Publications | Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield https://www.sorby.org.uk We cover a full range of natural history interests in Sheffield and the surrounding area, providing for both interested beginners and specialists. Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:06:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.sorby.org.uk/v2/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sorby-logo.gif Publications | Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield https://www.sorby.org.uk 32 32 Sorby Record No. 60 (2024) https://www.sorby.org.uk/sorby-record-no-60-2024/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:08:50 +0000 https://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=5625 The latest edition of the Sorby Record is now available. Full details here.

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]]> Sorby Record No. 59 (2023) https://www.sorby.org.uk/sorby-record-no-59-2023/ Sun, 05 May 2024 19:19:27 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=5078 The latest edition of the Sorby Record is now available. Full details here

]]> Sorby Record No. 58 (2022) https://www.sorby.org.uk/sorby-record-58/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:05:32 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=4970 The latest edition of the Sorby Record is now available. Full details here

]]> Sorby Record No. 56 (2020) https://www.sorby.org.uk/sorby-record-56/ Thu, 19 May 2022 19:59:11 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=4642 This edition contains a series of papers detailing the state of birds in the Sheffield area by David Gosney. The 2021 Record is nearly complete and members will soon receive both editions by post. For non members the 2020 Record is available to purchase for £5.00 on the Sorby’s publications page. HERE

]]> The Deceiver https://www.sorby.org.uk/the-deceiver/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:31:00 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=2253 The latest issue of the Sorby Fungus Group’s newsletter can now be downloaded from: www.sorby.org.uk/groups/sorby-fungus-group/

]]> Sheffield’s Weather https://www.sorby.org.uk/sheffields-weather/ Sat, 04 Apr 2020 16:07:42 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=4077 Originally published in 2011 as Sorby Record Special Series No .16, “Sheffield’s Weather” is now available to download in PDF format. The publication was written by Gaynor Boon and Adrian Middleton, using data from Museums Sheffield and other sources (full acknowledgements can be found on page 4).

Due to its size, the book has been split into two separate PDF files. Click on the links below to download them.

SRSS 16 Sheffield’s Weather – Part 1

SRSS 16 Sheffield’s Weather – Part 2

]]> How Green is Sheffield? https://www.sorby.org.uk/how-green-is-sheffield/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:34:52 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=4068 Originally published in 2006 as a supplement to Sorby Record No. 42, “How Green is Sheffield?” is now available to download in PDF format. Written by Adrian Middleton, using data from various sources (full acknowledgements can be found towards the end of the paper)

Click on the link below to download the publication.

How Green is Sheffield?

]]> The Natural History of the Sheffield Area https://www.sorby.org.uk/natural-history-of-the-sheffield-area/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=4038 Our ground-breaking book “The Natural History of the Sheffield Area and the Peak District”, published in 1985, is now available as a free PDF download. Please click on the below.

Original publication edited by Derek Whiteley. Scanned by Bob Croxton; OCR’d to a PDF by David Orchard.

Natural History of the Sheffield Area

]]> Arthur Whitaker’s Bats https://www.sorby.org.uk/arthur-whitakers-bats/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 22:34:20 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=2779 The long out-of-print publication, “Arthur Whitaker’s Bats”, is now available as a series of downloadable PDFs. Please visit www.sorby.org.uk/groups/sorby-mammal-group/reports/aw-bats for further information.

]]> Sheffield Area Butterfly Atlas 1991-2015 https://www.sorby.org.uk/sheffield-area-butterfly-atlas/ Sat, 10 Jun 2017 16:34:45 +0000 http://www.sorby.org.uk/?p=2648 The Sheffield Area Butterfly Atlas 1991-2015 will be published in the near future, but there is still time to contribute your records. Please send them to Derek Whiteley via .

The draft distribution maps can be downloaded in PDF format here.

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