It’s now four years since our Birds of the Cotswolds hit the shelves (and Amazon) and while there are still a few copies left, sales are slowing down. Looking further forward, we will soon see the new BTO national atlas published, and The Birds of Gloucestershire will arrive this November.
Rather than see what are left of the Cotswold Atlases remaindered (or even pulped) to make space in the distributors’ warehouse, we have bought some of the stock at a much-reduced price.
The idea is to donate a copy to every Gloucestershire secondary school and further education college. The Atlas is a useful reference for local wildlife projects. It also shows what a small voluntary group like ours can achieve.
We want to get the book into the hands of anyone local who’s interested in birds or natural history in general, especially school and college students and their teachers. Who knows who might be running the Society in a few years time?
Good to see that our Birds of Gloucestershire Atlas has been sent out to all the local secondary schools and colleges of further education – much more useful than seeing it “remaindered”.
The acknowledgements from the some of the schools that are published in the August Newsletter seem very positive too!