Orkney Field Club Office Holders & Membership Details 2 Presidents Letter 3 Editorial 3 Beetles Found in and Around Stromness in 2005 4 A Centenary Plant 5 BSBI Field Meeting, July 2005 7 Tysties on Auskerry 12 The Orkney Field Club / RSPB Bird Race 2006 14 House martin Nesting in Orkney in 2005 15 Bird behaviour in Severe Weather at Dale, Costa 17 Large Heath Fact Sheet 19 Pelage Change in the Mountain Hares of Hoy 21 Beetle Records 2005 23 2004 Grasshopper Records (and additions to 2003) 27 2004 Ant Records 29 2005 Ant Records 30 Orkney Odonta 2005: Dragonflies and Damselflies 31 2005 Grasshopper Records 34 Plant Recording 34 Mammals Report - 2005 36 Jellyfish Report for 2005 37 Stonewort Report 2005 37 Orkney Fungal Records 2001-2004 40 Bees and Wasps 2005 44 Bryophyte Report 2004-5 46 Lepidoptera Report - 2005 47 Bats - 2005 48 Amphibia - 2005 49 Orkney Cetacean Report 2005 50 Bearded Seal - 2005 54 Fish 2004-2005 54 Draft Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting 56 Treasurers Report for 2005 57 Statement of Accounts 57 Recorders and Recording, Orkney, VC111, 2006 Update 58 Guidelines for Bulletin Contributors 62