After a short break while he ticked off yet more exotic foreign parts, Angus Hogg is back (was he ever away, Ed.?) as Assistant Recorder.  Basically he acts as the triage for all our bird records (oddly mine always seem to end up in his cylindrical filing system), checking them out, and then preparing them for the Bird Report.  He’s currently involved in the last great push to get the next issue out the door.  While he loves the paper-work side of things (shurely shome mistake, Ed.?) he’d much prefer to hear about birds so please send all sightings, records, notes, whatever to Angus at this address:  assistant-recorder@ayrshire-birding.org.uk