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22 S.J. Harrison Bibliography Data from the station have been used in a number of research publications but those specifically relating to the climate in Central Scotland include:- Harrison S.J. (1980) Rainfall in the Stirling Area Forth Naturalist and Historian 5 23-34. Harrison S.J. and Wallace R.W .(1982) Frost in the Forth valley Journal of Meteorology (UK) 7, 84-86. Harrison S.J. (1987) Climatic conditions over the Estuary and Firth of Forth Proceedings Royal Society of Edinburgh 93B, 245-258. Harrison S.J. and Harrison D.J. (1988) The effect of elevation on the climatically determined growing season in the Ochil Hills Scottish Geographical Magazine 104, 108- 115. Harrison S.J. and Harrison D.J. (1988) The effect of altitude on freeze-thaw frequency Journal of Meteorology (UK) 13, 341-343. Harrison S.J. and Harrison D.J. (1991) Characterising winters: An index for use in applied meteorology Journal of Meteorology (UK) 6, 329-333. Harrison S.J. (1993) Recent changes in the weather in central Scotland Forth Naturalist and Historian 16, 11-24. Harrison S.J. (1993) Climate In: Central Scotland (Ed. L. Corbett) pp18-31 Forth Naturalist and Historian Stirling. Harrison S.J. (1994) Air temperatures in the Ochil Hills, Scotland: Problems with paired stations Weather 49, 209-215. Harrison S.J. (1994) Climate/Weather In: The Ochil Hills (Corbett L., Roy E.K. and Snaddon R.C). pp15-17 Forth Naturalist and Historian/Clackmannan Field Studies Society. Harrison S.J. (1997) Central and Southern Scotland In: British Climates: A Regional Approach. (Ed. Mayes J. and Wheeler D.) London. Routledge. pp205-227 Harrison S.J. (1997) Changes in the Scottish Climate Botanical Journal of Scotland 49, 287- 300. Harrison S.J. and Bairner J. (1997) Studies in microclimatology Teaching Geography 22, 173- 179. Harrison S.J. (1998) Analysing climatic data and the problem of spurious correlation: a case study SAGT Journal 27, 8-11.
Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 24 23 FORTH AREA BIRD REPORT 2000 C.J. Henty Seventy eight contributors appear this year, some sending individual notes either direct to the Editor or via the RSPB local group, others have assisted in the wildfowl counts and the breeding birds survey. The extensive use of record cards has greatly helped the compilation of notes by species, please send in these cards arranged in the species order as in this report or in standard field guides and lists (at least roughly), please not alphabetical. Red Kites and Ospreys continue to do fairly well and are now seen more extensively in the area whilst Goldeneye again attempted nesting, but this year it was unsuccessful. Corncrakes were heard around the edge of Flanders Moss. A new species for the area is Mediterranean Gull, found on the Forth near the gull concentration at Fallin – not entirely unexpected since this species has been seen regularly in the outer Firth of Forth. Amongst winter visitors the drake Smew at L.Dochart has shown again, on the estuary the Grangemouth flock of Pintails shows remarkable consistency in location and numbers, but further downstream Great Crested Grebes continue to be only in small groups. There are some interesting reports of ringed Whooper Swans. Several Greenshanks and Green Sandpipers wintered, however the autumn passage of the scarcer waders was weak, in particular only two Little Stints were recorded. This may be connected with the scarcity of easterly winds this autumn which presumably also affected the late and generally weak influx of Scandinavian thrushes. One notable migrant was a Wryneck at Grangemouth, some Waxwings appeared in December. This report is compiled from a larger archive of records submitted to the local recorder under the national scheme organised by the Scottish Ornithologists Club; annual Bird Reports depend entirely on contributions from the local birdwatching community, as far as possible these are acknowledged with initials as well as the full name list in the introduction. However, this year the compilation process has been more complicated than usual, my apologies if any peole have been missed out. The area covered by the report comprises the council areas of Falkirk and Clackmannan together with Stirling, excluding Loch Lomondside and other parts of the Clyde drainage basin. Please note that we do not include the Endrick water, i.e Fintry and Balfron. Records from Carron Valley Reservoir are published here but it is proposed that Clyde should cover all the forest south of the reservoir. Most months in 2000, apart from April, were warmer than average, this was most marked from January to March though there was much rain in February and in the autumn. The first week of January had strong westerly winds and heavy rain, but then high pressure dominated, dry but frosty, until the last week gave unsettled conditions and 35 mm of rain in the last two days. February continued unsettled with three days of snow in mid-month and two
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