Publications

On-line Publications

In addition to our printed publications which are itemised below, we are now making some of our out-of-print publications, updates and other selected titles available on-line. Click here for a list of those currently available.

Printed Publications

Current Issues

Sorby Record No. 41 Cover Sorby Record No. 41
A Journal of Natural History for the Sheffield Area
2005, Edited by Derek Whiteley
64 pages, incl. line drawings, photographs and distribution maps
ISSN: 0260-2245
Price: £4.00 UK
Sorby Record Special Series No. 14 Cover Sorby Record Special Series No. 14
Atlas of the Water Beetles (Coleoptera) and Water Bugs (Hemiptera) of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, 1993 - 2005
2006, by Robert Merritt
160 pages, incl. 27 photographs
ISSN: 0260-2032
Price: £6.00 UK
(plus £1.50 postage UK, £4.00 postage non-UK)

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Sorby Record No. 39 Cover Sorby Record No. 40
A Journal of Natural History for the Sheffield Area
2004, Edited by Derek Whiteley
60 pages, incl. line drawings, photographs and distribution maps
ISSN: 0260-2245
Price: £4.00 UK
Sorby Record Special Series No. 13 Cover Sorby Record Special Series No. 13
Common Trees in the Peak District
2001, by Leonora Dobson
With photographs by Leonora and Stanley Dobson
76 pages, incl. over 100 photographs
ISSN: 0260-2032
Price: £3.00 UK
The Natural History of the Sheffield Area The Natural History of the Sheffield Area and the Peak District
1985, Edited by Derek Whiteley
256 pages
An introduction to the Natural History of the Sheffield area and the Peak District by Sorby members.
Price: £8.00 UK

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Sorby Record Special Series No. 12 Cover Sorby Record Special Series No. 12
Insects of the Barnsley Area
1999, by John Coldwell
Illustrated by Ron Collier
170 pages, incl. line drawings
ISSN: 0260-2032
Price: £3.00 UK

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Limb Valley Nature Trail Limb Valley Nature Trail
1995, Edited by A. H. V. Smith
53 pages
A complete coverage of the Limb Valley Nature Trail including description of trail, maps showing points of interest, geology and full species lists.
Price: £1.00 UK

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A Flora of the Sheffield Area A Flora of the Sheffield Area (Two Hundred Years of Plant Records)
1988, Edited by Margaret Shaw
Sorby record Special Series No. 8
308 pages
Price: £2.00 UK (softback)
£3.00 UK (hardback)

Full List and Back Issues

The Sorby Record

The journal of Natural History for the Sheffield area. This is our journal of natural history for the Sheffield area, and is published yearly. It contains papers and articles on the natural history of Sheffield area and is issued free to members.

Issue Date Content Price
No. 20 1982 Stoats and Weasels. Badger Diet. Mole Diet. Mountain Hares. Wildfowl on Thrybergh. Woodland Evaluation - Management. Birds. Hoverflies. Mecoptera. Odonata. Limb Valley. --sold out--
No. 21 1983 Indicator Beetles. Alport Dale Beetles (Pt. 2). Demolition Site Beetles. Testacella. Aeshua mixtae. Blackbird Census. Knopper Gall. Bee Orchids. Clouded Yellow. Recorder Reports. £1.00 UK
No. 23 1985 Bats, Mountain Hare Walks, Toads, Solitary Wasps, Wood Ant Census, Odonata and Plant Galls of Worsborough Valley, Birds of SK/49.76. --sold out--
No. 23 (supp) 1985 The Insects of Thorne Moors. £1.00 UK
No. 24 1986 Ancient Woods in the Sheffield Area. Further Additions of the Coleoptera Fauna of an Upland Pennine Valley. Limb Valley Progress Report. Long-Eared Owls - Winter Diet in Lowland Areas. --sold out--
No. 25 1987/88 Urban Wildlife in Sheffield. £1.00 UK
No. 26 1989 Census of Swallows (Sorby Area). Coleoptera Recorder's Report (1987). A list of Ferns of Thorne Moors. Bird Life of Urban Sites. The Sorby Rocks 1950-1960. £1.00 UK
No. 27
(Memorial Issue)
1990 The Natural History of Ecclesall Woods: History, 'Q' Pits, Moths, Bryophytes, Vascular Plants... --sold out--
No. 28 1991 20 Papers on Invertebrates Including Freshwater Jellyfish. --sold out--
No. 29 1992 Butterfly Atlas Edition. £2.00 UK
No. 30 1993 Muntjac, Warncliffe, Russian Parks, Veteran & Rare Trees, Derbyshire Lichens, railway vegetation, Polecats. --sold out--
No. 31 1995 The Black Redstart. The Dragon of Wortley. Botanical Changes of the Sheffield Canal 1984-1995. --sold out--
No. 32 1996 Harvest Mice, Figs, Hoverflies, various invertebrate papers. £2.00 UK
No. 33 1997 The Mammal Atlas Edition. Maps of all local species. £2.00 UK
No. 34 1998 Special 80th Anniversary Issue
A Journal of Natural History for the Sheffield Area.
£2.00 UK
No. 35 1999 Freshwater macro and micro species survey, slugs and snails of Anston Stones Wood, botanical collections at Sheffield Museum, The Sheffield Biodiversity Project, Biodiversity in Rotherham at the end of the 20th century. Recorders reports.
£2.00 UK
No. 36 2000 House Martens Nests, Water Voles at Poteric Carr, Wolves, Wasps and Bees, Ichneumons of the Sorby Area, Sawflies new to the Sorby Area. Recorders reports.
£2.00 UK
No. 37 2001 The Importance of Gardens for Birds, Grey Squirrels in the Limb Valley, Red and Fallow Deer, Labrador Tea, Sorby Bibliography, The genus Mycetophila in the Barnsley area, Recorders reports.
£2.00 UK
No. 38 2002 Loversall Delph : A wildlife Jewel at Potteric Carr, Mountain Hare Walks, Millipedes, Centipedes, Woodlice, Harvestmen, psuedoscorpions, Coleoptera and Hoverfly recorders reports and interesting notes on Dragonflies, Damselflies, Craneflies and a Hoverfly. £2.00 UK
No. 39 2003 Hoverflies (Syrphidae) of Nottinghamshire, The Charles Waite Herbarium at Sheffield Museum, a checklist of easily identifiable flowers, ferns and grasses of Middleton Dale, Ewden Valley Bryophytes, Ascomycetes, Alien plants, Adders, Bird feeding survey, Sorby Breck ringing group report. £3.00 UK
No. 40 2004 Moths of Blacka Moor and Wyming Brook, the Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Bog Bilberry, The Slender Groundhopper, the Sorby Breck Ringing Group annual report, Parasitoids of Ladybirds in the Sheffield area a check list of the flowers, ferns, grasses, sedges and rushes in the cloughs of the Upper Derwent and many more. £4.00 UK
No. 41 2005 Moths recorded in Bradway between 2000 and 2005, an analysis of breeding distribution and landscape preferences of declining farmland birds, changes in Swallow populations, land use and other background information for the Sorby recording area and many more. £4.00 UK

