The auction is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the auction over the 2 weeks from the 1-12 February. With your help we managed to raise a staggering £50,222 towards Bird Atlas 2007-11. A special thanks to the winning bidders, all of whom will be acknowledged in the published Atlas.

The species which were auctioned were:-

Species
Winning bid/Sponsored by
Mute Swan
Graham Bell
Bewick’s Swan
Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club
Bean Goose
In memory of Robert Corrie
Pink-footed Goose
Sporting Gun magazine & IPC Media
Greylag Goose
Michael Maggs
Barnacle Goose
Jean Stewart, in memory of the late Donald Stewart
Egyptian Goose
Nicholas Donnithorne FLS FRES
Shelduck
Tay Ringing Group
Mandarin Duck
Lady Baird
Gadwall
Paul Stanbrook
Teal
Anne Reid
Mallard
Joan New
Pintail
In memory of John Phillipson
Garganey
In memory of Gerald Percy and Lord William Percy
Pochard
In memory of Christine Simmons
Tufted Duck
Sue Rowe
Scaup
Bill Barkworth
Velvet Scoter
Fife SOC
Smew
Michael & Helen Cox
Red-breasted Merganser
Anne Reid
Goosander

In memory of Roy Jessop
Staffordshire branch of the West Midlands Bird Club.

Ruddy Duck
In memory of Sandra Cooper
Black Grouse
RSPB
Red-legged Partridge
Anon
Quail
Dedicated to S.Harvey
Red-throated Diver
Gay Birders Club
Black-throated Diver
Richard & Kay Heath
Little Grebe
Gay Birders Club
Red-necked Grebe
BirdGuides.com
Slavonian Grebe
RSPB
Black-necked Grebe
Friends of Tring Reservoirs
Fulmar
David Milne
Leach’s Petrel
David Milne
Bittern
RSPB
Spoonbill
Amelia and Beatrice Bradshaw
Honey-buzzard
Pamela Rhodes
Water Rail
Robert & Linda Maddock
Coot
Helen Baker
Ringed Plover
Ian Bradshaw
Dotterel
ebirder; photography, workshops and tours
Knot
William Dick
Little Stint
Highland SOC
Dunlin
Ian Bradshaw
Ruff
John & Viv Phillips in memory of Linford Rose
Jack Snipe
In memory of Margaret Alison Smith (1957-2006)
Snipe
Chris Skinner
Bar-tailed Godwit
Mr G M Phillipson
Swale Wader Group
Whimbrel
Tom & Julia Lawson
Spotted Redshank
Roger Jones
Greenshank
Barbara Boize
Green Sandpiper
Sir John Baird
Wood Sandpiper
White Rose Property Management (Peter Watson & Jenny Dixon)
Common Sandpiper
T.W Dougall, P.K.Holland, A.Mee & D.Y.Walden
Turnstone
Neil Metcalfe
Arctic Skua
Joan Bell
Great Skua
Val Gywnn
Mediterranean Gull
Drs Anthony & Vivian Roberts
Black-headed Gull
Frank Gribble MBE
Herring Gull
Daniel M Turner
Yellow-legged Gull
Dorset Bird Club
Glaucous Gull
In memory of Cynthia & Jim Turner
Great Black-backed Gull
Alastair Whitelaw & Merlin Baker-Whitelaw
Common Tern
Alton Water Volunteers
Arctic Tern
Royal Naval Bird Watching Society
Razorbill
Janet Atkinson
Little Auk
Dave & Moira Brooks
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon
Mike Wildish - dedicated to the good townsfolk of Andover, Hampshire
Woodpigeon
In memory of Chris Mansell
Collared Dove
Mike Wildish - dedicated to all BTO Garden BirdWatchers in Hampshire
Turtle Dove
G M Phillipson
Ring-necked Parakeet
Derek Gilby
Long-eared Owl
Ecological Planning & Research Ltd
Cuckoo
Harris, Eslie, David & Peter Glue, Testwood, New Forest
Tree Pipit
Dedicated to coppice woodland, its birds and other wildlife
Rock Pipit
Alastair Whitelaw
Water Pipit
The Watercress Company, visit www.watercresscompany.co.uk
Pied Wagtail
Janet & Peter Wood
Waxwing
In memory of Frances (Fran) Blackburn
Wheatear
Jack Taylor, Liverpool (South West Lancashire Ringing Group)
Redwing
Jiggy Lloyd Consultancy
Mistle Thrush
Peter Watson & Jenny Dixon (BTO Members)
Cetti’s Warbler
Chew Valley Ringing Station
Grasshopper Warbler
Stephen Harvey for Jill Harvey
Whitethroat
Bill Haynes
Bearded Tit
RSPB
Marsh Tit

Mike Wildish dedicated to Hampshire Wildlife Trust
- North West District Committee and volunteers

Willow Tit
N R Aker
Golden Oriole
Cambridgeshire Bird Club
Great Grey Shrike
Surrey Bird Club
Jay
Bristol Orinthological Club
Carrion Crow
Mike Wildish in memory of Frank & Joan Wildish
Tree Sparrow
MKA Ecology
Chaffinch
Bill Haynes
Brambling
In memory of my parents and brother by Brian & Pat Martin
Siskin
Siskins Cafe Ltd
Lesser Redpoll
In memory of Marjorie Hewes
Lapland Bunting
Wincey Willis

How are Species Sponsors acknowledged?

The highest bidders for each species will receive recognition for their support of Bird Atlas 2007-11 on the page of their chosen bird in the published Atlas. We are more than happy for species to be sponsored in memory of someone, or dedicated to a group of your choice, as long as the organisation has given its permission.

 
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