Sunday, November 04, 2007

Hen Harrier book

Paul Talbot has generously offered us a first edition copy of "The Hen Harrier" by Donald Watson to raffle to raise money towards optics for the ALE in Malta (that's Administrative Law Enforcement not beer money!). The current value of this first edition is thought to be between £80 - 125 so it could turn out to be quite an investment as well as an interesting read. Tickets are priced at £1 each and can be obtained from me, I intend to circulate details of this raffle to as many local birders as possible so please pass the word round. The draw will take place at the end of November.

Many thanks to Paul for his continued support of all things birdy in Calderdale, please repay this generosity by visiting his Pennine Books website (see links) when buying natural history books, remember he has also offered us a donation for every book sold.

3 comments:

Nick Carter said...

For those that don't know my E mail address is midgleybirder@yahoo.co.uk

Nick Carter said...

I have had an offer from Alf King of Huddersfield BWC to attend their meeting on Tuesday to sell some tickets. Unfortunately it is unlikely I will be able to get away from work in time to attend, is there anyone else who could go? They meet in the junior library at 1930, this week's meeting includes a lecture on "The Canadian Rockies" by Geoff Facer

Goldon Gordon said...

Hi Nick
I had rather hoped that local birders would buy a ticket simply to donate to such a worthy cause, rather then on the chance of getting a bargain book to flog off on ebay :-))