The Society is very pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Marsh Award for Local Ornithology in celebration of the recent publication of our ground-breaking publication Birds in Cheshire and Wirral: a breeding and wintering atlas.

The Award is made to a bird club or group that publishes a book, completes a study or conducts any other exceptional activity that advances knowledge about birds and is made possible by a grant from the Marsh Christian Trust.

The award was presented to Clive Richards, Chairman of CAWOS, by Professor Ian Newton, Chair of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Brian Marsh of the Marsh Christian Trust at the Royal Society, London on 17th November 2010. This was the first time the award has been made and the Society was grateful to receive £1000 and a certificate.

The Society had to make a formal submission to the Marsh Christian Trust and this was prepared by David Cogger on behalf of the Society. The BTO has issued a press release about the award.

Pictured after the award are l to r Prof. Ian Newton (BTO), Steve Barber (CAWOS), David Cogger (CAWOS) Clive Richards (CAWOS), Prof. David Norman (CAWOS) and Brian Marsh (Marsh Christian Trust)