Presidents Letter and Editorial							 1
OBRC: End of the Beginning							 2
OBRC: Moves into the Next Phase							 3
Farming: Nature and Landscapes							 4
Survey: Great Yellow Bumblebee							 9
Diet of the Otter 								16
Sad Tale of Hurunda rustica Minuta 						17
Interim Results: OBRC Pioneers 							20
Redressing the Balance: Year 4 							28
Fish Farming: A Sidelong Glance 						30
Old Footpaths 									32
Review: "Old Roman Plough" 							33
House Martin Project 								34
Galls and Aberations 								36
Obituary: Ralph Faulkner 							37
"Snippets from the Past" 							38
A day Out on Hoy 								40
Bats 										41
Amphibia 									41
OBRC House Sparrow Survey: Year 1 						42
Eynhallow: Research Update 							44
Cetacean Report 								45
Orkney Whale and Dolphin Group 							47
Orkney marine Molusca 								48
Lepidoptera: (1) Butterflies 							50
             (2) Moths 								51
Dragonflies 									52
Two Mayflies Newly Recorded 							54
Wasps 										54
Two Caddis Flies Newly Recorded 						55
Coleoptera 									57
Grasshoppers 									59
Ants 										59
Plant Records 									60
Bryophyte Records 								67
Stonewort Records 								67
AGM Report 									68
Statement of Accounts 								69
Recorders and Recording Update 							70
Other Organisations 								72