sandpiper

p.50 Curlew Sandpiper

p.67 (top) Little Owl

p.68 Long-eared Owl

p.69 Nightjar

p.75 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

p.76 Wryneck

p.77 Woodlark

p.83 Rook

p.89 Willow Tit

p.104 Nightingale

p.107 (top) Reed Warbler

p.113 Wood Warbler

p.138 Lapland Bunting