112 pages including 8 full-colour inner pages with 13 photographs; coloured photos within articles; 3 drawings.

• Editorial by Fraser Simpson
• Lady Isle, an important island in the conservation of the west of Scotland’s Herring Gull population by David Grant
• The Kestrel in Ayrshire 2012 by Gordon Riddle
• River Ayr Dippers – Breeding Details 2012 by Ian Todd
• Systematic List compiled by Fraser Simpson
• Recent Rarities & Scarcities in Ayrshire by Angus Hogg, Bruce Kerr, Tom Byars
• Gazetteer of Sites in Ayrshire compiled by Fraser Simpson
• Checklist of Ayrshire Birds compiled by Angus Hogg & Fraser Simpson