The Sorby Record Index

We have an on-line index of all articles published in the Sorby Record, going back to the very first issue in 1958. If you are looking for a particular article by author or subject, you can search for it using the link below. If the volume containing the article you are interested in is still in print (see the above list), it can be purchased by following the instructions at the end of this page. Alternatively, there are still a few copies of the earlier issues in existance - we may be able to locate one! Contact either of the addresses shown at the end of this page for further information.

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The Sorby Record - Special Series

Special monographs on local wildlife.

Issue Date Content Price
No. 1 1979 The Moths of Sheffield
by Steven P Garland.
--sold out--
No. 2 1980 Ringing & Recoveries in the Sheffield Area
by A. Crabtree and G. P. Mawson.
£1.00 UK
No. 3 1980 Mammals of the Sheffield Area
by Valerie Clinging and Derek Whiteley.
--sold out--
No. 4 1981 Freshwater Invertebrates of the Sheffield District
by K. A. Kasada and E. H. Smith.
--sold out--
No. 5 1981 Butterflies of the Sheffield Area
by S. F. Garland.
--sold out--
No. 6 1987 Hoverflies of the Sheffield Area
by D. Whiteley.
--sold out--
No. 7 1984 Birdwatching in the Sheffield Area and the Peak District
by D. Herringshaw & R. A. Frost
--sold out--
No. 8 1988 A Flora of the Sheffield Area - Two Hundred Years of Plant Records
Ed. M. Shaw.
£2.00 UK (softback)
£3.00 UK (hardback)
No. 9 1992 Butterflies of Doncaster
by E. Rimmington.
£2.00 UK
No. 10 1995 Millipedes, Centipedes & Woodlice of the Sheffield Area
by P. Richards.
--sold out--
No. 11 1998 Reptiles And Amphibians of the Sheffield Area and North Derbyshire. £3.00 UK
No. 12 1999 Insects of the Barnsley Area. £3.00 UK
No. 13 2001 Common Trees in the Peak District. £3.00 UK
No. 14 2006 Atlas of the Water Beetles (Coleoptera) and Water Bugs (Hemiptera) of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, 1993 - 2005 £6.00 UK

Information

For more information, write to (enclosing a S.A.E. please):

A. Brackenbury,
76 Crawford Road,
Sheffield,
S8 9BU,
England.

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A few copies of earlier issues are still available but stocks are low. For more information, contact either of the addresses above.

How to Order

To place an order simply send a cheque/postal order for the required amount made payable to The Sorby Natural History Society to the postal address above. Don't forget to include and print clearly your name, address and details of the publications required!

Postage & packing for orders placed in the U.K are as follows:

An introduction to the Natural History of the Sheffield area and the Peak District, Insects of the Barnsley Area and The Flora of the Sheffield Area £2.00 UK each.

Atlas of the Water Beetles (Coleoptera) and Water Bugs (Hemiptera) of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, 1993 - 2005, £1.50 UK each for postage within the UK, £4.00 UK each for postage outside the UK.

All others are £0.70 UK each.

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